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the need for “There is nothing boring about a turn at 187 mph.”
Mezzo-soprano Lara Nie, pianist Peter Henderon and Conductor Alasdair Neale ushered in the newly named “Edgar M. Bronfman In Focus Series Sunday as Nie talked about Berlioz’s composition “The ghost of the Rose.” Several hundred people turned out for the discussion and demonstrations and the concert that followed.
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ast year the spotlight was on big name stars like Garth Brooks and Itzhak Perlman. This year the focus is back on the orchestra. “We’ll have some big stars. But we’re purposely doing large orchestral works to balance out the superstars with the superstars in the orchestra,” said Jennifer Teisinger, the symphony’s executive director. The symphony season kicks off on Monday with Leonard Bernstein’s “Overture to Candide,” followed by Edvard Grieg’s “Concerto in A Minor” featuring pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet and Maurice Ravel’s “Suite No. 2.” It will end on Aug. 16 with Gustav Mahler’s First Symphony, which Teisinger promises “will be big and explosive and also an emotionally charged way to end the season.” The little girl who will head the symphony benefit at 6:30 p.m. Sunday needs no introduction—not with all the talk shows she’s been singing her way through since becoming an overnight sensation on “America’s Got Talent.” Jackie Evancho, one of four children in a Richland, Pa., family, began singing in the mirror at 8 after seeing the movie “Phantom of the Opera.” Her family realized she had talent after she placed second to a 20-year-old opera singer in a local contest. It’s not her lungs or her vocal chords that make the difference but rather the way Jackie’s brain is able to coordinate her lungs, throat, vocal chords, University of Pittsburgh Voice Center doctor Clark Rosen told “20/20” on Friday. Evancho responded simply that she was surprised to hear herself described as “super human”—“Whenever I listen to myself sing, all I hear is an 11-year-old girl.” Evancho, who is starting her orchestral tour with the Sun Valley Summer Symphony, will appear with two other up-and-coming guest artists in an evening that celebrates young talent, Teisinger said. Violinist Ryu Goto, whose sister Midori has performed with the symphony, just graduated from Harvard University with a degree in physics. Jazz pianist Alfredo Rodriguez was discovered and subsequently promoted by Quincy Jones. The benefit concert is the only concert for which there is a fee. A few $250 and $500 tickets remain, available at www.svsummersymphony.org or 208-622-5607. But Teisinger doesn’t expect them to last. “We’re thrilled—it’s going to be a full house.”
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- Dave Stone, Sun Valley Auto Club By TRAVIS KOMAR
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A 2011 Shelby Super Snake, like this one, was purchased just for this year’s Road Rally.
he third annual Sun Valley Road Rally (SVRR) returns this week with a vengeance. Hallowed marquees and models such as Porsche, Shelby, Ferrari, Lamborghini, Corvette and Aston Martin are signed up and ready to run for the ultimate bragging rights—“Who is the fastest of them all?”—with proceeds to benefit the Blaine County Drug Coalition. Last year’s event raised an admirable $40,000. Nevertheless, BCDC Director Terry Basolo felt it was time to raise the stakes. “We decided it was time to elevate the event in terms of fundraising for a cause as worthy as any other in the Valley, decreasing drugs and alcohol problems with local kids. “We approached the Porsche dealership of Lyle Pearson in Boise, which lead to Porsche USA coming on board as a major sponsor for this year’s event. Sun Valley Company, Cox and D.L. Evans Bank have also decided to join us this year as well,” said Basolo. Continuing, Terry stated, “Last year we did $40k; this year, if everything goes well, we’d like to raise $300,000. “Last year we had a total of 35 speed runs; this year, we’re scheduled for 70.” With sponsors lining up to support this worthy cause, the SVRR continued to elevate their game by including a Road Rally Gala dinner with the famed race car driver Johnny Unser and silent auction on Friday, July 29; a pre-run showing of all the vehicles at River Run Saturday morning; and the pièce de résistance—the chance to win a 2011 Porsche Cayenne S Hybrid with a sticker price of $70,000, with the lucky winner having the opportunity to find out how fast their new Porsche really is, sans the normal entrance fees. Furthermore, several new Porsches with professional drivers from Porsche USA will be on hand to offer spectators—some of whom will be picked at random from the crowd—the chance to experience a high-speed run! Yet, what motivates men and women to want to drive at speeds that would normally land them in jail or the hospital, or both? This is the question posed to Dave Stone, cofounder of the SVRR and owner of Sun Valley Auto Club.
Stone: “My passion for vehicles is all about the art of the car, the sound of a screaming engine and the thrill. It’s definitely about the thrill of going fast, because there’s nothing boring about a turn at 187mph!” What about the fear factor? Stone: “My biggest fear is the first crest into a blind corner. Is it clear or not? I’m not really worrying about anything else.” What does speed mean to you? Stone: “The thrill, the way you become hypersensitive to everything around you, time speeds up and slows down. One minute feels like an hour. The surroundings outside the car seem to be still while you are going fast. It’s like the movie the Matrix, you’re moving at Matrix speed.” Where did your passion for vehicles begin? Stone: “From my father, Bob Stone. He owned seven Porsches when he was younger and participated in Porsche clubs in California.” What do you plan to drive this year and how fast are you hoping to go? Stone: “A 1999 twin-turbo Lotus Espirit and I’m hoping to go at least 170 mph.” Why Rally? Stone: “Because it’s for a very worthy cause that helps keep local kids off of drugs. Besides, I can’t believe it’s legal!” tws
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Above: Dave Stone and Walt Femling, who organized the rally three years ago, are still on the Board and both emphasized that the main thing about the rally is not the ability to go fast but to support a worthwhile cause — to keep youth off drugs. PHOTO: LESLIE THOMPSON/SUN