Juanita Hull-Carlson (Public Artist ) and Royce Carlson (Metal Sculptor) are two of many local creatives drawn into the orbit of Tsunami on the Square Performing Arts and Culture Festival.

After catching the first season as audience members, Juanita and Royce have joined in the happy madness over the years by creating the festival opening Art on Wheels parade, providing couch surfing opportunities for out of town performers, hosting the Sunday post-festival performers’ brunch, serving on the board, etc., etc.

In this episode, Juanita and Royce talk about getting kids up on stilts, “borrowing” couches and how they got on this crazy ride we call Tsunami.

As a special treat, here is a video of Royce setting himself on fire:

For more information on Tsunami on the Square Performing Arts and Culture Festival, click here.

For more information on Prescott Arts Beat, click here.

Juanita Hull-Carlson (Public Artist ) and Royce Carlson (Metal Sculptor) are two of many local creatives drawn into the orbit of Tsunami on the Square Performing Arts and Culture Festival.

After catching the first season as audience members, Juanita and Royce have joined in the happy madness over the years by creating the festival opening Art on Wheels parade, providing couch surfing opportunities for out of town performers, hosting the Sunday post-festival performers’ brunch, serving on the board, etc., etc.

In this episode, Juanita and Royce talk about the downside of booking an event on the Square, what makes a car an art-car and what are all those dancers doing down in the creekbed?

As a special treat, here is a video of Royce setting himself on fire:

For more information on Tsunami on the Square Performing Arts and Culture Festival, click here.

For more information on Prescott Arts Beat, click here.

Juanita Hull-Carlson (Public Artist ) and Royce Carlson (Metal Sculptor) are two of many local creatives drawn into the orbit of Tsunami on the Square Performing Arts and Culture Festival. After catching the first season as audience members, Juanita and Royce joined the happy madness by creating the festival opening Art on Wheels parade, providing couch surfing opportunities for out of town performers, hosting the Sunday post-festival performers’ brunch, serving on the board, etc., etc.

In this episode, Juanita and Royce take on Andrew’s 5 Big Questions in which we learn what Royce’s mother never suspected, the seductive quality steel does NOT share with styrofoam and why visiting Juanita’s workspace at dinner time is a good idea.

As a special treat, here is a video of Royce setting himself on fire:

For more information on Tsunami on the Square Performing Arts and Culture Festival, click here.

For more information on Prescott Arts Beat, click here.

Since the City of Prescott acquired the Elks Opera House a few years ago, many attempts have been made to book interesting musicians into the venue. Some passionate fans of unique artists or musical styles have well, not lost their shirts, but certainly did not become well rewarded for taking the risk of ponying up seed money for the event. Are we learning anything about what will and won’t work in Prescott? Has the population grown large enough to support off-beat music concerts larger than a restraurant or bar’s stage? Weeeelll . . . we have another opportunity to find out.

A local businessman is bringing in legendary Hawaiian Slack Key Guitarist Led Ka’apana for the only Arizona stop on his current U.S. tour. Are local guitar fans, Hawaiian expatriots, adventurous daters and afficanados of the mellow musical style going to come out in numbers large enough to make the night a success? We’ll know on Thursday, April 24th at 7pm.

(Led spoke by phone from his home in Oahu, Hawaii and the show was taped in Coyote Radio’s Studio A in The Raven Cafe building in Prescott, AZ. First heard over KJZA 89.5 FM and 90.1FM)

In this episode, Led talks about teaching Slack Key guitar to a younger generation and how best to start learning his musical style, as well as a hint about what people can expect at the April 24th show.

Since the City of Prescott acquired the Elks Opera House a few years ago, many attempts have been made to book interesting musicians into the venue. Some passionate fans of unique artists or musical styles have well, not lost their shirts, but certainly did not become well rewarded for taking the risk of ponying up seed money for the event. Are we learning anything about what will and won’t work in Prescott? Has the population grown large enough to support off-beat music concerts larger than a restraurant or bar’s stage? Weeeelll . . . we have another opportunity to find out.

A local businessman is bringing in legendary Hawaiian Slack Key Guitarist Led Ka’apana for the only Arizona stop on his current U.S. tour. Are local guitar fans, Hawaiian expatriots, adventurous daters and afficanados of the mellow musical style going to come out in numbers large enough to make the night a success? We’ll know on Thursday, April 24th at 7pm.

In this episode, Led talks about what’s kept him playing out for the last 40 years, from before the Hawaiian Cultural Renaissance in the 70’s to the present.

Since the City of Prescott acquired the Elks Opera House a few years ago, many attempts have been made to book interesting musicians into the venue. Some passionate fans of unique artists or musical styles have well, not lost their shirts, but certainly did not become well rewarded for taking the risk of ponying up seed money for the event. Are we learning anything about what will and won’t work in Prescott? Has the population grown large enough to support off-beat music concerts larger than a restraurant or bar’s stage? Weeeelll . . . we have another opportunity to find out.

A local businessman is bringing in legendary Hawaiian Slack Key Guitarist Led Ka’apana for the only Arizona stop on his current U.S. tour. Are local guitar fans, Hawaiian expatriots, adventurous daters and afficanados of the mellow musical style going to come out in numbers large enough to make the night a success? We’ll know on Thursday, April 24th at 7pm.

In this episode, Led explains what Slack Key guitar playing is and talks about growing up around music playing folk in a tiny black sand fishing village.

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n 1994 the Prescott Courier Arts page read:

“New concept in entertainment is surfacing in Prescott. Local resident Jody Drake has started a theater company aimed at teaching people local history through historical performances”.

Thus began the Blue Rose Theater. Since 1994 we have produced 72 pieces of theater, 68 of which were original pieces written for Sharlot Hall Museum. The company has won state wide recognition. Members have performed throughout the State of Arizona as well as California, New Mexico, and Nevada. Our work has been nominated for the Governors Art Award six times. We have written historical scripts for the city of Prescott, Yavapai County, Riordan Mansion State Park in Flagstaff, Arizona’s Cactus and Pine Girl Scout Council, Prescott Public Library in cooperation with the Monday Club, and Jerome Historical Society.

In looking at year fourteen I can only say “We have come a long way baby!” 2008 lives in the presents of reality. It’s history all the way. From historian Tony Norris and his thoughts on Arizona to an original Folk Opera written by Jody Drake and scored by Don Charles and Deb Gessner (D-Squared). 2008 season promises to enrich your knowledge bank. Tickets are on sale at the Museum Store. New this year!!! Pick A Pack buy your tickets for the season, support our work, and of course save a little money.

Jody Drake, Director, Blue Rose Theater