May Events
Auditions for “My Fair Lady”
The SAAC Drama Committee is calling all local singers and actors to the auditions for this summer’s musical performance of “My Fair Lady.” The show will be presented June 19-22 at the Sturgis Community Center Theater. (Thursday-Saturday at 7 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m.). This is a musical for all ages. There are many smaller chorus parts, if you are interested in just dipping your toes into the world of musical theater.
The auditions are Sunday, May 4th from 6:00-8:00pm and Monday, May 5 from 5:00-6:30pm, at Grace Lutheran Church, 1061 Sherman Street in Sturgis. (If these dates don’t work for you, please call to express your interest. We will make it work!) No preparation is necessary. You will be asked to read a portion of the script and sing part of a song from the musical (which we will teach the group). It is an easy low-key audition. Our director is Bridgette Farruggia, an experienced choreographer and director from Rapid City, who has been associated with our theater for many years. Rehearsals are usually Monday-Thursday 6:30-8:30 p.m.
We are also looking for costume and set helpers. This is a big show with a lot of costumes, so please call Marlene at 605-347-1375 or Chris at 605-347-1795 if you could help in any way. Call Gary at 605-890-2189 if you are good with a saw and drill.
Here are some of the available parts. Consider what role would be for you:
Eliza Doolittle: A cockney flower girl, Henry Higgins: A British, upper class professional bachelor, Colonel Pickering: A retired British officer, Alfred P. Doolittle: Eliza’s father, Freddy Eynsford-Hill: An upperclass young man smitten with Eliza, Mrs. Eynsford-Hill: Freddy’s mother, Mrs. Higgins: Henry’s long-suffering mother, Bartender: George works the Tottenham Court Road Pub, Harry and Jamie: Drinking companions of Alfred Doolittle, Mrs. Pearce: Henry Higgins’ housekeeper, Mrs. Hopkins: A cockney woman, Prof. Zoltan Karpathy: Hungarian former phonetics student of Henry Higgins, Bystanders, Cockney Quartet, Butler, Footman, Lord and Lady Boxington, Maids, Stewards, Marketplace sellers and buyers.
Armchair Travelers Book Club
Armchair Travelers will meet on May 1 to discuss the works of Willa Cather and Ivan Doig. Both authors write of settling the plains but from different immigrant cultures. We move to C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien on June 5. These British scholars write fantasies worth pursuing.
In order to decide what to read and discuss for the rest of the year, we invite you all to attend a planning meeting on July 3. If you cannot be at the meeting, please email dapulscher@gmail.com to advise us of your suggestions. We value your input.
Armchair Travelers is co-sponsored by Sturgis Area Arts Council and the Sturgis Public Library. Open to all interested readers, the group meets at noon in the Lushbough Room of the Sturgis Public Library on the first Thursday of each month except August.
May Meeting
Our May Sturgis Area Arts Council meeting will be held Thursday, May 8th, at 2:30pm in the Lushbough Room at the Sturgis Public Library. One and all are welcome to attend and see what we do to support the arts here in Sturgis.
History at High Noon
On May 16th we will finish our 2024-2025 season with Nancy Blair-Remington and family doing their Blair Family History.
History at High Noon is a program on the third Friday of the month (October and November, January through May). We meet at noon in the Community Room of the Sturgis Public Library.
We are always looking for ideas. If you would like to tell your family’s history or have something history-based, please contact Richard Moeller (running2win@gmail.com, 605-939-3789), Ross Lamphere (rosslamphere@gmail.com, 605-490-3110), or Diana Hayes (605-347-3007).
June Events
Armchair Travelers Book Club
We will be discussing authors C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien for our Thursday, June 5th, discussion. These British scholars write fantasies worth pursuing.
In order to decide what to read and discuss for the rest of the year, we invite you all to attend a planning meeting on Thursday, July 3rd. If you cannot be at the meeting, please email dapulscher@gmail.com to advise us of your suggestions. We value your input.
Armchair Travelers is co-sponsored by Sturgis Area Arts Council and the Sturgis Public Library. Open to all interested readers, the group meets at noon in the Lushbough Room of the Sturgis Public Library on the first Thursday of each month except August.
Our Monthly Meeting
Our June Sturgis Area Arts Council meeting will be held Thursday, June 12th, at 2:30pm in the Lushbough Room at the Sturgis Public Library. One and all are welcome to attend and see what we do to support the arts here in Sturgis.
“My Fair Lady”
In this beloved musical, pompous phonetics professor Henry Higgins is so sure of his abilities that he takes it upon himself to transform a Cockney working-class girl into someone who can pass for a cultured member of high society. His subject turns out to be the lovely Eliza Doolittle, who agrees to speech lessons to improve her job prospects. Higgins and Eliza clash, then form an unlikely bond — one that is threatened by an aristocratic suitor.
Well-known songs in this musical include “Wouldn’t it be Loverly?’, “With a Little Bit of Luck” and “Get Me to the Church on Time”
Bring the whole family and enjoy the talents of our local performers. Shows will be presented on Thursday, June 19th at 7:00pm ~ Friday, June 20th at 7:00pm ~ Saturday, June 21st at 7:00pm and Sunday, June 22nd at 2:00pm in the Sturgis Community Center Theater, located at 1401 Lazelle Street. Ticket prices are $20 for adults and $10 for students – cash or check at the door
Northern Hills Community Band
Once again, the Sturgis Area Arts Council, along with First Interstate Bank, is pleased to sponsor the Northern Hills Community Band as they present two summer concerts in Sturgis.
The Northern Hills Community Band, which is made up of volunteer musicians from the Northern Hills area, plays a wide variety of selections ranging from marches to show tunes to patriotic music.
You can check out more about the band at their website; www.northernhillscommunityband.com Here you can see their concert schedule and get information on how to join the band as well as see pictures and help sponsor the band.
Their first concert here in Sturgis will be Sunday, June 22nd, and their second concert will be Sunday, July 20th. Both concerts will be at Sturgis Rally Point (corner of Main and Harley-Davidson Way) and both will start at 7:00pm. We ask that you please bring along a lawn chair and relax with an evening of fine music by this talented and well-loved group of area musicians.
July Events
Armchair Travelers Book Club
In order to decide what to read and discuss for the rest of the year, we invite you all to attend a planning meeting on Thursday, July 3rd. If you cannot be at the meeting, please email dapulscher@gmail.com to advise us of your suggestions. We value your input.
Armchair Travelers is co-sponsored by Sturgis Area Arts Council and the Sturgis Public Library. Open to all interested readers, the group meets at noon in the Lushbough Room of the Sturgis Public Library on the first Thursday of each month except August.
Our Monthly Meeting
Our June Sturgis Area Arts Council meeting will be held Thursday, July 10th, at 2:30pm in the Lushbough Room at the Sturgis Public Library. One and all are welcome to attend and see what we do to support the arts here in Sturgis.
Northern Hills Community Band
Once again, the Sturgis Area Arts Council, along with First Interstate Bank, is pleased to sponsor the Northern Hills Community Band as they present summer concerts in Sturgis.
The Northern Hills Community Band, which is made up of volunteer musicians from the Northern Hills area, plays a wide variety of selections ranging from marches to show tunes to patriotic music.
You can check out more about the band at their website; www.northernhillscommunityband.com Here you can see their concert schedule and get information on how to join the band as well as see pictures and help sponsor the band.
Their concert here in Sturgis will be Sunday, July 20th. It will be held at Sturgis Rally Point (corner of Main and Harley-Davidson Way) and will start at 7:00pm.
We ask that you please bring along a lawn chair and relax with an evening of fine music by this talented and well-loved group of area musicians.