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Editor’s Note: The International Music Camp is located In that time, we have welcomed over 138,000 individuals north of Dunseith at the International Peace Garden on the through our doors and have played host to students from all North Dakota -Manitoba border. 50 states, all the provinces of Canada, and 77 countries. If you were to step foot on the campus today, you would see a For the past 63 years, the Interna- vibrant grounds filled with towering trees, lush greenspaces, By well-maintained yet rustic teaching facilities, and state of the tional Music Camp has been proud art performance spaces. Not to mention a combination of the TIM to serve the people, families, more than 2,000 campers from around the world working toBAUMANN schools, and communities of gether to become better artists. But do you know the history Co-director, of how the International Music Camp came to be? The folNorth Dakota by providing high lowing are a few of the many important events and pieces of International quality arts instruction in a beauti- information that helped shape and form this institution.
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Artspace gallery director works hard in the arts By SHYANNE BELZER Staff Writer sbelzer @minot dailynews.com
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Artspace Suite 1 Gallery first opened its doors in 2017 on Nov. 24. Those who were a part of the gallery were thrilled to be sharing their art with the community.
Wendy Kimble is a local woman who has worked hard in the arts and has been the director of the gallery since the very first meeting to discuss the gallery for Artspace in Minot. “A fellow artist friend, Amanda Francis, contacted me and was like “Hey, there’s a meeting about a potential Cooperative Gallery at Artspace. You should go.” Needless to say, I was thrilled with the concept coming to Minot and jumped at the opportunity to get involved,” said Kimble. After months of meetings, she was asked to be head of the gallery and accepted. As director, she is in charge of the overall functionality of the gallery from doing the marketing part required for the gallery, such as promotion and scheduling, to brainstorming and working with the executive board and Gallery members to promote Artspace Suite 1 Gallery to the community. One of the biggest things she works to promote is the gallery’s mission statement: “Our mission is to create great art for the community and a great community for artists.” Kimble has loved art and has a passion for all things creative. Her first introduction to art was a day when she was sick at the age of four. Her mother got her a special treat, a set of Snoopy colored pencils, along with her medicine and Popsicles. For her, those color pencils were the most amazing tool she had ever seen and from that moment, she wanted to be an artist. See ART — Page 4
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International Peace Garden: Dedicated to the celebration of peace By NICKI WEISSMAN International Peace Garden Event Coordinator/Marketing/Gift Shop Manager The International Peace Garden exists as testimony to the promise that peace between countries and people is an achievable dream, and that peace on earth, one of the most enduring aspirations of our world, is possible. The International Peace Garden represents the best ideals of humankind. The Peace Garden is a dream that began in 1928, after a meeting of the National Association of Gardeners attended by horticulturalist Henry J. Moore of Islington, Ontario, and Joseph Dunlop, of South Euclid, Ohio. Together, they envisioned a botanical garden commemorating the long, peaceful coexistence of the people of Canada and the United States. Only four years later, on July 14, 1932, Moore and Dunlop were standing on the North Dakota and Manitoba border in the middle of North America, along with more than 50,000 people from Canada and the U.S., at the official opening of the International Peace Garden. The International Peace Garden, spanning 2,339 acres, is the largest garden in the world dedicated to the celebration of peace, and is the only garden straddling an international boundary. Since its opening, it has hosted hundreds of thousands of people as a place of contemplation, renewal, inspiration and friendship. The Peace Garden has come to represent a meeting place between friends, rather than a border that separates two countries. The International Peace Garden’s 85th anniversary will be celebrated July 16 and 17. Events are being planned and will be posted on the Peace Garden’s website, www.peacegarden.com, in the coming months. In May, the garden will start coming alive with the perennials that were planted in the fall and over many years. The beauInternational Peace Garden tiful yellow tulips will Entrance fee is: $20 per vehicle, tour bus is $150, Van is $35 welcome visitors as per day. they enter the garden. The International Peace Garden is open anytime of the day In the first part of June, you would like to visit. 150,000 annuals will be Conservatory is open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. every day. planted in the formal Cafe is open from 10 a.m.- 5 p.m., opening May 14 (days garden area, along with may vary.) many pots throughout Gift Shop is open 10 a.m.- 5 p.m. In June through August it the garden. It is a beauis open until 6 p.m. It is open on Mother’s Day until September. tiful sight when all the The International Peace Garden’s 85th anniversary will be flowers are in bloom. July 14-15 with several activities all day long. There will be conThe Interpretive tests for kids, outdoor vendors, bouncy house and music by Center houses the artists, tours through the garden, and several other activities largest cacti and succuthat will be announced soon. lent collection in the For more information visit the website at peacegarden.com. state of North Dakota. The Vitko Xeric collection has more than 6,000 thriving cacti and succulents. At the Interpretive Center, you can enjoy them any time of the year, and early spring is a good time to see the variety and profusion of blooms this diverse collection puts on display. The Interpretive Center also has the cafe and gift shop, which are open May through September. The Peace Garden is a tranquil place to visit. We hope you will take the time to experience it this summer.
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The People: The camp was started by Dr. Merton Utgaard with the support of his wife, Noella, in 1956 as a location that could serve young musicians from both sides of the border. In 1983, Joe Alme, with the support of his wife, Joyce, was named as Camp Director and served in the capacity for over 20 years. In 2007, Dr. Tim Wollenzien (with the support of his wife, Laurie,) was selected to lead the organization and would serve until the end of 2012. Current Camp Directors Christine and Tim Baumann (married) began serving the International Music Camp in 2013 after working for the organization as Dean of Girls and Dean of Boys for eight years. The camp also includes a summer support staff and artist teaching faculty of over 240 individuals who make the summer programming happen. Some of these individuals have been working at the camp for over 40 summers and camp could not happen without their efforts, talents, and institutional knowledge.
The Buildings:
In 1956, the first IMC campers were housed in old Civilian Conservation Corps barracks and fed in the dining hall from the 1930s. While not uphill both ways, campers at that time did need to walk a long distance to get to food, rehearsal sites, and back to their dormitories. The first building that was constructed for the purpose of the International Music Camp was Howard Hall, a building that is still used today! Over the past 63 years, our facilities have grown to over 70 buildings, including 39 teaching huts, seven classrooms, nine large rehearsal spaces, six support buildings, and 11
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faculty/staff cabins in addition to the dining hall and camper dormitories. Many of these buildings bear the name of the community organizations that sponsored their construction. The Burdick Center for the Performing Arts and the Alme International Arts Centre are the newest buildings, serving as state-of-the-arts performance venues for campers and faculty.
The Programs:
During first season of the International Music Camp, there were only two programs that were offered to campers: band and baton twirling. Since then, the IMC program offering has expanded to over 40 programs including Band, Choir, Orchestra, Piano, Garage Band, Guitar, Drama, Musical Theatre, Creative Writing, Music Composition, Dance, Basic Art, Cartooning, Sculpture, Watercolor Painting, and Digital Photography. Program offerings are continually reviewed and changed to stay current with camper interests. Past programs that are no longer offered include Computers, Pipe and Drums, Cheerleading, Flags/Rifle/Dance team, and Baton Twirling. The newest programs to be added are World Percussion and Musical Theatre.
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The International Music Camp is a registered 501(c)3 non-profit organization and operates within a regularly updated strategic plan that guides its actions. As we prepare for the next 63 years of service to our region and world, our organization aims to remain relevant to the needs of our young people and communities. This includes continuing to hire high-quality artist teaching faculty and support staff and maintain equipment and facilities to remain usable and safe. Cheers to the next 63 years!
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One of the many things the Sakakawea Area Council for the Arts does is keep the Kota Theater in Garrison running and full of things for the community to enjoy. Submitted Photo
Sakakawea Area Council for the Arts is devoted to all forms
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Every town needs arts, whether it be a movie theater, a play, or an art show. In Garrison, the Sakakawea Area Council of the Arts has been working hard to keep the arts in the town and surrounding areas. In 1987, a group of people gained money that was raised from a city play and made the decision to put it toward a council that focused on the arts. They did what they could to become official, working to do the required things to become a non-profit, and so SACA was started. “It was also named the Sakakawea Area because they didn’t want it to just be Garrison, but all of the surrounding area near the lake,” said Cyndy Robinson, the organization’s president. According to Robinson, SACA focuses on seven different areas in the arts. A few of those areas include theater, film, visual arts, music, and literature. Each area has a committee that is devoted to bringing art to the area. Each committee has either a single chair or two chairs that share the responsibilities and decision making. They work hard to bring a variety of things to Garrison to be enjoyed. Every year they put on a Charles Dickens play during their annual Dickens Festival, they offer visual arts and other art classes, and gallery displays. In 1988, SACA was gifted the Kota Theater in Garrison. After remodeling it in time for their
centennial. With the theater, they were able to move their plays from the auditorium to there. “The Kota Theater was always a movie theater. To get it so it could be used for plays as well, the first few rows of seats were taken out to make space and a stage was added,” Robinson said. The stage is regularly used for musicians, musical performances, plays, children’s theater plays, and much more. Whenever it is needed, they simply close the curtains on the screen for the movies and it is ready for the artist or for a set to be prepared. When it is not being used for the stage, the Kota Theater is open on Friday and Saturday, offering a new movie every weekend it is open. With offering a new one every weekend, it means there will always be a movie for someone at some point with movies from children’s to super heroes to romantic comedies. Along with a range of movies, the theater works to keep their prices affordable with adult tickets costing only $5 and kids costing $4. “The theater is really all run by volunteers,” said Robinson. Without the volunteers, the theater wouldn’t be able to run. All money that is generated from the theater is used to pay for the building and any others used for SACA. “All the money goes to help the activities going and keep our scholarship we offer for high schoolers available,” said Robinson.
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Through her many years of art, she has received two degrees from Minot State University. One a bachelor of arts with a major in graphic design, printmaking, and drawing with a concentration in scultpure and then a bachelor of fine arts in integrated media with a minor in art history. With these degrees and her many skills, her artwork ranges from photography to sculpture to integrated design. “My passion is for all things creative. No matter where you go or what you do, it can be linked to the arts, whether it’s culinary, architecture, music, theater, literature, graphics, fashion, or visual arts, the arts are all around us,” Kimble said. Her first involvement with the arts in Minot was in 1997 where she began teaching anyone from 9 months old to adults at the Taube Museum of Art and in the Minot Public Schools through their Meet The Artist Be The Artist and Gallery on Wheels programs. She has been on the board and was gallery manager for a short time while there. In 2011 she was introduced to the Minot Fashion Week, which held its last event in July 2017. She loved being a part of it since it was people who were not only creative people sharing their passions but also were giving back to the community. May 2017 she launched the Creative Night Out First Thursday events that would run the first Thursday of each month from May to September, featuring local creative people with talents in visual arts, music, storytelling, and much more. “My goal was to not only share all the talented creatives that Minot offers, but to share with the community the amazing downtown and local businesses,” Kimble said. She is currently working with secular people and busi-
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ABOVE: Taube Museum of Art Women’s Show February 2018 “Modern Venus” Clay Coiled Female Figure and “Sisterhood” Mixed Media Sculptures- Inspired by Venus Figures past and present BELOW: The piece “Renewal,” which is a lotus flower is made from a plastic bottle placed on a found bone with moss. It was created for Artspace Suite 1 Gallery’s Earth Day Exhibition May 2017.
nesses to prepare for this summer’s upcoming events. Alongside all of her art involvement, she found time to do some adjunct teaching at Minot State University. She taught Visual Arts classes such as Intro to Studio Arts and Traditional Arts. According to Kimble, Artspace Suite 1 Gallery offers a large variety of different types of art. The gallery has over 30 members and each artist brings their own unique art. They offer a special exhibition each month that allows members to create new artworks, they offer solo shows for featured artist members, and they also create exhibitions to drive com-
munity awareness. All of this exhibitions showcase anything from ceramics, sculpture, and paintings to photography, jewelry, handmade baskets, and charcoal work to so much more. Artspace Suite 1 Gallery is typically open Wednesday through Friday from 2:30 to 5:30 p.m. and Saturday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. They have an active Facebook account where those interested can get times of events and exhibitions, see photos of art created by the artists, and much more as Kimble and others at Artspace Suite 1 Gallery work to update the page to feature each artist member and their work.
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Northwest Art Center at Minot State University has a newer gallery, but that hasn’t stopped it from already offering unique shows through hard work. The gallery opened its doors in January, taking a portion of what used to be the basement of the Gordon B. Olson Library at Minot State and turning it into a modern art exhibit. Avis Veikley, who is the gallery director, is proud of the new gallery and all it has to offer. “We held our first show in January. We got the keys about 3 days before school started for the semester, so we quickly got things going,” Veikley said. Formed into three areas, there is the front area with hung art and a few places to sit, an internal gallery, and an area that will eventually hold Native American artifacts. The internal gallery, the Walter Piehl Gallery, is temperature and climate controlled. This will allow the gallery to host artistic works that may require special climates and opening the door to far more options than other gallerys may have. The same can be said for the area of the gallery that is planned to hold Native American artifacts. While they are prepared for display, a wall of glass cases that are climate controlled as well are waiting. The Walter Piehl Gallery was named after a professor at the college. Piehl is a nationally known artist and has worked at the college for many years. The gallery is a part of the North Dakota Art Gallery Association, a group of about a dozen galleries from around the state. The group meets once a year to go through portfolios of a variety of artists and plan on different cooperative shows. During the month of March they held two shows that displayed a large variety of works. One focused on a travelling show called North Dakota Art50. This show is in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the North Dakota Council on the Arts and displays the art of 50 artists around North Dakota. The second was art created by the art faculty at Minot state. On April 19 they held their grand opening of the gallery and began the showcasing of two new shows. The show’s focus was to give guests and art viewers the opportunity to see what the Art Education department has to offer through the art that was created. One thing that Viekley really enjoys is that some of the shows to come will display art created by artists from around the world, saying a few have art from artists in Canada, Australia, and even Japan through ad requests that shows will put out for new artists online. “I’m excited about some of the international shows because they expand our reach a little bit,” she said. Since the gallery works not only to care for the art and the planning, but also placing and putting together the shows they receive, Veikley has a couple of student helpers to help ensure everything runs as smoothly as possible.
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Veikley graduated from Minot State University with a By major in music SHYANNE and a minor in art. For BELZER her, music Staff Writer and art has always been sbelzer a part of her @minot life and something she dailynews.com wanted to do. “I’ve been drawing since I was a little kid and I’ve been doing music since I was a little kid,” she said. She began working at MSU part time as an adjunct professor in the music department. Then, in 2006, she moved on to full time and also began to help out with the galleries around the campus. She enjoys what she does and spends a lot of time working on bring the art to the students of Minot State and the community. The Northwest Art Center is open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. When they hold special events such as receptions or exhibits, they will take place in the evenings typically from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. If interested in special events, they are always posted and publicized ahead of the event on Minot Photos by Shyanne Belzer/MDN State University’s online MAIN: The Northwest Art Center’s gallery entrance is placed on the south side of the Gordon B. events calendar.
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Olson Library at Minot State University. ABOVE: Walter Piehl Gallery is an internal gallery.
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The Lyric Theater in Rugby has serviced the community, the surrounding area, and any other guests of the town with its movie playing abilities for nearly 100 years and the community has worked By hard to keep it. Built in SHYANNE 1922, the theater BELZER was privately owned for years. Staff Writer Then, in 2012, the sbelzer owner could no longer keep it run@minot ning. The high cost dailynews.com of upgrading everything that needed attention was not something he could afford alone, but the community wasn’t ready to see it be closed permanently as 2012 came to an end. Instead of letting it close, a group of volunteers banded together to raise the needed money to purchase the upgrades and to renovate the old theater into a slightly more modern place for the community to continue going to and enjoying. In mid-March of 2013, Lyric Theater reopened. The volunteer group that took it over became known as the Friends of Lyric and established as a non-profit organization. As a very active board, they work hard to bring current releases for the community to enjoy and keep the theater up to date and running. According to Sue Steinke, a part of Friends of Lyric, the theater wouldn’t be able to run without the constant help of the volunteers who come to run the concessions, make sure the movie plays, and perform many other jobs. “I always like to thank the volunteers. Without them and the continued support of the community, the theater
wouldn’t be able to run,” said Steinke. As of March 2018, the theater has reached its five year mark of running, a goal that Friends of Lyric set and passed. The next milestone will be celebrating the 100th anniversary of the theater in 2022. They have also recently been awarded one of the Main Street grants given by the North Dakota Department of Commerce that will allow them to upgrade the marquee and other renovation projects. Along with the grant given, the Rugby Job Development Authority has matched the grant. One of the very first things that Friends of Lyric plan to put the money they have been given toward is a digital sign for outside that will display what is playing, times, and any other messages needed. “We want a digital sign so we can stop having to stand in a North Dakota blizzard putting up letters,” Steinke joked. The theater is open every Friday through Sunday with the chosen movie of the weekend starting at 7:30 on those nights. They work to keep the prices cheap for the community, something they are able to do through the volunteers who run the theater during the showings. Adult tickets cost $7 with children’s costing $5. The Lyric Theater has a Facebook page that they use to update those interested in seeing a movie there. They post what is coming up for weekends as well as any updates on changes. Many who have visited and posted to the page have deemed the popcorn at the Lyric Theater to be the best around. With good prices, popcorn highly raved about, and a community support, Lyric Theater continues to give everything it has for guest enjoyment.
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Women gather for a ladies event in the Sybil Center in 2017. Submitted photo
2018 The Sybil Center Programs
Stanley arts center brings entertainment to region By JILL SCHRAMM
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Now in its 16th season, The Sybil Center in Stanley brings the arts to the small town in a big way. “We are not just a center for Stanley but the whole surrounding area,” said Linda Lumley, board member and head of the activity department. “People attend from all over northwest North Dakota. “The building itself is worth the drive,” she added. “We have a beautiful, refurbished Presbyterian church building with these huge, circular, stained glass windows.” The church, built in 1928, is known for its amazing acoustics. Consequently, the center hosts a number of musical concerts every year. “That’s our main event. That’s our drawing card,” Lumley said. For reasons of volunteer availability and finances, this past year the center reduced its programming schedule from year-round to April through October. It continues to include a certain amount of variety, though. The Sybil hosts a well attended ladies event each year with a different theme. Last year women were treated to a vintage wedding dress
The Sybil Center prepares for 16th season show, romantic music and tea. An actor who portrays Theodore Roosevelt at Medora has made an appearance as has Stanley native Marlene Hoirup, a classical pianist trained at Juilliard who has traveled the world but entertains in Stanley each summer. Then there’s popular bands playing country, gospel and old-time rock and roll for listening or dancing at The Sybil. “There’s a lot of people looking for dance bands. Dancing is becoming very popular again,” Lumley said. The center also displays visual arts, including photography, paintings and pottery. The Sybil regularly hosts a traveling exhibit from the North Dakota State Historical Society. The Sybil Center is a nonprofit, operated by volunteers through donations, private event rent and a grant from the North Dakota Council of the Arts. The center is governed by a working board, currently with eight members, that oversees the building maintenance and operations. Lumley said renovation of the old church took a number of years. “It’s magnificent now. From here on, it’s upkeep,” she said.
The board recently did work on the roof, and an individual found frosted glass stored in another building that matched the glass at The Sybil, allowing for replacement of some panes that were cracked. The building is handicapped accessible. “It’s just glorious to be in there,” Lumley said. “It’s an awesome place.” The building has served weddings and funerals. Over the July 4th holiday, it is a busy place with class reunions and social gatherings. The building’s lower level is also used for socials after the concerts and has office space for the center. Lumley said programming has shifted away from Sundays toward Fridays and Saturdays to give local businesses a chance to cater to the tourism traffic. As a local, Lumley enjoys attending the events and seeing the joy on the faces of people whose toes are tapping and hands are clapping to the music. “It’s a fabulous place. It’s fun,” she said. “I love being there whether I am in the kitchen or doing some cleaning or I am getting to be part of the music. I just love every second of it.”
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The lower level of the Sybil Center is set up for a tea party in 2017.
– June 2: Dakota Drifters of Bottineau, country and rock and roll, 7 p.m. – June 10: Baptist Boys, a Tioga-area gospel group, 3 p.m. – June 17: Monroe Crossing, bluegrass and gospel from the Twin Cities in Minnesota, 3 p.m. – June 24: Stanley native Merrill Piepkorn and the Radio Stars from Fargo, 3 p.m. – July 1: Piveto Duo, flute and jazz piano, 3 p.m. – July 3 and 4: Soulshine, a Minot soul/rock/funk band, concert and dance, 7 p.m. on July 3 and 3 p.m. on July 4 – July 22:, Marlene & Friends with Stanley native Marlene Hoirup, a classical pianist, 3 p.m. – July 27: The Peterson Band, a bluegrass gospel and country band from Branson, Mo., 7 p.m. – Aug. 11: Concert and artistic dance with Brazil natives Carlos and Leticia Vieira. Carlos is an instructor at Minot State University and Leticia is a professional dancer specializing in contemporary styles, 7 p.m. – Aug. 18: summer dance party with a Minneapolis tribute band performing songs of Bobby Vee, Brenda Lee, Buddy Holly, Big Bopper, Ritchie Valens and Dion DiMucci, 7 p.m. – Aug. 26: The Replacements, a ‘50s, ‘60s and gospel band from Minot, 3 p.m. – Sept. 15: Ladies event, 2 p.m. – Sept. 22: Country Sunshine Band, a local country, gospel and dance band, 7 p.m. A children’s theater performance will be held during the summer, and a locally written and directed theatrical production is scheduled for fall. Program updates will be posted when available at sybilcenter.org.
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Ellen Fenner works hard as executive director at MSO
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for a time in the marketing department. Not many think about all that goes on SHYANNE Eventually she learned of the opening behind each concert that the Minot for the executive director position at Symphony Orchestra puts on. From BELZER the Minot Symphony Orchestra. the many practices that the musicians Staff Writer “I heard about the job openparticipate in to the music choice to ing from a friend of the previous dithe marketing, a lot goes into making sbelzer rector and I applied and got the job,” sure that the concerts are ready and @minot Fenner said. the audience knows they’re coming. She has loved doing what she does For Ellen Fenner, the executive didailynews.com ever since. rector of the symphony, every day is a “I love being able to work and help new day with new things to work on and bring people music. Music touches everyone handle. She has been director since July 2015, having now spent three seasons with the symphony. and is great for any mood. You’re having a bad day? She loves doing what she does and helping the sym- Turn on your favorite music and it’ll get a little better,” she said. “It’s one of my favorite things to get to work phony in the ways she is able. Fenner is in charge of the marketing side of the sym- to help bring the symphony to the community.” Fenner played an instrument while in high school phony. While Efrain Amaya chooses the music lists and directs the different concerts, Fenner works to set and while she doesn’t any longer, she is involved in up when the concerts occur and work on advertising music in not only the symphony but through her daughter who is a cello player. Fenner also enjoys phothem. “We’re so lucky to have such a good connection tography. Minot Symphony Orchestra is reaching its 92nd with Minot State. Once I know the musical plan for the concerts for a season, I work to get the dates figured year in performing, and Fenner hopes to get to be out for when Ann Nicole Nelson Hall is open for us to a part of it all when it reaches its 100th anniversary. be able to put on our concert here,” said Fenner. Each season runs alongside Minot State UniAlong with advertising and set up, Fenner also works on promoting ticket sales to help get the word versity’s school year, beginning in the fall and out about the concerts. ending in the spring. This is due to many of Growing up in Devils Lake, Fenner never thought those being involved in the symphony being about following a career in marketing and graphic de- students, though they aren’t the only ones. sign until one semester of her senior year of high According to Fenner, the members of the school, she decided to take a graphic design as a filler Minot Symphony Orchestra range quite widely, with people from all walks of life class. “I already had all my requirements filled, so I involved. With the 2017-18 season coming to an thought that this class would be an easy fluff class for end with the final concert on April 21, an easy grade,” she said. In the end, she loved the class, enjoying all she got work has already begun for planning of to do in it. When a teacher mentioned she could make the 2018-19 season. a career of it, she didn’t believe she could actually “Even though the season is ending, make money doing something so fun. my job is picking up. We use the sumAfter graduating, she attended college in Wahpeton mer to do fundraisers and to really get to get her associates degree. From there she worked a the planning for the next season done,” variety of jobs, even working at the Minot Daily News said Fenner.
Ellen Fenner is executive director of the Minot Symphony Orchestra. Shyanne Belzer/MDN
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The Davis Playhouse in Bottineau was named after a man who has been a fixture in community theater in Bottineau for half a century. Tim Davis, who is now retired from his day job, said he has loved being so involved in theater, musicals and children’s productions. One year he was involved in seven productions, including a winter musical, summer plays and plays at the high school in Bottineau and Dakota College at Bottineau, quite a schedule to keep up while he was also working full time. By Now that he has retired from ANDREA his day job, he is heavily involved with the Bottineau HisJOHNSON torical Society, which will Staff Writer present a Clueseum, based on ajohnson the game Clue, on June 21 as a fundraiser in conjunction with @minot the community theater. dailynews.com Community theater in Bottineau got its start about three years before Davis first arrived in Bottineau in 1968. The two principal originators were Evelyn Westgard and Eunice Ellingson, who had coffee one day and decided the town needed a community theater group. They organized the theater group through the college. Davis got involved in 1969. There was a children’s play for a few years up until 1973. The first winter musical was “Fiddler on the Roof,” which Davis said he has directed multiple times.
Bottineau community theater a fixture for half a century
“I’ve done it three times and I hope to do it one more time before I’m done,” he said. Other musicals performed by the group were popular productions such as “Hello, Dolly” and “Oklahoma!” On March 2 and 3 the Bottineau Community Theatre presented “Seussical the Musical,” produced by Davis and directed by Kris Katarzy. It was held at the Holwell Auditorium at the high school in Bottineau. Over the years, productions have been held at different locations in town, including the Armory and high school and at the Playhouse. In 1987, the group purchased the old Presbyterian Church after the church group joined the Methodists and formed a united parish. The church became the Davis Playhouse. The group puts on one or two “dessert theater” productions, complete with fancy dinnerware and table cloths, during the summer. Davis said the community theater group has had a number of dedicated members over the years, many professionals in the community who have formed close friendships. Membership is down a bit and younger people have been less active in the theater. Davis said the Bottineau Community Theater sponsors the Missoula Children’s Theater and hopes to foster interest in performing among children and provide an opportunity for kids to be involved in the arts and carry the love of performing on to a new generation.
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