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CLUBS & GROUPS Performing Arts Club (PAC) We hope you all enjoyed the July 4th variety show. Our upcoming shows include: Nov. 3: Magic in the movie theater Nov. 10: A simulated RV rally and kicked-up karaoke concert Dec. 1: Holiday Variety Show Dec. 11: Amazing internationally acclaimed "quick-change" artists March 2013: Broadway Musical Medley April/May 2013: Rhythm and Blues Meets Country (see below) Later in 2013: Readers Theater (see below) We are also working on a possible dinner show. We need you! Do you want to perform? Do you want to help? Please sign up at the front desk if you are interested in being involved in any way or contact Colin Taylor, (951) 956 7378, colin@yorkshire- house.com. We need group singers, individual singers, musical instrument players, comedians, dancers, speakers, actors and entertainers of any form. We hold our regular meetings at 4 pm on the 4th Tuesday of the month in the Conference Room. This month we highlight 2 new shows planned for next year. READERS THEATER "Ah, ah, ah… Don't touch that dial! America's favorite couple, Blondie and Dagwood, are coming up next. Stay tuned!" For many of us, those are fond childhood memories; sitting on the fl oor with your brother and sister, staring at the Philco's dial, and taking in every word. Wouldn't it be fun to relive those times? We think so. That's why we'll soon be offering live reenactments of some of those original radio scripts. Maybe you dreamed about being one of those actors who worked during the Golden Age of Radio. Now, you can make that childhood dream come true. And while you're still interested in acting, you're afraid of forgetting your lines. But… if you could have that script in hand, you might just decide to play someone from Duffy's Tavern, or be one of them dames who tries to deceive Dick Tracy. You can sit or stand; the mike's right there, the script's right there, so you'll have all the security — and fun — you need. If acting's not your line, there' are also live sound effects, and music cues. We'll need 'em all! There's no experience necessary. Just expect to have lots of fun and meet some great people. FOUR SEASONS BREEZE | SEPTEMBER 2012 23 RHYTHM & BLUES MEETS COUNTRY Rhythm & Blues music, shortened to R&B, originated in the 1940s in the African-American community. Record companies described the recordings that were becoming more popular predominantly to African Americans as urbane, rocking with jazz-based music using a heavy, aggressive beat. In the early 1950s, blues records were frequently called by the term, rhythm and blues, however, after the advent of rock and roll, the term referred to music styles that came from electric blues, as well as gospel and soul music. By the 1970s, R&B was used as a blanket term for soul and funk. In the 1980s, a newer style of R&B developed into Contemporary R&B. Country music originated in the agrarian regions of Southern United States in the 1920s. Even though its roots were American folk music and western cowboy, the blues mode is used extensively. Country music uses ballads and dance tunes and harmonies that are accompanied by mostly string instruments like banjos, guitars, fi ddles and harmonicas. The term "country music" gained popularity in the 1940s and was the next generation to hillbilly music. Even though hillbilly music had the same roots, country music evolved into western music. At this time, we envision a scenario whereby characters will be telling a story and the stories will be with music and dance. Four Seasons PAC is looking for all those who want to contribute to this show. We will need writers as well as stage managers and performers. Please contact Gerald Gaines, geraldggn@aol.com, (323) 385-0387 or Zelyne Rudolph, (323) 854-1148, zelyne4seasons@gmail.com. ~ Colin Taylor & Zelyne Rudolph

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