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Kelowna Fan Xpo (KFX) is Nerd Nirvana for Cosplayers

Kelowna Fan Xpo (KFX) is Nerd Nirvana for Cosplayers

Nerd alert. Wife Elaine and I went to a geek festival and witnessed our first “Cosplay Contest.” I know what you’re thinking. Why are geeks gathering in Kelowna and what the heck does the word cosplay mean? Allow me to enter the Stan Lee science fiction/fantasy world of artistic expression and spell out all the dorky details. On Saturday, March 25th, Kelowna Community Theatre was one of the host sites for a “Comic-Con” style event called Kelowna Fan Xpo (KFX)….

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Tanya Tucker Brings Delta Dawn to the Okanagan

Tanya Tucker Brings Delta Dawn to the Okanagan

Here are three words you probably never ever thought you would hear in the same sentence – Tanya Tucker and Kelowna. Well well well – grab your cowgirl and hold her tight. It happened. Right there in the middle of the stage at Kelowna Community Theatre. On a school night. In front of an enthusiastic crowd that wanted to saddle up for a hayride down Delta Dawn lane. Country music legend Tanya Tucker belting out her signature hits and classics…

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Blackie and the Rodeo Kings CARE About More Love and Eliminating Hate

Blackie and the Rodeo Kings CARE About More Love and Eliminating Hate

Okay, help me out here. Which one was Blackie and which ones were the Rodeo Kings? I’m still not sure of the answer, even though wife Elaine and I saw Blackie and the Rodeo Kings (B&RK) perform live on stage at Kelowna Community Theatre. The three front men – Colin Linden, Stephen Fearing, and Tom Wilson – were guitar-playing wizards who took turns singing lead vocals. Behind them were bass player Johnny Dymond and drummer Gary Craig. Blackie – will…

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The Protectors Gather for Super Bowl 70

The Protectors Gather for Super Bowl 70

On Super Bowl LI Sunday, February 5, 2017, there was an annual gathering of an ancient and athletic species known as Softballus Protectorus. Translation – the boys of many California softball summers, The Protectors, stepped into the batter’s box at the palatial Woodland Hills home of Jim and Mary Dearing. Nobody whiffed. It was an afternoon of hugs, how ya beens, and dammit, who has the best numbers and squares. Truthfully, it was more of a gut check…..as in who…

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Old Lahaina House is Budget-Friendly and Pamper-Free

Old Lahaina House is Budget-Friendly and Pamper-Free

Staying at the Old Lahaina House in Maui can be described in various ways – island affordable, close-to-the-beach, close-to-downtown Lahaina, residential, low-security, animal-friendly, cluttered, and, perhaps most importantly, purposely non-corporate.           I know. I just described a lot of sea shells on this seashore. Here are the foremost un-fancy facts. It’s not a hotel, it’s a house. It’s in a residential neighborhood. There are four rooms to rent. There is no front desk, no elevators, no…

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Wentworth Music Students Put on a “One-derful” Performance

Wentworth Music Students Put on a “One-derful” Performance

99 Red Balloons – bravo to Wentworth Music and its roster of talented musicians for elevating their game and putting on an uplifting rock concert. On the final Saturday of February, a full house at Kelowna Community Theatre got to sit back and be entertained by youthful exuberance in a show entitled “One-derful – a Tribute to the One-Hit Wonders from the ‘70s and ‘80s.” It wasn’t jukebox karaoke, it was students of all ages, genders, and races at Wentworth…

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Saturday Night Live and Loud with The Wild!

Saturday Night Live and Loud with The Wild!

Remember that familiar adage – “there’s a first time for everything.” That’s what Elaine and I experienced on Saturday, February 18th at the loudest and wildest show we’ve ever seen at Kelowna Community Theatre. We got “patted down” by security guards inside the front entrance doors. This wasn’t the airport. These weren’t TSA agents. This was theatre management making sure the evening’s entertainment went off smoothly in a mostly controlled environment. Why the extra muscle? Rock-and-roll, baby! Three bands and…

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Okanagan Symphony Orchestra Headlines Melting Pot of Music

Okanagan Symphony Orchestra Headlines Melting Pot of Music

Well that was different, in a musical confluence kind of way. I had little idea what to expect on Friday night November 18th when Elaine and I strolled into Kelowna Community Theatre for a production called Madmen Across the Water. The playbill’s mixed bag of performers was advertised this way – the Okanagan Symphony Orchestra (OSO) was the marquee act and would play the classic songs of Elton John, featuring guest artists Jeans ‘n Classics (musicians who fuse rock and…

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The Debaters – Don’t Touch that Dial for Rowdy Radio Comedy

The Debaters – Don’t Touch that Dial for Rowdy Radio Comedy

Who knew that the microwave oven has been around for 50 years? Thanks to CBC Radio One and The Debaters, this little-known fact was one of many my wife and I were thoroughly entertained by on the first night of November at Kelowna Community Theatre. During the live taping of the three-hour radio comedy extravaganza, in front of a packed house that came primed for an evening of laughter and logic, we got a behind-the-microphone tutorial on how they produce…

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An American in Kelowna – ABBA-lutely, it was a Sweet Caroline and Crocodile Rock Kind of Night

An American in Kelowna – ABBA-lutely, it was a Sweet Caroline and Crocodile Rock Kind of Night

“There was Something in the Air that Night…..Fernando” On the second Friday of September, “A Hot Vegas Night” shuffled into Kelowna for a one-night stand at the Kelowna Community Theatre. Billed as THREE Shows in ONE Night, this rock-and-roll triple-header for all ages featured The Piano Man (an unforgettable tribute to Billy Joel and Elton John), Nearly Neil (a world-class tribute to Neil Diamond), and ABRA Cadabra (a tribute to the music and magic of ABBA).        …

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