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July
Fairbanks Community Band
474-1904 Midnight Sun Intertribal Powwow Athabascan Old-Time Fiddlers Association Fairbanks Native Association Opera Fairbanks Fairbanks Concert Association Fairbanks Choral Society Dance Omnium Dance Theatre Fairbanks Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival Fairbanks Light Opera Theatre North Star Dance Foundation Fairbanks Symphony Fairbanks Youth Orchestras Young native
Fiddlers Acoustic Adventures maintains an active schedule of musical events. Rather than trying to keep up with their weekly announcements, here is a link to their website. 10th Planet, a recording facility, has its own site: http://www.10thplanet.com/ Fairbanks Sweet Adelines Rehearsals (11/1/2009 - 12/1/2010) Fairbanks Sweet Adelines Rehearsals every Thursday night, 6:30 - 9:30 PM at the United Community Presbyterian Church, 3510 College Rd., Fairbanks, across from Gulliver's Books. Enjoy four-part cappella harmony in the unique Barbershop Style. We are always recruiting new members, and we welcome all women who enjoy singing to come and try out. Phone: (907) 479-3624, Myrna McGhie, mlee2001@gci.net Fairbanks Community Band meets Thursdays from 7-9 p.m. in the Lathrop High School band room. Musicians needed. Their director is Ann Musco. For more information visit their web site at http://www.communityband.org . The Greatland Sounds Chapter of S.P.E.B.S.Q.S.A., a men's barbershop chorus, meets every Tuesday evening at 7 at the Church of Christ Northern Lights, 645 11th Ave. All men who enjoy singing are welcome to participate. (This announcement last updated by them in 2004.) Concerts in the Plaza Live music on Golden Heart Plaza on First Avenue, weather permitting. Tuesdays noon to 1 p.m., Wednesdays, 7-8 p.m., Fridays noon to 1 p.m. Free. 456-1984 Northern Lights Council of Dancers represents square, round and folk dancers in the interior. Our link leads to their very active dance calendar. Many of their member clubs dance at the Farthest North Square and Round Dance Center, located in Pioneer Park. They have their own calendar. The following clubs dance there:
Santa Square Dancers dance the 2nd and 4th Saturday from 7:30-9:30 PM September to May and the 2nd and 4th Thursday from 7:30-9:30 PM June, July, August. Come join us at the Farthest North Square Dance Hall in Pioneer Park. Mainstream with caller Dave Smith. Round Dancing Phases 1-4 to Records. Dances are $7.00 Adults/$5.00 Students & Young Adults. (907) 488-6681 Jerrie Lynn (e-mail). Prospector Squares (e-mail) Dance every Tuesday Night from 7:30-9:30 PM. Come join us at the Farthest North Square Dance Hall in Pioneer Park. Plus Dance with Rounds by Caller/Cuer Bill Mudd. Dances are $7.00 Adults / $5.00 Students & Young Adults. (907) 479-4522 Contra Borealis Dancers Check their website (above) for complete dance schedule. Dances are $6 non-members / $5 members - $3 student non-members and $2 student members. Dance instruction is provided, and beginners are welcome. Times are usually 8 p.m. to midnight. Special events TBA, kids under 13 are free, if they behave themselves. (907) 457-8957. University of Alaska Good Time Swing Dance Club. Every Saturday night, 6:00 pm to 8:30 pm, swing and ballroom dancing at the Silver Spur nightclub. No cover charge until 8:30 pm. Must be 21 or older. More info, fnkmb1@uaf.edu Earl Hughes performs music for listening and dancing, featuring guitar, fiddle, and pedal steel guitar, seven nights a week on the new Pike's Waterfront Lodge enclosed deck, 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm. $10 admission. Contra Borealis Dancers Check their website for complete dance schedule. Dances are $6 non-members / $5 members - $3 student non-members and $2 student members. Dance instruction is provided, and beginners are welcome. Times are usually 8 p.m. to midnight. Special events TBA, kids under 13 are free, if they behave themselves. (907) 457-8957. Theresa Bauer, the "Chatanika Nightingale," sings and plays guitar and keyboard for listening and dancing year-round every Sunday afternoon at the Chatanika Lodge, 4 pm to 8 pm. No cover charge. North Pole Summer Festival and Parade (7/1/04) Begins at 10 a.m. till 5 p.m. at Santa Claus House. Parade begins at noon throughout North Pole. Reviewing stands at Santa Claus House. Entry fee in 2001 was $10, lots of prizes. Entry forms at North Pole City Hall. Their open-air festival features local craft, game, and food booths and kiddie rides. Information: (907) 488-2242. Midnight Sun Intertribal Powwow (7/10-12/09) We believe it will be held in the open field behind the Carlson Center. Alaska Natives, American Indians and Canada's First Nation peoples share their heritage. Visit their website for more information. http://www.midnightsunpowwow.net. Brown Bear Music & Arts Festival (TBA) at Brown Bear Roadhouse in Glennallen. Bands, arts & crafts, food. Located 3 miles from Glennallen on Glenn Highway. Information: (907) 822-5555. Nenana's 4th of July Celebration (7/4/09). Family events like races, music, pie-eating contests, crafts, food, and an adults' evening street dance. Take the Park's Highway to Nenana. Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival (7/19/- 8/2/09) a study-performance Festival held annually on the beautiful University of Alaska Fairbanks Campus, featuring a variety of classes from accordion to creative writing to dance to gospel choir to piano and more. Go to http://www.fsaf.org. or call 907-474-8869 for further information. E-mail is festival@alaska.net. World Eskimo-Indian Olympics (7/15-18/09). Natives from Alaska, Pacific Northwest & Canada gather to compete in traditional athletic competitions, games and dances. Go here for more information. In 2005, the Olympics opened at 6 p.m. with the Race of the Torch, a 5-kilometer road race. Male and female winners earn the honor of lighting the WEIO torch. There are events scheduled all day Wednesday through Saturday, free to the public. There is a charge for evening events, which includes a potlatch. Traditional Native dancers perform throughout the games and each night. The location is the Carlson Center. Phone: (907) 452-6646 email: weio@weio.org This is a major event, reserve rooms early if you plan to be in Fairbanks this week. (907) 452-6646.Golden Days Celebration (7/21-26/09). Annual city-wide celebration of the discovery of gold in Fairbanks in 1902. A week of activities culminate in the state's largest parade. Included are activities for "sourdoughs" as well as first-time visitors. http://www.fairbankschamber.org Phone (907) 452-1105 or you can e-mail: goldendays@fairbankschamber.org See Golden Days Schedule for more information. Golden Days AT&T Grande Parade (7/25/09) 10 a.m. to noon. The pinnacle of Golden Days activities and the largest parade in Alaska ! Hosting more than 100 entries including marching bands, clowns, jugglers, antique cars, unicycle riders and floats, the parade winds from the Carlson Center through downtown, where it ends at Noble and Airport Way . The parade will be broadcast immediately following the parade by KTVF Channel 11.(907) 452-1105 WARNING: Accommodations are at a premium during the above period - early reservations are strongly advised!Garden Faire (7/26/09) 11 to 4 p.m. UAF West Tanana Drive. Sponsored by the Georgeson Botanical Garden Society, the faire will include the Quilt Show (see next event) and an Art Show. Opportunities for vendors to sell artwork and crafts, and to sponsor educational activities. Children's activities. Garden experts will be on hand to answer questions. This is a fundraiser to help finish the roof of the James Drew Amphitheatre. For further information about the event, contact (907) 451-8478. Annual Anderson Bluegrass/Country Music Festival (7/31-8/02/09) Performers from Fairbanks and Anchorage return each year to join the headliners from the Lower 49. Held in Anderson (Parks Highway Mile 283.5, watch for signs) (907) 338-3743. Sponsored by the Anderson-Clear Lions Club and K & L Distributors. Besides the music, there are food and vendor booths, a beer garden, restrooms and showers. There is an admission charge to the festival by the day and by the weekend. Children under 12 are free. No carry-in alcohol, no fireworks, no drums or bongos in the campsites (but acoustic string band instruments are more than welcome! Deltana Fair (7/31, 8/1, 8/2/09) Visitors and locals join in Delta Junction to enjoy lots of old-fashioned fun with amusement park rides, crafts, competitive exhibits, a horse show and a rodeo. (907) 895-FAIR (3247). They now have their own website, http://www.deltanafair.com/
August
Fairbanks Community Band
474-1904 Midnight Sun Intertribal Powwow Athabascan Old-Time Fiddlers Association Fairbanks Native Association Opera Fairbanks Fairbanks Concert Association Fairbanks Choral Society Dance Omnium Dance Theatre Fairbanks Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival Fairbanks Light Opera Theatre North Star Dance Foundation Fairbanks Symphony Fairbanks Youth Orchestras Young native
Fiddlers Acoustic Adventures maintains an active schedule of musical events. Rather than trying to keep up with their weekly announcements, here is a link to their website. 10th Planet, a recording facility, has its own site: http://www.10thplanet.com/ Fairbanks Sweet Adelines Rehearsals (11/1/2009 - 12/1/2010) Fairbanks Sweet Adelines Rehearsals every Thursday night, 6:30 - 9:30 PM at the United Community Presbyterian Church, 3510 College Rd., Fairbanks, across from Gulliver's Books. Enjoy four-part cappella harmony in the unique Barbershop Style. We are always recruiting new members, and we welcome all women who enjoy singing to come and try out. Phone: (907) 479-3624, Myrna McGhie, mlee2001@gci.net Fairbanks Community Band meets Thursdays from 7-9 p.m. in the Lathrop High School band room. Musicians needed. Their director is Ann Musco. For more information visit their web site at http://www.communityband.org . The Greatland Sounds Chapter of S.P.E.B.S.Q.S.A., a men's barbershop chorus, meets every Tuesday evening at 7 at the Church of Christ Northern Lights, 645 11th Ave. All men who enjoy singing are welcome to participate. (This announcement last updated by them in 2004.) Northern Lights Council of Dancers represents square, round and folk dancers in the interior. Our link leads to their very active dance calendar. Many of their member clubs dance at the Farthest North Square and Round Dance Center, located in Pioneer Park. They have their own calendar. The following clubs dance there:
Santa Square Dancers dance the 2nd and 4th Saturday from 7:30-9:30 PM September to May and the 2nd and 4th Thursday from 7:30-9:30 PM June, July, August. Come join us at the Farthest North Square Dance Hall in Pioneer Park. Mainstream with caller Dave Smith. Round Dancing Phases 1-4 to Records. Dances are $7.00 Adults/$5.00 Students & Young Adults. (907) 488-6681 Jerrie Lynn (e-mail). Prospector Squares (e-mail) Dance every Tuesday Night from 7:30-9:30 PM. Come join us at the Farthest North Square Dance Hall in Pioneer Park. Plus Dance with Rounds by Caller/Cuer Bill Mudd. Dances are $7.00 Adults / $5.00 Students & Young Adults. (907) 479-4522 Contra Borealis Dancers Check their website (above) for complete dance schedule. Dances are $6 non-members / $5 members - $3 student non-members and $2 student members. Dance instruction is provided, and beginners are welcome. Times are usually 8 p.m. to midnight. Special events TBA, kids under 13 are free, if they behave themselves. (907) 457-8957. University of Alaska Good Time Swing Dance Club. Every Saturday night, 6:00 pm to 8:30 pm, swing and ballroom dancing at the Silver Spur nightclub. No cover charge until 8:30 pm. Must be 21 or older. More info, fnkmb1@uaf.edu Earl Hughes performs music for listening and dancing, featuring guitar, fiddle, and pedal steel guitar, seven nights a week on the new Pike's Waterfront Lodge enclosed deck, 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm. $10 admission. Theresa Bauer, the "Chatanika Nightingale," sings and plays guitar and keyboard for listening and dancing year-round every Sunday afternoon at the Chatanika Lodge, 4 pm to 8 pm. No cover charge. Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival (7/19/- 8/2/09) a study-performance Festival held annually on the beautiful University of Alaska Fairbanks Campus, featuring a variety of classes from accordion to creative writing to dance to gospel choir to piano and more. Go to http://www.fsaf.org. or call 907-474-8869 for further information. E-mail is festival@alaska.net. Annual Anderson Bluegrass/Country Music Festival (7/31-8/02/09) Performers from Fairbanks and Anchorage return each year to join the headliners from the Lower 49. Held in Anderson (Parks Highway Mile 283.5, watch for signs) (907) 338-3743. Sponsored by the Anderson-Clear Lions Club and K & L Distributors. Besides the music, there are food and vendor booths, a beer garden, restrooms and showers. There is an admission charge to the festival by the day and by the weekend. Children under 12 are free. No carry-in alcohol, no fireworks, no drums or bongos in the campsites (but acoustic string band instruments are more than welcome! Deltana Fair (7/31, 8/1, 8/2/09) Visitors and locals join in Delta Junction to enjoy lots of old-fashioned fun with amusement park rides, crafts, competitive exhibits, a horse show and a rodeo. (907) 895-FAIR (3247). They now have their own website, http://www.deltanafair.com/ Talkeetna Bluegrass Festival (8/7-9/09) Billed as Alaska's Greatest Campout. Four days of music and parties, under the never-dark summer skies of Alaska. Bands play 20 out of 24 hours for four days. Showers and fresh drinking water is available. Located at Mile 102 Parks Highway. Tickets: $35 for four-day parking, camping and music pass; $10 for Sunday only parking and music; free for ages 65 and older and children under 12. Visit their website for more information, or call (907) 495-6718 (Olive) or (907) 488-1372 (Ernie or Gia) Tanana Valley State Fair-Fairbanks (8/7-15/09) Alaska's oldest fair features giant cabbages, competitive exhibits, demonstrations, arts & crafts, carnival rides, contests, fireworks and other entertainment. Over 300 concessionaires are expected to participate. This year's theme: "Tradition is Our Mission" Official 2009 Fair Colors: Blue, Yellow, and White, Official 2009 Fair Flower: Delphinium. (907) 452-3750. More information on our fair page. Their page is http://www.tananavalleyfair.org. Warning: This is another period when accommodations will be tight - plan ahead!Bearfoot (8/11/07) 8pm, at Pioneer Park Theatre. This young Alaskan progressive bluegrass band has been making heads turn all across the U.S. Their new album "Follow Me" is getting rave reviews. The band will be doing another bluegrass camp the week of August 7-10 and capping it off with this concert. For more information on the camp, contact Pete Bowers at 455-6528. Tickets are $22 and are probably available at Hoitt's Music, online at www.acousticadventures.com or call 488-0556.
September
Fairbanks Community Band
474-1904 Midnight Sun Intertribal Powwow Athabascan Old-Time Fiddlers Association Fairbanks Native Association Opera Fairbanks Fairbanks Concert Association Fairbanks Choral Society Dance Omnium Dance Theatre Fairbanks Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival Fairbanks Light Opera Theatre North Star Dance Foundation Fairbanks Symphony Fairbanks Youth Orchestras Young native
Fiddlers Acoustic Adventures maintains an active schedule of musical events. Rather than trying to keep up with their weekly announcements, here is a link to their website. 10th Planet, a recording facility, has its own site: http://www.10thplanet.com/ Fairbanks Sweet Adelines Rehearsals (11/1/2009 - 12/1/2010) Fairbanks Sweet Adelines Rehearsals every Thursday night, 6:30 - 9:30 PM at the United Community Presbyterian Church, 3510 College Rd., Fairbanks, across from Gulliver's Books. Enjoy four-part cappella harmony in the unique Barbershop Style. We are always recruiting new members, and we welcome all women who enjoy singing to come and try out. Phone: (907) 479-3624, Myrna McGhie, mlee2001@gci.net Fairbanks Community Band meets Thursdays from 7-9 p.m. in the Lathrop High School band room. Musicians needed. Their director is Ann Musco. For more information visit their web site at http://www.communityband.org . The Greatland Sounds Chapter of S.P.E.B.S.Q.S.A., a men's barbershop chorus, meets every Tuesday evening at 7 at the Church of Christ Northern Lights, 645 11th Ave. All men who enjoy singing are welcome to participate. (This announcement last updated by them in 2004.) Northern Lights Council of Dancers represents square, round and folk dancers in the interior. Our link leads to their very active dance calendar. Many of their member clubs dance at the Farthest North Square and Round Dance Center, located in Pioneer Park. They have their own calendar. The following clubs dance there:
Santa Square Dancers dance the 2nd and 4th Saturday from 7:30-9:30 PM September to May and the 2nd and 4th Thursday from 7:30-9:30 PM June, July, August. Come join us at the Farthest North Square Dance Hall in Pioneer Park. Mainstream with caller Dave Smith. Round Dancing Phases 1-4 to Records. Dances are $7.00 Adults/$5.00 Students & Young Adults. (907) 488-6681 Jerrie Lynn (e-mail). Prospector Squares (e-mail) Dance every Tuesday Night from 7:30-9:30 PM. Come join us at the Farthest North Square Dance Hall in Pioneer Park. Plus Dance with Rounds by Caller/Cuer Bill Mudd. Dances are $7.00 Adults / $5.00 Students & Young Adults. (907) 479-4522 Contra Borealis Dancers Check their website (above) for complete dance schedule. Dances are $6 non-members / $5 members - $3 student non-members and $2 student members. Dance instruction is provided, and beginners are welcome. Times are usually 8 p.m. to midnight. Special events TBA, kids under 13 are free, if they behave themselves. (907) 457-8957. University of Alaska Good Time Swing Dance Club. Every Saturday night, 6:00 pm to 8:30 pm, swing and ballroom dancing at the Silver Spur nightclub. No cover charge until 8:30 pm. Must be 21 or older. More info, fnkmb1@uaf.edu Golden Heart Revue at Palace Theatre & Saloon, Alaskaland. Shows daily at 8:15 p.m. through 9/14. Reservations: (907) 456-5960. Theresa Bauer, the "Chatanika Nightingale," sings and plays guitar and keyboard for listening and dancing year-round every Sunday afternoon at the Chatanika Lodge, 4 pm to 8 pm. No cover charge. A Tribute to Miles Davis, at The Alaska House Art Gallery, 1003 Cushman St. Call 456-6449 for date and time. |
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