Festivals Highlight Lake Tahoe Summer and Fall.News Editors/Entertainment and Travel Writers TAHOE CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 5, 2000 From classic wooden boats to music to theater to culinary delights, North Lake Tahoe has a festival for you. On August 11-12, boating enthusiasts will want to catch the Concours Concours or EU concours is a recruitment competition and examination to select staff to all institutions of the European Union. Explanation of Open Competition d' Elegance. Featuring vintage wooden boats dating back to the 1800s, the two-day competitive and educational event will provide spectators an opportunity to see over 125 meticulously maintained classic boats at Sierra Boat Company in Carnelian carnelian (kärnēl`yən) or cornelian (kôr–, kər–), variety of red chalcedony, used as a gem. Bay. The Lake Tahoe Summer Music Festival runs from July 12 through September 2 on selected dates at selected venues. The festival features a variety of musical genres including classical, Broadway, bluegrass bluegrass, any species of the large and widely distributed genus Poa, chiefly range and pasture grasses of economic importance in temperate and cool regions. In general, bluegrasses are perennial with fine-leaved foliage that is bluish green in some species. , swing, blues and jazz played at mostly outdoor locations around Lake Tahoe. Performers this year include Chuck Mangione Charles Frank "Chuck" Mangione (born November 29, 1940) is a flugelhorn player and composer who achieved international success with his jazz-pop single, "Feels So Good" (1978) featuring guitarist Grant Geissman. , Marlena Shaw and the Reno Philharmonic Orchestra as well as many others. Another major musical event, Tahoe Jazz 2000, hits the region on September 29 though October 1. The three-day smooth jazz This article has multiple issues: * Its quality may be compromised by peacock terms. * Its neutrality is disputed. * It needs additional references or sources for verification. festival features a number of renowned jazz artists including Jeff Kashiwa Jeff Kashiwa is a smooth jazz saxophonist native to Seattle who made his start as a member of popular fusion jazz group The Rippingtons. Kashiwa moved to Boston to attend Berklee College of Music where he developed an interest in straight-ahead jazz. , Joyce Cooling, Marilyn Scott, the Yellowjackets, Carol J. Toca, and Keiko Matsui Keiko Matsui (松居慶子), born in Tokyo as Keiko Doi on July 26, 1961, is a Japanese smooth jazz/new age pianist and composer whose career spans three decades, during which time she has released twenty CDs (in addition to various compilations) and has . Closing out the festival on Sunday night Sunday Night, later named Michelob Presents Night Music, was an NBC late-night television show which aired for two seasons between 1988 and 1990 as a showcase for jazz and eclectic musical artists. will be well-known jazz pianist David Benoit. Weekend and daily tickets are available. Also, a select number of special "meet the artists" tickets will be available. For fans of the stage, Shakespeare at Sand Harbor begins on July 25 and runs through August 27. Shakespeare's "Love's Labour's Lost" and "Much Ado About Nothing Much Ado About Nothing is a comedy by William Shakespeare. First published in 1600, it was likely first performed in the winter of 1598-1599,[1] and it remains one of Shakespeare's most enduring plays on stage. " will be set in the newly renovated outdoor sand amphitheater. Over $2 million in improvements have given the amphitheater a new, larger stage, new dressing rooms, new lighting towers and a new sound system. In this setting you can take in the Bard with Lake Tahoe as the backdrop and the stars above as a canopy. For gourmet types, Lake Tahoe's Autumn Food & Wine Festival, which takes place on October 27-29, is not to be missed. The event features cooking demonstrations and educational forums from premiere chefs including: John Ash, Culinary Director for Fetzer Vineyards; Lars Kronmark, Instructor at Culinary Institute of America, Greystone; Douglas Dale of Wolfdales Cuisine Unique in Tahoe City; along with other notable culinary experts. A hands-on wine blending seminar, private reserve wine tasting, and a caviar and vodka tasting are part of the event too. The culinary festival wraps up with a culinary competition and grand tasting featuring over 30 of the area's finest restaurants paired with world-class wineries. Since tickets annually sell out for the Autumn Food & Wine Festival sells out, anyone interested in attending the event is encouraged to reserve his/her tickets early. For more information on these events, or other events in the Lake Tahoe region, visit www.tahoefun.org and click on the Calendar section. Or call 800/824-6348. |
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