Columbia Basin Allied Arts prepares 2021 season
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MOSES LAKE — Columbia Basin Allied Arts will have a 2021 season, but performances scheduled for fall 2020 have been canceled or rescheduled.
The CBAA season ended in March, with live performances shut down as part of the response to the COVID-19 outbreak. The season’s final concert was a performance of the Spokane Jazz Orchestra, which was postponed to an unspecified date. Cancellation of the SJO concert was announced Monday. Allied Arts Executive Director Shawn Cardwell said people who bought tickets for the jazz orchestra performance will be contacted about refunds.
Performances scheduled for fall 2020 have been moved to spring or fall 2021. The 2021 season will be three performances rather than four.
The first show of 2021 will be the presentation of a silent film with live music. The 1922 German film “Nosferatu” will be shown Feb. 19, with cellist Gideon Freudmann playing original music as accompaniment.
“Nosferatu” is considered to be one of the first horror films. It is based on the Bram Stoker novel “Dracula.”
Cirque Zuma Zuma will take the stage March 12. The troupe is made up of acrobats, jugglers and dancers from 16 African countries.
The performance of the Seattle Rock Orchestra has been rescheduled to April 2021, with the date to be announced. The SRO combines classical and rock music in its repertoire. The Moses Lake concert will feature the music of Pink Floyd.
The work of Moses Lake actor and playwright Jeff Ames will be featured at a CBAA-sponsored drama camp during spring break 2021. Drama campers will present “The Hit-or-Miss Adventures of Watson & Holmes.”
The November 2020 visit of the Missoula Children’s Theater will be rescheduled, Cardwell said.
Singer Al Croce was scheduled to perform a tribute concert for his late father, singer-songwriter Jim Croce, in November. That concert has been moved to November 2021.
All performances are at the Wallenstien Theater on the Big Bend Community College campus. They will be subject to any restrictions imposed due to the coronavirus outbreak, Cardwell said, and may be canceled or rescheduled.
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