News Briefs 1-15-16

Come and love Music Together classes
Staff
From January 7 through January 30, ScottsValley musical educator Lizz Hodgin is offering a free preview class of her program for parents and children.
Music Together® has enriched the lives of families around the world for over twenty years. Since its founding in 1987, Music Together® has communicated its basic philosophy that all children are musical.
Through developmentally appropriate, research-based classes, children ages from birth through kindergarten and their parents and caregivers discover the joy of music. Hundreds of thousands of families have come to love Music Together® classes! Music Together® classes nurture the inherent music lover in us all through play.
Participate in a free preview class with your young ones and find out why so many people love Music Together®. Experience first-hand just how much fun learning and playing musically with your child can be. We’ll teach you how to take music out of the box and put it into the hearts and hands of you and your young children!
Murder by Merlot
By Suellene Petersen
Heavenly Roadside Café always serves in good taste. On January 23, at 6:15 p.m., they will be serving a ‘Mystery Dinner Theater’ along with the GibsonHouse Mystery Performers. While the actors serve a tongue-in-cheek engagement with the guests, there will be a three-course gourmet meal served by the ‘Café.’ You can dine in style while you solve a mystery.
The interactive Mystery Dinner Theater will be at the Heavenly Café at 1210 Mt. Hermon Rd., ScottsValley. Make your reservations early by calling 335-1210. Be sure and ask about what the Heavenly Roadside Café will be doing to celebrate their second anniversary on January 9.
Concerts, choirs and honor bands bring joy to your heart!
By Suellene Petersen
Foot tapping, soul rending and happy hearts describe how most of us respond to good music and those who can play it for us. This month, that kind of music is coming to us though our schools in a special way, though our local students’ achievements.
Every year students can audition for the Central Coast Honor Groups (Honor Band and Honor Choir) through the California Music Educators Association. The CMEA, Central Coast Section, is a professional organization comprised of music teachers from all levels of education. Its membership comes from Monterey, Santa Cruz, San Benito and San Luis ObispoCounties. This year, several students from ScottsValley and San LorenzoValley were accepted into these two prestigious Honor Groups.
Congratulations to these Scotts Valley and San Lorenzo Valley Middle School Choir students for being accepted into the Central Coast Middle School Honor Choir for 2016. The students are as follows:
Scotts Valley Middle School: Emma Brown, Addie Aubley, Genevieve Bellavance, Madeline Maas, Savannah Woods, Matthew Sims-Johnson, and Matthew MacGowan.
San Lorenzo Valley Middle School: Isabella Csimma, Maya Gipson, Tyler Olson Diehl, Sorcha Tate, and Austin Whisler.
The San LorenzoValleyHigh School and Scotts Valley High School Choir students accepted into the Central Coast High School Honor Choir are as follows:
San Lorenzo Valley High School: Jade Hilberath, Cecelia Kerns, Kirstin Najor, Rowan Nolan, and Cameron White.
Scotts Valley High School: Noah Daniels, Adrian Samson, and Edward Sims-Johnson.
The San LorenzoValleyMiddle School and Scotts Valley Middle School Band Students accepted into the Central Coast Middle School Honor Band are:
San Lorenzo Valley Middle School: Lukas Hager, Scott McIvor, Ben Nye, and Austin Whisler.
Scotts Valley Middle School: Matthew Sims-Johnson.
The Scotts Valley High School Student accepted into the Central Coast High School Honor Band is:
Scotts Valley High School: Edward Sims-Johnson.
The 2016 Central Coast Honor Groups will be featured at the following concerts:
On Saturday, January 23 at 2:00 p.m.
–       CCH Middle School Band will be held at Pacific GroveMiddle School, Performing Arts Auditorium at 835 Forest Ave, Pacific Grove.
On Saturday, January 30 at 2:00 p.m.
–       CCHMiddle School and High School Choir will be held at Peace United Church of Christ, at 900 High St., Santa Cruz.
On Saturday, February 6 (Time to be decided)
–       CCH High School Band will be at HartnellCollege, 411 Central Ave., Salinas.
Malone’s Grille has over $1,000 in prizes for the winning singer!
By Suellene Petersen
Malone’s Grille in ScottsValley is pleased to announce the 9th Annual Scotts Valley Idol Contest! The first place winner will win $500 and other finalists will be eligible for prizes from a prize pool totaling over $1,000!
Singers could win vocal lessons from Bobbie Ward, nationally-known vocal coach and singer. Another available prize is two hours of studio recording time from Gadgetbox Studios in Santa Cruz.
The following schedule lists the competition evenings for Saturday nights at 8:30 p.m.:
–       January 9
–       January 16
–       January 23
–       January 30
Each Saturday night, 10 local amateur singers will compete for the right to appear in the semi-finals and finals which will be held on Saturday, February 6th, 2016. Sign-ups are limited, so singers are encouraged to submit their forms ASAP.
For more information: contact Ken at Roadhouse Karaoke at [email protected], or Mike at [email protected]. For entry forms see: www.malonesgrille.com.