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An Artistic Journey
Ellensburg native to study theater in Liverpool, England..........page 7
Return of the Festival
Jazz in the Valley is back and its free..........page 12
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Back in Business Washington State Horse Park booked for a busy summer
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LIVE REVIVED Live music returns to Ellensburg..........page 16
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On the cover: An appreciative audience
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After COVID -19 restrictions led to show cancellations in 2020, the Washington State Horse Park is back in action with a busy 2021.
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KITTITAS VALLEY
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fter 2020’s Summer Like No Other, summer 2021 promises to bring back much of what we love about Kittitas County. We’ve already seen the return of Pioneer Days over the Fourth of July weekend in the Upper County, and this month concludes with a modified (smaller) version of Jazz in the Valley. The summer comes to a close with the Kittitas County Fair and the Ellensburg Rodeo over the Labor Day weekend. The summer already has seen Ellensburg break its all-time high temperature record, as well as the welcome back of a more typical flow of visitors. This quarter’s Kittitas Valley Living celebrates the joy of the return of live music for both the musicians and the fans of music, as well as the return of a full summer schedule of events at the Washington State Horse Park in the Upper County. We also talk to an Ellensburg native before he embarks on the adventure of studying theater in Liverpool, England. Wherever you find yourself this summer, enjoy what Kittitas County has to offer.
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An Artistic Journey Ellensburg native to study theater in Liverpool, England By JACK BELCHER staff writer
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here comes a point in young person’s life where they feel the need to move out of their childhood house and explore the world. For 19-year-old Griffyn Bellah, this meant studying his passion, theater, in Liverpool, England. “I realized that I needed to do more than go to school in my hometown, and I needed to zexperience life without a safety net,” Bellah said. “I needed to experience a little discomfort in order to grow and I don’t think I was getting that here. I thought that it would be awesome to go to another country, especially in the British Isles.” Theater was something he was familiar with even from a young age, as both his parents have degrees in the subject and would bring him with him to shows. continued on page 8 K V LIVING
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Photo by Georgia Mallett, for the the Daily Record Above: Griffyn Bellah will be leaving Ellensburg at the end of the summer to attend the The Liverpool Institute for the performing arts. continued from page 7
“My dad worked as a professor at Central, so I would sit at rehearsals for Central’s plays and watch these college students do this really cool thing called acting,” Bellah said. Bellah is a guy who likes to play and have fun, which he gets to do a lot of while on stage. Not many professions involve people running around all day pretending to be a giant lizard, but with the career Bellah has chosen, that’s just another day in the life, and he couldn’t be happier. “Humans don’t play enough. It’s crazy, I mean we go to work for eight hours a day and we sit in a chair. If you tried to make a kid do that, they would go crazy, they’d revolt,” he said. 8
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“A job where I get to play every day sounds like the most gnarly thing in the universe.” Once in England, Bellah will begin his studies at the Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts (LIPA), which was co-founded by Paul McCartney. There he will work to earn a three-year degree in acting, in an honors/accelerated program. Bellah applied to many different universities in the country but kept getting rejection letters. He was beginning to think he wouldn’t be accepted to any of them, especially not one as prestigious as LIPA. “The night before (he was accepted) I was talking to my girlfriend and I
was like ‘I have auditioned so much there is no hope,’” Bellah said. “Then I woke up the next morning, checked my phone and I saw that acceptance email. I ran through the house, I screamed.” When he told his “best bud” about the acceptance, the two started to play victory music to celebrate, waking up the rest of their roommates. He said he had received close to seven rejection letters during the year and had nearly lost hope. Being accepted to LIPA was such an impossibility, that he applied almost on a whim. “This was one of the schools I auditioned for where I was like, ‘well you know, it’s a really cool school and it
Photo by Georgia Mallett, for the the Daily Record Griffyn Bellah developed his love for theater and performance by participating in Ellensburg High School productions.
won’t hurt to audition.’ It was kinda like a Hail Mary throw,” Bellah said. “I got the email, and it was the last email I got, and they asked if I wanted to come to school, and I couldn’t stop thinking ‘Yo, no way, that’s crazy dude.’” Auditioning for different schools was difficult for Bellah, because everything had to be done online. He would have to ask himself questions, and then answer them on camera to send to different schools, and he would do this several times a week. He first started acting in high school called with a play called “The Drowsy Chaperone,” where he played a character called the “Man in the Chair,” continued on page 11 K V LIVING
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whom he was able to easily relate to over the actor and characters shared love of art. This was also the time Bellah learned how much he loved everything about the theater from the acting on stage to the people he would meet. He said that one performance introduced him with many lifelong friends. Bellah also understands and values how powerful art can be. He sees its potential as a way to spread ideas and reach people across the world. Being able to influence public opinion through art proves the importance of theater. This power is something that can be used by an artist to change the world. Everyone can relate to fun characters and the human experience, throwing those characters into a culturally relevant story can cause a large impact in society. “I love theater as a tool for social change as well. You can get a really subtle idea across to a lot of people very efficiently through theater, and I think it’s cool how you can show rather than tell in theater. You can help people experience a completely different point of view through characters they didn’t know they could relate to.” This will be a first-time experience for Bellah, because not only has he never been to England, but he has also never been outside the United States. He did admit that he was a little nervous, but any nerves are greatly overshadowed by his excitement and anticipation. “Yeah man, I am so looking forward to going to Liverpool, I am ecstatic,” he said, laughing. One of the main things he is looking forwards to is the cultural differences between his hometown of Ellensburg, Washington and Liverpool. He has been reading up on British slang and culture and is excited to experience firsthand things he has never seen or heard before in his life. Bellah spent a lot of his time in Ellensburg, moving through the Ellensburg School District and graduating from EHS at 17, and then spent two years at Central Washington University. After he hopefully graduates from LIPA, he hopes to find a career in stage acting, specifically stage combat. He said he would love to act with the Royal Shakespeare Company, because he has heard, if you can do the classics, you can do anything. However, he also said he would be open to working as a voice actor for cartoons. He has no doubt he never would have been accepted to LIPA if it wasn’t for the help and encouragement of his friends, family and teachers. He said he would never be able to show them just how grateful he is for their help, and their encouragement for him to find and do what he wants to with his life. u
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Return of the Festival
Jazz in the Valley is back and its free DAILY RECORD STAFF The COVID-19 pandemic silenced one of the sweetest sounds of the Ellensburg summer when public health restrictions lead to the cancellation of Jazz in the Valley. But the festival is not only back this year, it’s free. The 2021 version is scaled down from what people expect of Jazz in the Valley, but there will still be a mix of jazz, blues and a sampling of other genres at downtown venues. The venues are the Red Pickle on the corner of Third Avenue and Pine Street, the Pearl Bar and Grill on Pearl Street, and the Top of the Burg on the roof of the Hotel Windrow. There will be six groups playing over two nights — July 30 and 31.
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Ellensburg’s Mel Peterson will be one of the performers at this year’s Jazz in the Valley.
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Photo by Georgia Mallett, for the the Daily Record Participants came from across the region to participate in the Steve Rother Horsemanship Clinic at the Washington State Horse Park on July 5.
Back in Business Washington State Horse Park booked for a busy summer
By KARL HOLAPPA staff writer After a season without events, the air is full of competition again at the Washington State Horse Park. The park, located on the edge of Cle Elum was hit hard by the pandemic, having to cancel all its competitions for the 2020 season, but it’s schedule has completely rebounded for this summer. “We’re slammed,” Executive Director Leslie Thurston said of the summer schedule. “We’re about as busy as we could be. It’s been hard to find help, actually. We’re having bigger events and more events, and it’s been hard to keep up with it all because it’s been hard to hire.” The changes come as a drastic change from last season. Thurston said the park generated 7% of its normal rev14
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enue in 2020. Fortunately for some, the park was able to stay open with a skeleton crew for recreational riders, but the bread and butter for the venue is competitions. “We had plenty of recreational riders,” she said. “We had people out here trail riding like we’ve never seen before. They could get in because we didn’t have events. The place was pretty much wide open for trial riding, and they just wanted to get out and do something safe. There’s not a much safer activity than getting out on a horse out in the fresh air in the middle of nowhere.” Although Thurston said she was happy the park could provide recreational activities for riders during the pandemic, any events the park were able to have were regulated to less than 50 participants, which resulted in the major loss of income.
“The bread and butter did not happen at all,” she said. “We did get a couple of government grants, which helped a lot to keep people on payroll.” The Paycheck Protection Program funding helped keep the park operating for recreational riding and small events, and Thurston said they couldn’t have operated in that fashion without it. Last fall, she said people began to plan events in the hopes that they could be executed this summer with improving conditions. “They began to plan as if it was going to be fine,” she said. “They just kept telling us they were going to need more rental stalls, and the entries just kept pouring in. We’re in a kind of a COVID bump right now. Everybody’s sort of really eager to get out and do things.” Thurston said she isn’t sure if the intensity will persist into next season, but she said one factor that is most likely contributing to this year’s bump in entries is the closure of the Canadian border. “There’s some competitors that go over into Canada to compete during the summer,” she said. “When that opens again, I don’t know what effect that will have.” EXPANDED OPPORTUNITIES To kick off the 2021 season, the park is able to offer competitors use of it’s freshly completed covered arena. The addition comes along with expanded rental stalls for park users, helping to grow the number of entrants into the competitions. “The fact that we can do more means we are doing more,” she said. The new arena was completed just in time for the first competition at the park in the end of May. Leslie
Photo by Georgia Mallett, for the the Daily Record Addie Blair, from Ellensburg, trains her horse at the Steve Rother Horsemanship Clinic at the Washington State Horse Park on July 5.
said the structure was an instant hit with users. “They loved it,” she said. “They absolutely loved the atmosphere, and they loved the footing. It’s got really high walls, so you still feel like you’re outside, even though you’re in a covered arena. We wanted it to be clear span so there were no columns impeding any of the views. We have translucent panels and skylights that go down the middle so there are no shadows. It’s very important not to have shadows, because horses are afraid of looking at their shadow and not knowing what it is.” Other features of the arena include high-quality lighting and a removable fencing system that allows the arena to be used for non-equine events outside of the competition season. Thurston said she envisions community events being held in the space during those times. “It could be a brew fest or a Wednesday night movie night,” she
said. “It could be an antique show. It’s a very generous space.” The covered element also means the park can extend it’s competition season, allowing entrants to stay sheltered from the elements. Now that things are heating up for 2021, Thurston said she is grateful that the park was able to sustain through the hardest time in their history. Along with the government funding, she said supporters of the park contributed through a fundraising campaign to keep the venue on their feet. “They really stepped up,” she said. “I think the horse community showed that they want us to be sustainable, and it’s starting to work this year. We have a lot of return events, and at the same time we have a lot of new people reaching out to us. It feels like we’ve done it right, and as long as we stay true to our mission of serving the entire horse community in all the disciplines, that gives a nice variety and I feel really good about it.” u K V LIVING
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LIVE REVIVED
Live music returns to Ellensburg By RODNEY HARWOOD staff writer
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he collective thought on a warm Saturday night was “It’s about time.” Like the final scene in “Field of Dreams,” where the streams of headlights following each other to the ballpark, they gravitated to a place where there was live music three nights a week before the COVID. A place where the bandstand is close, the sound was good, a place where the music flowed and the vibe emerged from the endless notes that brought joy to the masses. Book the act, and they will come. The return of live music after 16 months of health restrictions and shutdowns was like popping the cork on the champagne and letting it explode for the capacity audience on the back patio at Cornerstone Pie “I am over ready. This has been a dry year for live music and this is the best band to kick off the live music this summer,” Judy Thomas said, sitting at one of the tables in the courtyard. It was an auspicious beginning for both audience and local favorites Chuck Boom, which hadn’t played since March 1, 2020. “We’ll try and knock off some of the rust,” singer and guitar player Kyle Bain said as they got it started with Buddy Holly’s “Rave On,” and followed with the Faces “Ooh La La.” By the time they hit the Kinks “Sunny Afternoon,” the crowd was singing right along with Bain out front in a large cowboy hat that just seemed to fit the occasion. The energy level kicked up another notch with the classic Creedence Clearwater Revival number, “Who’ Stop the Rain?” “It’s a reunion atmosphere tonight. There’s a lot of people that haven’t seen each other in a long time,” Mike Allen said. “It’s a good move to have music again and give us a chance to get back to normal.” It’s about time. As the band settled into a groove and Al Kaatz’s guitar started rising to the occasion, something was still missing with the crowd seemingly responding as they sat along the rail, sat on the steps or in the chairs at the various tables in the courtyard.
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Then boom, the band wrapped up the first of three sets with the Beatles classic, “I Saw Her Standing There,” and they were on their feet with some 20 dancers filling the deck, responding to the “Ooooos” of the song with hands in the air and that high-pitched response to a song that helped shape a generation, their generation. Even the musicians who weren’t on stage were in the house. Killdeer String Band bassist Justin Gibbens was sitting inside getting his groove on. Killdeer String Band would play Ellensburg Community Radio’s Tiny Stage later that week, but on this night, he was a fan of the music enjoying the band. The Roberts drummer Bob Lupton sat along the rail. He’d been there since sound check. Knowing Chuck Boom drummer Rob Fraser, he got there early to grab some food and a drink and watch the guys work. “Nobody has had an experience like what we went through with the layoff. You practice every week because you want to keep on top of your show. As a musician, you’ve been doing it all your life and all of a sudden you can do it,” he said. “Our generation loves live music and we need to have events like this. “This is a great place to see music. You’re right there, up close and personal, so this is great.” As the night wore on, the musicians settled in, the dancers were more frequent and the songs stirred the memories and the soul. Songs like “These Boots Are Made For Walking,” “Folsom Prison Blues,” and “Hunk a Burnin’ Love,” filled the night. “One of our goals is that we don’t want to get bored,” Fraser said. “We know our audience is middle-aged to older so we try to do songs they appreciate. We did a Kinks song and a Faces song, and I looked out and the whole audience is singing along.” They even threw in three Bain songs, “I Ain’t Got a Place That Feels Like Home,” “Growing Thin,” and “Eye of the Storm.” Chuck Boom wrapped up a three-hour, 34-song performance with the Band’s “Ophelia.” Even as they were wrapping up with the words, “Why would anybody leave so quickly for?” the crowd was calling for more. One more blast through with some Beatles energy and the night of live music came to an end with a buzz that said, “It’s about time.” u
Rodney Harwood / Daily Record Dancers enjoy the music of Chuck Boom at the first live outdoor show earlier this summer at Cornerstone Pie.
Rodney Harwood / Daily Record Fans enjoy some of the first live music in a long, long time earlier this summer at Cornerstone Pie.
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Rodney Harwood / Daily Record Billy Maguire, from left, David Parker and Jeff Hill get together and play music at the Meadows Place retirement community.
An appreciative audience
Musicians perform at Meadows Place Assisted Living Facility By RODNEY HARWOOD staff writer The evening started off with Bob Dylan’s “Lay Lady Lay.” The acoustic guitar and singular voice was a familiar fit for a song Dylan actually quit smoking to record. But the accordion accompaniment was probably more Dylanesque than anything, in that Dylan has reinvented himself and his 18
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music over the years, changing the words, changing keys, playing the slow ones fast and the fast ones slow too many times to count. Even though the song ended to silence in a room with people sitting at every table, the music was a pleasant change for a demographic of people that had been under literal isolation since the pandemic safety restrictions went into effect in March of
2020. Acoustic duo Jeff Hill and David Parker have been busking at the Rotary Pavilion Friday afternoons from 3 to 5 p.m. during the pandemic. Now they have extended their music to include sessions at Meadows Place Assisted Living Facility in Ellensburg. Local favorite Billy Maguire sits in every now and then, adding a second guitar, voice and harmonica. “My mother was in an extended
living facility, so I like coming here and making people happy,” Hill said. “The bottom line is, we like to play and this is way to do that.” Maguire would agree. “There was one guy that must have been in his 90s. I could see real a twinkle in his eye. He was really enjoying the music. It was worth it if just for that moment,” he said. The song list is a combination of music that shaped their generation in the ‘60s, blended with the accordion music made famous in the 1930s and ‘40s. A little Bob Dylan here, a little Joan Baez or Joni Mitchell there, throw in some Grateful
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Said Parker, “I’ve been in Ellensburg three years,” he said. “We play for our own pleasure. I played organ and piano for seven years over on the coast. We just started playing down at the pavilion just to get out and play and that’s been fun. “Playing at Meadows Place is as therapeutic for us as I hope it is for the people that live there.” With the live music scene gaining traction this summer, look for Hill and Parker downtown or anywhere the wind blows because the answer really is blowing in the wind when it comes to the music of this acoustic duo. u
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Perhaps the most haunting weekend of the entire COVID-19 shutdown was Labor Day weekend 2020. No kids and cows. No cotton candy, hand-dipped corndogs or elephant ears. No cowboys and cowgirls. No bucking bulls. No Tilt-a-whirls or jugglers on stilts. No traffic. No $10 parking spots in someone’s front yard. In other words, nothing of what we typically expect over Labor Day weekend. There will never (hopefully) be another Labor Day weekend like the one endured in 2020. This year the summer calendar ones again comes to a close with the most anticipated weekend of the year. The Kittitas County Fair is back. The Ellensburg Rodeo is back. The people who enjoy both these events will be back as well. On these two pages are photographic reminders of what to expect. u
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Questions of past linger today In the the summer and fall of 1921, the Daily Record published a local Ask Me column in which a wide variety of questions were broached and answered. This is a small sampling. Dear Ask Me: Why is it in Ellensburg that real estate men say “own your own homes,” and advocate the easy payment plan, and after a person buys a home and is trying to pay for it he has the bad luck of getting out of work and not being able to pay for his payment? Also, that he can’t find a steady job? There are several places in town that I have been in where there are more kids working than taxpayers. Why is this? — F.D.W. F.D.W: I can’t begin to answer your questions on the social conditions involved at this time. But the situation on
homes is deplorable and very likely has existed and does exist. It certainly seems a shame that after a person buys a home on the long-term payments that has to give it up because he doesn’t have a job. I believe that if a person is honestly in earnest about paying his payments and if he will explain the situation to the man he bought the property from, and will go about showing his willingness to make amends as soon as he can, any business man will not be hard-hearted enough to take the property away. We hear a lot about this country mortgage bound, foreclosing on the widow and her several children, but I
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