Conrad Askland conducting Bye Bye Birdie in the orchestra pit at McIntyre Hall, Mount Vernon, WA - November 2007. Photos by Erin Heminway.
After conducting a show I stopped by McDonald’s and got my meal wrapped in the coolest Mickey D bag. One side featured Mr. Dae Jun of South Korea - a university student, orchestra cellist and “McDonald’s crew and Global Casting Star”.
So this is a shout out to Dae Jun. The top photo featuring our official [...]
I had posted a YouTube video of a banned Mastercard commercial where a kid smashes a guitar. (Click Here for YouTube Video). Just for the record, I did in fact once have a comedian in the recording studio who did a video taping of himself smashing a brand new electric guitar just for the fun [...]
November 15, 2007 article by Beverly Critchfield of the Skagit Valley Herald about Bye Bye Birdie at McIntyre Hall in Mount Vernon, WA. Cover and two large graphics you can click to read the article.
CLICK HERE FOR PAGE 3 OF ARTICLE
New promo photos of Conrad Askland by Sergei Petrov. Click for full size. See other work by Sergei at http://www.spandas.com
Taken at The Muse in Conway, WA - one of my favorite places to jam late at night. Thank you Sergei! The graphic effects in this second shot are not very flattering, but I’ll post [...]
In the musical Bye Bye Birdie there is a line where the father character Harry McAfee says “Call the Shadow. Look him up under Lamont Cranston.” An orchestra member asked me who Lamont Cranston was and I didn’t know - so here’s everything you wanted to know about Lamont Cranston.
Lamont Cranston was one of the [...]
In the Rocky Horror Show musical during the “Floor Show” segment there’s a line Janet sings: “God Bless Lily St. Cyr”. I was curious what the reference was about, so here’s info about Lily St. Cyr. (In the show it is spelled Lily St. Cyre, other incorrect spellings include Lilly Saint Sear, Lilly Saint [...]
GN’R - Banned Commercials - Mastercard - Guitar Slash
The talk of the town is the latest South Park episode that parodies the video game Guitar Hero. This South Park episode is called “Guitar Queer-o” and can be viewed at http://www.southparkzone.com/episodes/1113/Guitar-Queer-o.html
Videos of the SP Guitar Hero episode were posted to YouTube but taken down because of complaints by ViaCom.
I have some family [...]
Joe Zawinul,Trilok Gurtu Orient Express Part1
Welcome to China
*FREEHUGS* in WangFuJing, Beijing, China
Mount Vernon, WA - META Performing Arts presents Bye Bye Birdie November 16-25, 2007 at McIntyre Hall in Mount Vernon, WA. Come down to the orchestra pit and say hello!
SHOWTIMES:
Fri Nov 16 - 7:30
Sat Nov 17 - 7:30
Sun Nov 18 - 2pm
Fri Nov 23 - 7:30
Sat Nov 24 - 2pm and 7:30
Sun Nov [...]
David Peralta, former road manager for Freddy Fender, sent me these photos a while back. Pictures of Freddy, the Freddy Fender band and yours truly back when I played in his band. Freddy Fender passed away in 2006 and we all miss him a lot. People ask me how Freddy was to work for and [...]
Cast list and production credits for META Performing Arts presentation of Bye Bye Birdie in November 2007 at McIntyre Hall, Mount Vernon, WA.
PRODUCTION STAFF
Producer - Kate Kypuros
Assistant Producer - Kristin Jensen
Director - Tracy Petersen
Assistant Director - Mia Calderon
Stage Manager - Ryn Bishop
Vocal Director - Lynette McCormack
Orchestra Conductor - Conrad Askland
Choreographer - John Farrey
Dance Captain - [...]
AOL released a list of “Oprah Top Blunders of 2007.” Number nine on the list was her endorsement of “The Secret” - a prosperity themed book and visualization technique.
I won’t get into the hairy details here, but you can find plenty of dark, ugly things that have surfaced about THE SECRET since it was released. [...]
Inside cover of Bye Bye Birdie Program - November, 2007
For two and a half years, local music and theatre communities have benefitted from the talents of Conrad Askland. Conrad is the consummate professional: creative, precise, able to balance high expectations with encouraging words and humor.
“Bye Bye Birdie” will be Conrad’s final show in the Skagit [...]
One of Ann Margret’s breakout roles was playing Kim McAfee in Bye Bye Birdie (1963). She’s still touring and going strong. Visit her official website at http://www.ann-margret.com .
Original lobby card for Bye Bye Birdie:
Ann Margret with Elvis on the set of Viva Las Vegas
ANN MARGRET DISCOGRAPHY
And Here She Is
Ann-Margret’s first long-player from RCA, 1961. Jazzy [...]
DHTML and JavaScript menus are available for download at http://www.milonic.com - They are a quick way to add a “Web 2.0″ look to static HTML websites without having to mess with databases.
My question would be - why give the look of web 2.0 and give up all the functionality available that you get from databases [...]
Eleanor Powell & Fred Astaire: The Beat Is Rocking
