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WHAT TO READ, SEE AND APPRECIATE
BLOCK PARTY AT STUMPTOWN ICE DEN
On Saturday, Aug. 29, take a musical adventure with nationally and internationally renowned figure skaters Eric Palin and Alexandra Young during the “Block Party” ice show.
Palin and Young are the prin-
cipal soloists for Disney On Ice,
skating as the characters Bar-
bie and Ken. Broadway star Eric
Michael Krop, who performed in
“Godspell,” will sing live during
the performance, which is the
last of three ice shows performed by the Glacier Skate Academy during August. Also sharing the ice will be former Polish National Champion
and World CL
ompetitor, Maciej Cieplucha.
The professional skaters will perform alongside kids ranging in age
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from 7 to 17, and who come from the Flathead, the surrounding region,
and Canada
As the name suggests, the Block Party starts out strong and never
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slows. Tickets are $10, available at the door or online at www.glacier- skateacademy.org/#!ice-shows/crcv. Kids 5 years old and under get in
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free.
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into a major global festival, where art- ists from around the world pour into the Lodge at Flathead Lake and mingle while gaining inspiration from Mon- tana’s natural beauty. The concerts, held on the shores of Flathead Lake, draw hundreds.
Singer India Carney isn’t shy around big crowds. As one of the Top 8 con- testants on this year’s singing-reality show, The Voice, Carney was beloved by American fans, who voted en masse to keep her progressing through the show’s ranks.
Carney’s musical pedigree is flaw- less: She became a U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts and graduated from UCLA with a bachelor’s in music. Her stint on The Voice made her famous, and it was her presence on stage that brings her to Bigfork.
After becoming a Presidential Scholar, Carney kept in touch with the alumni organization, and through those connections was asked to teach a course on stage presence on Sept. 3 from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. That workshop has been opened to the public as well.
In an interview with the Beacon last week, Carney said she spoke with a few musician friends in LA about the fes- tival, and they all knew it as one of the biggest guitar festivals in the country.
“It’s super cool because this is a gui- tar festival, because usually I work exclusively with singers in terms of
singing,” Carney said.
Her class will teach two different
angles on stage presence: guitarists who are accompanying themselves while singing, and musicians who are show- casing their guitar skills.
“There’s so much to performance,” Carney said. “There’s always a message behind (a song), and it’s the performer’s job to understand what that is... That will translate to the audience.”
While teaching from her consider- able skillset, Carney will also take a beginner guitar class herself.
“I do still play piano and guitar was the other instrument that I wish I could accompany myself with,” she said.
She’s also decided to extend her stay in Montana by a couple days for sight- seeing, since she’s never been to this state before, and has a goal visiting Gla- cier National Park.
But in the end, it all comes back to the music and the people performing it.
“I’m really excited to meet all of them,” Carney said. “I understand that this is a very legendary festival, and to be part of it is really an honor, and every year the instructors and the people on board are leading people in the indus- try, which is incredible.”
For more information on the Crown of the Continent Guitar Workshop and Festival, visit www.crownguitarfest.org.
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