BPAC Newsletter

Blackfoot Performing Arts Center

March 2011

blackfootpac.com * 208-317-5508

BPAC Calendar of Events  

Don't miss this opportunity to see some of the finest entertainment in the country right in Blackfoot!  Whether it is school, community, or professional concerts, you are always guaranteed to see first-rate quality entertainment.    

March 4,5,8

BHS Drama Dept. Production " Murder at the Prom"

7:00 pm * $5 & $3.00

March 9

BHS Band Concert * 7:00 pm * Free

  March 10

Distinguished Dude (Formerly Jr. Mister)

7:00 pm * $3

 March 11-12

Intermountain Jazz Festival * 7:30 pm * $18/$15

 March 18

BHS Jazz Band Dance

 March 19

Blackfoot's Distinguished Young Women (Formerly Jr. Miss)

7:00 pm * $7 all seats

 March 22

Backstage Event: Don Aslett

 "Getting Off the Excess Express" * 7:30 pm * $10

 March 25

Bingham County Music Teachers' Recital

 April 1

Braodway Touring Show: "The Music Man"

7:30 pm * $25/$20

 April 14,15,16,2,122,23

BHS Musical:  "Aladdin" * 7:00 pm * $6/$4

 April 26

US Army Band & Field Chorus * 7:30 pm

Free but must have a ticket for admittance

 April 28

BHS-MVMS Band Night * 7:00 pm * Free

May 7

Bingham's Got Talent * 6:00 pm * $3

(Second annual Relay for Life fundraiser)

 

Jr Man

DISTINGUISHED DUDE

(Formerly Jr. Mister)

March 10 * 7:00 pm * $3 person 

Tickets: 681-3590 or at the door

Don't miss your opportunity to cheer for your favorite "Dude" at the second annual Distinguished Dude competition (formerly known as Jr. Mister).  Outstanding Blackfoot High School junior young men  will be competing for cash prizes in fitness, talent, and "strutting."  The event is a fundraiser for Distinguished Young Women  scholarships.  This is a fun competition you won't want to miss! 

INTERMOUNTAIN JAZZ FESTIVALWatrous

March 11 * Allen Vizzutti * 7:30 pm
March 12 * Bill Watrous * 7:30 pm
$18 adults/$15 students (for each concert)
 Jazz in Blackfoot reaches a new height when the Blackfoot Performing Arts Center kicks off its first annual Intermountain Jazz Festival on March 11-12.  The two-day event features jazz greats Allen Vizzutti and Bill Waltrous in concerts and clinics. Vizzutti will be performing on Friday, March 11 and Watrous will perform Saturday, March 12.   East Idaho's premier big band, The Jazz House Big Band, will accompany both of the soloists.  This group, directed by Doug Wareing, features the very best jazz musicians in the area.  The Festival includes opportunities for students to perform and be taught by outstanding Northwest jazz musicians: Dr. Pat Brooks, (Idaho A VizzuttiState University),  Jon Gudmondson, (Utah State University) and  Aaron Miller, (BYU-Idaho).  Clinics on rhythm sections and improvisation will be taught by Jim Keezer, Mike Thomas, Doug Wareing, John Curtis, and Zarachary Poulter.  Bill Watrous and  Allen Vizzutti will also present a combined clinic session for all students and their directors.  This concert is sponsored by Idaho Commission on the Arts, Yamaha Corporation of America, Alfred Music Publishing, and CARQUEST in Pocatello, Rexburg, Idaho Falls, and Twin Falls.  
2010 Jr. Miss

BLACKFOOT'S DISTINGUISHED YOUNG WOMEN (Formerly Jr. Miss)

March 19 * 7:00 pm

$7 per person

Tickets available at 681-3590 or blackfootpac.com

It's time once again for Blackfoot's Distinguished Young Women (formerly Jr. Miss).  This year's program "9 to 5" will feature 18 outstanding Blackfoot High School juniors in the annual prestigious scholarship program. The girls will be competing in talent,  fitness, scholarship, self-expression, and judges' interview during the competition. Many thousands of dollars of scholarships and awards will be shared among the teens.

The Distinguished Young Women (Jr. Miss) is the oldest and largest scholarship program for high school junior girls in existence. The nonprofit program's goal is to honor young women who excel and encourage them to obtain a college education and assume roles of leadership in their communities and professions. Since 1958, the program has helped more than 700,000 young women obtain education and scholarship opportunities. The program has awarded nearly $90 million in cash scholarships to Junior Miss participants in programs across the nation over the last five decades.

 
Aslett

BACKSTAGE EVENT

Don Aslett:  "Getting Off the Excess Express"
March 22 * 7:30 pm

$10 (and receive free book)

Bring the best piece of "junk" you have kept for ages to Don Aslett's show "Getting Off the Excess Express."  Over a million men and women who hate housework look to guru, Don Aslett, self-made millionaire, and owner and founder of Varsity Contractors, Inc., one of the nation's most successful cleaning companies. Mr. Aslett has revolutionized the home and workplace with his popular cleaning services, products, and books. His media-genic personality, business savvy, and unique housekeeping philosophy are a winning combination-whether he's sharing decluttering secrets on Oprah, demonstrating his Time Saver cleaning products on QVC, or designing the Clean Green World building to house his Museum of Clean.  Prizes will be given for the people who bring the best "junk."

 
Army Band 2011

US ARMY FIELD BAND

& SOLDIERS' CHORUS
April 26 * 7:30 pm
Free (must have ticket) 
The Blackfoot Performing Arts Center is proud to present the United State Army Field Band & Solders' Chorus from Washington DC on Tuesday, April 26 at 7:30 pm.  The Concert Band is the oldest and largest of the Field Band's four performing components. The Soldiers' Chorus is the vocal complement of the Army Field Band. The 29-member mixed choral ensemble travels throughout the nation and abroad, performing as a separate component and in joint concerts with the Concert Band as the "Musical Ambassadors of the Army."  Admission is free but attendees must have a ticket for admittance.  Tickets can be obtained in Blackfoot at Tweedy's Music, Morning News, or by sending a self-addressed stamped envelope to:  Blackfoot Performing Arts Center, 870 South Fisher, Blackfoot, ID 83221.
 
Music Man

THE MUSIC MAN

April 1 * 7:30 pm
$25 adults/$20 students (to age 18)

Get in line for a one-night performance of The Music Man as the Broadway touring musical makes a stop in Blackfoot. With their own outstanding performers, orchestra, set, and sound, this show promises an evening rich in entertainment. The Music Man is considered to be one of the most famous and successful musicals of all time. It's the clever story of a traveling salesman and his visit to a small Iowa town where he meets and falls in love with the willful, spinster librarian. With his fast-talking style, "Professor" Harold Hill convinces the town that unless they adopt his revolutionary music program, the youngsters of River City will be forever doomed. Chaos ensues as Hill's credentials are questioned and he is called upon to prove himself to the citizens of River City. Composer Meredith Wilson's score will have you singing along to familiar tunes like Goodnight My Someone, Till There Was You, Trouble, and 76 Trombones.

BPAC Advisory Board

Scott Crane, Bonnie Gardner, Charley Hopkins, Terry Hopkins,  Vickie Jones, Paul Kotter, Leonard Martin, Dr. Bud Miller,  Lloyd Rockwood, Betty Stephenson, Kim Tweedy, Mike Virtue, Gordon Wankier
 Susan Mann, Programming Director
Allen Tripp, Theater Manager