THANKS FOR WATCHING THE LOCAL NEWS NETWORK.
I'M WENDY GRAHAM SETTLE.
AND I'M JOINED IN THE STUDIO TODAY BY ANGIE
BEACH.
SHE'S THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF MUSIC IN THE
MOUNTAINS HERE TO TELL US ABOUT POPS NIGHT
GOES VIRTUAL
THAT'S RIGHT.
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN OUR 34-YEAR HISTORY
POPS NIGHT GOES VIRTUAL.
VERY,
YES.
SO TELL US WHAT YOU KNOW, POPS NIGHT GOES
VIRTUAL.
WHAT'S IT ALL ABOUT?
WHEN IS IT HAPPENING?
ALL RIGHT.
SO MUSIC IN THE MOUNTAINS, AS YOU MAY OR MAY
NOT KNOW, IS A THREE-WEEK CLASSICAL MUSIC
FESTIVAL.
AND THIS WAS GOING TO BE OUR 34TH SEASON,
UNFORTUNATELY, BECAUSE OF WHAT'S GOING ON
IN THE WORLD, WE HAD TO CANCEL ALL OF OUR
EVENTS, BUT OUR ORGANIZATION JUST DIDN'T FEEL
LIKE WE SHOULD JUST NOT DO ANYTHING AT ALL.
AND SO POPS NIGHT IS NORMALLY OUR BIGGEST
FUNDRAISER OF THE YEAR, AND IT USUALLY INVOLVES
A MULTI-COURSE MEAL WITH WINE AND A LIVE AND
SILENT AUCTION.
AND THEN THIS FULL ORCHESTRA PERFORMANCE OF
POPS MUSIC.
AND IT'S A REALLY, REALLY FUN TIME.
PEOPLE LIKE TO DRESS UP.
BUT THIS TIME WE'RE GOING TO OFFER A FREE
COMMUNITY CONCERT, YOU KNOW, FREE FOR THE
COMMUNITY, SO THEY CAN ENJOY A BEAUTIFUL CONCERT,
A POPS CONCERT, ON US.
WHAT GAVE YOU THE IDEA TO DO THE CONCERT FOR
FREE?
WELL, EVERYONE'S HURTING RIGHT NOW.
ALL THE BUSINESSES ARE SUFFERING.
INDIVIDUALS ARE SUFFERING AND WE, AS IN, YOU
KNOW, MUSIC, MUSIC IS SO HEALING AND WE JUST
REALLY WANT IT TO BE PART OF THE HEALING AND
HELP THE COMMUNITY TO SORT OF GET THROUGH
THIS ROUGH TIME TOGETHER.
WE ARE PART OF THE COMMUNITY AND WE FELT LIKE
THIS WAS REALLY A COOL, A GIFT THAT WE COULD
GIVE.
SO WE'RE GOING TO BE AT HOME WATCHING THE
CONCERT.
RIGHT?
OKAY.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE CAN GET, GO TO OUR FAVORITE
RESTAURANT AND GET SOME DINNER TO TRY TO EMULATE
THE MULTI-COURSE MEAL.
RIGHT?
I WANT TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO JUST HAVE SOME
FUN, SO LIKE MAYBE EVEN GET DRESSED UP, BUT
LIKE, ORDER YOUR FAVORITE TAKEOUT AND GET
THAT GREAT BOTTLE OF WINE.
MAKE SURE YOUR FRIENDS ARE AT THEIR HOUSE
ON THEIR COUCH, WATCHING ALONG WITH YOU. AND
YOU GUYS CAN CHAT ON THE YOUTUBE PRE YOUTUBE
PREMIERE THAT WE'RE DOING.
UM, AND BY THE WAY, IT'S SEPTEMBER 10TH AT
7:00 PM.
SO, COMING UP VERY QUICKLY, AND THEN, YOU
KNOW, OUR REGULAR POPS NIGHT ALWAYS HAS AN
AUCTION COMPONENT.
AND SO DOES THIS.
SO WHEN IT'S OVER, THE ONLINE AUCTION WILL
OPEN, AND IT'LL RUN FOR TWO WEEKS ,AND WE
HAVE SOME PRETTY COOL AUCTION ITEMS.
OOH, I LOVE ONLINE AUCTIONS.
SO, TELL US WHAT'S ON THE AUCTION.
SO THE ONLINE AUCTION IS CHOCK FULL OF REALLY
COOL THINGS, INCLUDING THE 2020 FESTIVAL ARTWORK.
SO ANOTHER THING THAT MUSIC IN THE MOUNTAINS
DOES EVERY YEAR IS COMMISSION A SPECIAL ARTWORK
PIECE THAT'S USED IN OUR POSTER AND OUR BROCHURE
AND OUR PROGRAMS.
AND THEN WE AUCTION OFF THE PIECE AT POPS
NIGHT.
WELL, WE'RE AUCTIONING OFF THE PIECE AT POPS
NIGHT, AND IT'S A BEAUTIFUL PIECE, CREATED
BY BJ.
BRINER WHO'S A SORREL SKY ARTIST.
AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO DROP BY SORREL
SKY AND TAKE A LOOK AT IT.
YOU KNOW, IT'LL BE THERE FOR THE WHOLE TWO
WEEKS THAT THE AUCTION IS RUNNING.
AND, SO THAT'S PROBABLY ONE OF MY FAVORITE
AUCTION ITEMS, BUT THERE ARE LOTS OF OTHER
THINGS.
THERE'S A GREAT RESTAURANT GIFT CERTIFICATES.
THERE'S A FINANCIAL CONSULTATION PACKAGE.
THERE'S HOTEL STAYS, THERE'S GOLF PACKAGES,
THERE'S, THERE'S OTHER ART AND JEWELRY.
SO CHECK IT OUT AND CHRISTMAS IS COMING.
DON'T FORGET.
SO THE CONCERT IS FREE.
GREAT WAY FOR YOU GUYS TO GIVE BACK TO THE
COMMUNITY, GIVE US SOME ART, GIVE US SOME
HEALING THROUGH, THROUGH THAT.
POPS MUSIC, YOU KNOW, IS GOING TO INCLUDE
MUSIC.
THAT'S GONNA APPEAL TO A WIDE GROUP.
WHO'S PLAYING IS TAKE THREE.
TAKE THREE IS THIS JUST INTERNATIONALLY RENOWNED
STRING TRIO OUT OF LA. AND THEY WERE PLANNING
ON COMING DURING OUR SEASON THIS YEAR.
AND SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO
SHOWCASE THEM ANYWAY DURING THE VIRTUAL POPS
NIGHT.
THEY ARE AMAZING.
THEY'RE HIP, THEY'RE YOUNG.
THEY'RE COOL.
AND THEY'RE PLAYING SONGS LIKE GAME OF THRONES.
THERE'S A CARMEN MASHUP, THERE'S HALLELUJAH.
THERE'S OH GOSH, LET ME LOOK AT MY LIST.
DESPERATE CDOT, FORTNIGHT, OBLIVION PIRATES
OF THE CARIBBEAN.
SO THERE'S ACTUALLY SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE.
THE WHOLE FAMILY WILL ENJOY THIS.
AND, AND SO, YEAH, I HOPE EVERYONE CAN JOIN.
NOW.
THERE IS THE AUCTION AND LIKE YOU SAID, NORMALLY
POPS NIGHT IS ONE OF YOUR MOST POPULAR EVENTS
AND YOUR BIGGEST FUNDRAISER OF THE YEAR.
SO IN ADDITION TO, YOU KNOW, PARTICIPATING
IN THE AUCTION AND GETTING SOME GREAT, GREAT
ITEMS, WHO IS THIS BENEFITING AND WHY SHOULD
OUR COMMUNITY COME OUT, RALLY AROUND THIS
AND SUPPORT THE AUCTION?
WELL, I MEAN, WE'RE ALL KIND OF ISOLATED RIGHT
NOW. AND SO THIS IS JUST A, A FUN THING TO
DO, TO SORT OF SHAKE OFF SOME OF THE BOREDOM,
BUT ALSO THE AUCTION IS GOING TO SUPPORT OUR
MUSIC IN THE MOUNTAINS GOES TO SCHOOL PROGRAMMING.
AND SO WE HAVE A YEAR-ROUND MUSIC, EDUCATION
PROGRAM, AND 100 PERCENT OF THE PROCEEDS ARE
GOING TO GO TO SUPPORT THOSE THINGS.
AND, AND REALLY, I THINK THIS YEAR WITH THE
PANDEMIC, WE'RE GOING TO BE FOCUSING PRIMARILY
ON OUR SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM.
AND SO, THERE'S, YOU KNOW, BELIEVE IT OR NOT
IN THE VIRTUAL WORLD, WE'RE ALL PIVOTING,
WE'RE ALL LEARNING HOW TO DO THINGS DIFFERENTLY,
BUT THERE ARE, THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS HAPPENING,
EVEN IN THE MUSIC EDUCATION REALM, WITH THE
DIGITAL.
SO YOU CAN, YOU CAN ONLY IMAGINE HOW THOSE
PRIVATE LESSONS ARE HAPPENING ONLINE AND WE'RE
ABLE TO SUPPORT THAT.
THAT'S AWESOME.
I'M ACTUALLY, I STARTED TAKING MUSIC LESSONS.
I'M OVER ZOOM DURING YEAH.
DURING, AT THE END OF MARCH.
SO I LEARNED,
SO I THINK IT'S COOL, GREAT THAT YOU GUYS
ARE ABLE TO PIVOT AND STILL USE THESE FUNDS
TO SUPPORT YOUNG PEOPLE WHO WANT TO PURSUE
MUSIC.
RIGHT.
I, YOU KNOW, I'M SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THIS
EVENT.
IT SORT OF CAME TOGETHER AND I HOPE EVERYONE
WILL JOIN US AND ENJOY THIS CONCERT.
IT'S A GIFT FROM US TO THE COMMUNITY.
IT'S ACTUALLY A GIVE BACK BECAUSE WE DON'T
EXIST WITHOUT THE WONDERFUL SUPPORT THAT THE
COMMUNITY HAS GIVEN US FOR 34 YEARS.
AND SO, YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING.
SAVE THE DATE: SEPTEMBER 10TH, 7:00 PM. IS
THAT RIGHT?
THAT'S RIGHT.
AND YOU'RE GOING TO GO TO MUSIC IN THE MOUNTAINS.COM,
RIGHT?
TO HAVE ALL THE DETAILS ON HOW TO JOIN THE
LIVE CONCERT.
YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO JOIN UNTIL SEVEN O'CLOCK.
SO JUST, YOU KNOW, HAVE YOUR BUTTON READY
AND BE READY TO BE, LET IN AND HAVE THIS AMAZING
LIVE EXPERIENCE.
IT'S GOING TO BE OVER YOUTUBE PREMIERE.
RIGHT.
AND SO, AND GET YOUR FRIENDS SO THAT YOU CAN
BE, YOU KNOW, HAS TO HAVE A GROUP EXPERIENCE,
RIGHT.
POPS NIGHT GOES VIRTUAL PARTY, I GUESS, PARTY,
FOOD, DRINKS AND FRIENDS, AND THEN IMMEDIATELY
FOLLOWING THE CONCERT.
SO WHEN OUR CONCERT IS THE AUCTION, WHICH
GOES FOR TWO WEEKS YES. AND BENEFITS YOUR
BENEFITS, UM, KIDS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
ABSOLUTELY.
SO, YEAH, I MEAN, THAT'S A GREAT, YOU KNOW,
WHAT A GREAT COMMUNITY EVENT, I THINK IT'S
GOING TO BE FUN.
YEAH.
WAIT, THANK YOU, WENDY.
WELL, IT'S SO GREAT TO HAVE YOU IN THE STUDIO,
ANGIE, THANKS FOR TELLING US ABOUT THIS EVENT.
THAT'S COMING RIGHT UP.
SO MARK YOUR CALENDAR AND LET'S HOPEFULLY
WE'LL RALLY GET, GET A LOT OF DURANGO.
AND I GUESS PEOPLE FROM ANYWHERE COULD JOIN
THIS CAMP.
CAN'T THEY FROM ALL OVER THE GLOBE, WE HOPE
THAT THE WHOLE WORLD WILL JOIN US HERE IN
DURANGO.
I MEAN, THERE'S DOWNSIDES TO HAVING TO GO
VIRTUAL AND THERE'S UPSIDES, WHICH IS THAT
PEOPLE COULD EXPERIENCE THIS CONCERT ALL AROUND
THE WORLD.
ABSOLUTELY.
ON YOUR PHONE, WHEREVER YOU ARE.
AMAZING.
YEAH.
I LOVE IT.
COOL.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AND GOOD LUCK FOR
YOUR EVENT.
I HOPE THAT OUR COMMUNITY COMES OUT AND NOT
ONLY ENJOYS THE CONCERT, BUT ALSO BUYS LOTS
OF THINGS ON THE AUCTION.
YEAH.
FINGERS CROSSED.
THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR GENEROSITY DURANGO.
WE HAD SUCH A GREAT COMMUNITY.
IT'S FUN TO LIVE HERE.
YEAH.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
YEAH.
ALL RIGHT.
WELL, THANKS FOR WATCHING THE LOCAL NEWS NETWORK.
I'M WENDY GRAHAM SETTLED, JOINED BY ANGIE
BEACH, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF MUSIC IN
THE MOUNTAINS IN OUR STUDIO TODAY.
THANKS FOR WATCHING.
