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		<title>Love Letters &#8211; Tickets On Sale Now!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 04:34:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Parker</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[love letters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[love sparkles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ravioli]]></category>
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For the Feb 19-21 Love Letters performances, you may purchase tickets via atthegrand.org







Love Letters Benefit




1 tix for Feb 26 @ 8pm $15.00
2 tix for Feb 26 @ 8pm $20.00
1 tix for Feb 27 @ 8pm $15.00
2 tix for Feb 27 @ 8pm $20.00
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<p>For the Feb 19-21 Love Letters performances, you may purchase tickets via <a href="http://tickets.atthegrand.org/eventperformances.asp?evt=119">atthegrand.org</a></p>
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		<title>Boesman &amp; Lena, Jan 22, 23, &amp; 24th</title>
		<link>http://www.tracyperformingartsfoundation.org/2010/01/boesman-lena-jan-22-23-24th/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 04:14:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Parker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Boesman &#38; Lena, by South African playwright Athol Fugard. 
Like most of Fugard&#8217;s dramatic work, Boesman &#38; Lena is a small cast play set in rural South Africa depicting the devastating effects of apartheid on the lives of the author&#8217;s countryman.

Tickets available online [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Boesman &amp; Lena, by South African playwright Athol Fugard. </strong></p>
<p>Like most of Fugard&#8217;s dramatic work, Boesman &amp; Lena is a small cast play set in rural South Africa depicting the devastating effects of apartheid on the lives of the author&#8217;s countryman.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.tracyperformingartsfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Boesman__Lena_12x18_Poster_2.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-large wp-image-659" title="Boesman_&amp;_Lena" src="http://www.tracyperformingartsfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Boesman__Lena_12x18_Poster_2-664x1024.jpg" alt="Boesman_&amp;_Lena" width="664" height="1024" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://tickets.atthegrand.org/eventperformances.asp?evt=118">Tickets available online atthegrand.org</a></p>
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		<title>Share the Season &#8211; A Choral Festival!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 06:35:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Parker</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Choir]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tickets are available now for the Tracy Community Choir&#8217;s Winter show &#8220;Share The Season &#8211; A Choral Festival&#8221; This year the choirs will be joined by other local choirs in our community for a celebration of the season in our first ever choral festival. Please join us this Saturday, December 5th at 6:00 P.M. for [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.tracyperformingartsfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/image002.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-410" title="Tracy Community Choir" src="http://www.tracyperformingartsfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/image002.jpg" alt="Tracy Community Choir" width="295" height="198" /></a>Tickets are available now for the Tracy Community Choir&#8217;s Winter show &#8220;Share The Season &#8211; A Choral Festival&#8221; This year the choirs will be joined by other local choirs in our community for a celebration of the season in our first ever choral festival. Please join us this Saturday, December 5th at 6:00 P.M. for an evening to remember!</p>
<h2>Share the Season &#8211; A Choral Festival!</h2>
<p><strong>WHEN: Saturday, December 5th, 6:00 P.M. (one show only) </strong></p>
<p><strong>WHERE: The Grand Theatre, Tracy</strong></p>
<address>715 Central Avenue<br />
Tracy, CA 95376</address>
<address>(209) 831-6TKT</address>
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<h2><a href="http://tickets.atthegrand.org/ordertickets.asp?p=270&amp;backurl=default.asp">Tickets available Online Here</a></h2>
<p>Reserved Seating, order now and pick up tickets at the box office the night of the show</p>
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		<title>2009 Stellar Awards Gala in Pictures!</title>
		<link>http://www.tracyperformingartsfoundation.org/2009/11/2009-stellar-awards-gala-in-pictures/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:10:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Parker</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[stellar awards gala]]></category>
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Check out these fantastic photo&#8217;s taken by our friend and official TPAF photographer Kalani Schreiner of the 2009 Stellar Awards Gala. The Gala was November 6th at the Grand Theatre here in Tracy.
More pics on our Flickr site!
Slide Show of [...]]]></description>
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<p><a class="tt-flickr tt-flickr-Small" title="2009 Stellar Awards Gala" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tracyperforms/4121676656/"><img class="alignnone" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2748/4121676656_eff3f018f9_m.jpg" alt="2009 Stellar Awards Gala" width="240" height="160" /></a> <a class="tt-flickr tt-flickr-Small" title="2009 Stellar Awards Gala" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tracyperforms/4120903907/"><img class="alignnone" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2776/4120903907_d940e826b0_m.jpg" alt="2009 Stellar Awards Gala" width="240" height="160" /></a> <a class="tt-flickr tt-flickr-Small" title="2009 Stellar Awards Gala" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tracyperforms/4121676560/"><img class="alignnone" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2659/4121676560_1b66d751e2_m.jpg" alt="2009 Stellar Awards Gala" width="240" height="160" /></a></p>
<p><a class="tt-flickr tt-flickr-Small" title="2009 Stellar Awards Gala" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tracyperforms/4120903595/"><img class="alignnone" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2698/4120903595_321414c7c3_m.jpg" alt="2009 Stellar Awards Gala" width="240" height="160" /></a> <a class="tt-flickr tt-flickr-Small" title="2009 Stellar Awards Gala" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tracyperforms/4120903365/"><img class="alignnone" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2629/4120903365_149a80bca8_m.jpg" alt="2009 Stellar Awards Gala" width="240" height="160" /></a> <a class="tt-flickr tt-flickr-Small" title="2009 Stellar Awards Gala" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tracyperforms/4121675192/"><img class="alignnone" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2581/4121675192_cdc01e4983_m.jpg" alt="2009 Stellar Awards Gala" width="240" height="160" /></a></p>
<p>Check out these fantastic photo&#8217;s taken by our friend and official TPAF photographer Kalani Schreiner of the <a href="http://www.tracyperformingartsfoundation.org/2009/10/2009-stellar-awards-november-6th-a-gala-event-at-the-grand/">2009 Stellar Awards Gala</a>. The Gala was November 6th at the Grand Theatre here in Tracy.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tracyperforms/sets/72157622845869262/">More pics on our Flickr site!</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tracyperforms/sets/72157622845869262/show/">Slide Show of pictures</a></p>
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		<title>&#8216;Joseph&#8217; director adds actor to list of show duties!</title>
		<link>http://www.tracyperformingartsfoundation.org/2009/10/joseph-director-adds-actor-to-list-of-show-duties/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:43:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Parker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[David Judson is in the unusual position of directing &#8220;Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat&#8221; and portraying Simeon, the brother who sings &#8220;Those Canaan Days&#8221; in the Andrew Lloyd Webber show.The dual titles, though, are only part of what makes the production at Tracy Grand Theatre Center for the Arts unique.
&#8220;Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>David Judson is in the unusual position of directing &#8220;Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat&#8221; and portraying Simeon, the brother who sings &#8220;Those Canaan Days&#8221; in the Andrew Lloyd Webber show.The dual titles, though, are only part of what makes the production at Tracy Grand Theatre Center for the Arts unique.</p>
<p>&#8220;Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat,&#8221; which runs Friday through Sunday, is the first performance by Tracy Performing Arts Foundation as the theatre&#8217;s resident company; it&#8217;s the only show it will perform on the facility&#8217;s main stage, and the first time the foundation has collaborated with another theater company.</p>
<div><span>By </span><span><a title="See Profile" href="javascript:NewWindow(500,550,'/apps/pbcs.dll/personalia?ID=89',0)">Lori Gilbert</a></span></div>
<div>Record Staff Writer</div>
<p><span>October 15, 2009 12:01 AM</span></p>
<h2><a href="http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091015/A_LIFE/910150311/-1/A_ENTERTAIN#STS=g0u7og2c.1ewy">Click Here to Read More  &#8211; Stockton Record!</a></h2>
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<p><a href="http://www.tracyperformingartsfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/ATT00001.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-630" title="Joseph Flyer" src="http://www.tracyperformingartsfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/ATT00001-296x300.jpg" alt="Joseph Flyer" width="296" height="300" /></a></p>
<p><strong>&#8216;Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat&#8217;</strong></p>
<p><strong>When:</strong> 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday</p>
<p><strong>Where:</strong> Tracy Grand Theatre Center for the Arts</p>
<p><strong>Tickets:</strong> $20 at (209) 831-6858, <a href="http://www.atthegrand.org/" target="_blank">www.atthegrand.org</a> or  the box office, 715 Central Ave., Tracy.</p></blockquote>
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		<title>2009 Stellar Awards, November 6th, A Gala Event at the Grand!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 04:54:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Parker</dc:creator>
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Nominate Outstanding Performers!
The Tracy Performing Arts Foundation is pleased to accept nominations for performers, educators, and community organizations with Outstanding contributions to the performing arts. Category winners are selected based on nominations and contribution to the performing arts between September 2008 through August 2009. Winners will be awarded at the 2009 Stellar Awards Gala on [...]]]></description>
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<h2>Nominate Outstanding Performers!</h2>
<div>The Tracy Performing Arts Foundation is pleased to accept nominations for performers, educators, and community organizations with Outstanding contributions to the performing arts. Category winners are selected based on nominations and contribution to the performing arts between September 2008 through August 2009. Winners will be awarded at the 2009 Stellar Awards Gala on November 6, 2009 at The Grand Theatre Center for the Arts at 7:00 pm in Tracy, California. It will be a free event, although we would appreciate any donation to help us continue our focus on nurturing the performing arts in our community.</div>
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<h2><a href="http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=WZnEseIb1hHQwsyCxeUARQ_3d_3d">CLICK HERE TO VOTE!</a></h2>
<p><a href="http://www.tracyperformingartsfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/2009GalaPoster.pdf">2009 Stellar Awards Poster</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.tracyperformingartsfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/2009-PRESS-RELEASE-Stellar-Awards-Gala.pdf">2009 Stellar Awards Press Release</a></div>
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		<title>Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat!</title>
		<link>http://www.tracyperformingartsfoundation.org/2009/10/joseph-and-the-amazing-technicolor-dreamcoat/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:41:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Parker</dc:creator>
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Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat staring the kids from the Tracy Community Choir and our Resident Theatre Company. This will be the best show to hit Grand Theatre Stage&#8230;get your tickets now because they are going fast! Oct 16-18. Don&#8217;t miss it! It will be the best $20.00 you&#8217;ll spend this [...]]]></description>
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<h4><span>Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat staring the kids from the Tracy Community Choir and our Resident Theatre Company. This will be the best sh<span>ow to hit Grand Theatre Stage&#8230;get your tickets now because they are going fast! Oct 16-18. Don&#8217;t miss it! It will be the best $20.00 you&#8217;ll spend this month!</span></span></h4>
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		<title>Tracy Our Town USA! &#8211; Don’t Miss it!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 23:39:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Parker</dc:creator>
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Evelyn Tolbert’s Tracy Our Town USA opens tonight in the Grand Theatre’s Studio Theatre. This year’s story  shares the legacy of seven remarkable women who made a significant difference in forming Tracy’s history.  Directed by Laura Hagler, and produced by the Tracy Performing Arts Foundation. Friday and Saturday performances begin at 8:00 p.m. [...]]]></description>
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<div><span style="font-family: Calibri; color: #000000;">Evelyn Tolbert’s Tracy Our Town USA opens tonight in the Grand Theatre’s Studio Theatre. This year’s story  shares the legacy of seven remarkable women who made a significant difference in forming Tracy’s history.  Directed by Laura Hagler, and produced by the Tracy Performing Arts Foundation. Friday and Saturday performances begin at 8:00 p.m. The Matinee Performance is Sunday at 2:00 p.m. Tickets are available on the web at </span><a href="http://www.atthegrand.org/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Calibri; color: #800080;">www.atthegrand.org</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri; color: #000000;">.</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; color: #000000;">Join as we celebrate Bessie Jones, Laura Matthews, Guadalupe Granados, Dorothy Zanussi, Rita Gamino, Ng Shee “Mama” Lee and Amelia “Hazel” Broedell</span></p>
<p style="color: #00681c;"><em><strong><span style="color: #000000;">- </span><span style="color: #000000;">Jack Elliott</span></strong></em></p>
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		<title>Tracy, Our Town USA</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 13:56:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Parker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Tracy, Our Town USA&#8221;
Written and directed by Councilmember Evelyn Tolbert
Presented by the Tracy Performing Arts Foundation
Grand Theatre Center for the Arts
Friday &#38; Saturday, September 18 &#38; 19 &#8211; 8:00 p.m.
Sunday, September 20 &#8211; 2:00 p.m.
Tickets: $15.00 &#8211; www.atthegrand.org (209) 831-6TKT
ABOUT &#8220;TRACY, OUR TOWN U.S.A.&#8221;:
Tracy, Our Town U.S.A., written by City Councilmember Evelyn Tolbert
celebrates the heroes, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Tracy, Our Town USA&#8221;<br />
Written and directed by Councilmember Evelyn Tolbert<br />
Presented by the Tracy Performing Arts Foundation</p>
<p>Grand Theatre Center for the Arts<br />
Friday &amp; Saturday, September 18 &amp; 19 &#8211; 8:00 p.m.<br />
Sunday, September 20 &#8211; 2:00 p.m.<br />
Tickets: $15.00 &#8211; <a href="http://www.atthegrand.org/" target="_blank">www.atthegrand.org</a> (209) 831-6TKT</p>
<p>ABOUT &#8220;TRACY, OUR TOWN U.S.A.&#8221;:<br />
Tracy, Our Town U.S.A., written by City Councilmember Evelyn Tolbert<br />
celebrates the heroes, heroines, icons and misfits that are part of Tracy&#8217;s<br />
history.  Even with its &#8220;racy&#8221; past, the City of Tracy is a product of<br />
immigrants from around the world. Very special women stepped up and did what<br />
needed to be done to help make this city what it is today.</p>
<p>This year&#8217;s production of Tracy, Our town U.S.A.. is a musical celebration<br />
of the lives of women like Mrs. Laura Mathews, Dorothy Zanussi, Bessie<br />
Jones, Amelia “Hazel” Broedell, and Mamma Lee. Without the efforts and<br />
contributions of these women, Tracy would not have its local newspaper,<br />
hospital, industries, and government.</p>
<p>ABOUT THE PLAYWRIGHT:<br />
Council member Evelyn Tolbert was first elected to the Tracy, CA City<br />
Council in November 1998 after having served on the Tracy Planning<br />
Commission.  Tolbert represents the City of Tracy on the Deuel Prison<br />
Citizen Advisory Committee, the San Joaquin County Library Task Force, and<br />
the City-Chamber of Commerce Liaison Committee.</p>
<p>Tolbert founded the Tracy Performing Arts Foundation that produces the<br />
musical she creates each year entitled &#8220;Tracy, Our Town, USA.&#8221; Evelyn writes<br />
the storyline, the song lyrics and the music for the  musical, which is<br />
produced each September  in honor of Founder&#8217;s Day, with all proceeds going<br />
to support Tracy performing arts. Evelyn Tolbert, in conjunction with the<br />
Tracy Performing Arts Foundation Board, created the &#8220;Star Quest&#8221; and the<br />
Tracy Performing Arts Foundation Scholarship programs.</p>
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		<title>Calling All Singers &#8211; It&#8217;s Not Too Late!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2009 16:20:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Parker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s not too late, come join us in the Tracy Community Choir for our winter season that is just getting started. We have wonderful songs ready to perform to ring in the Holidays!
When: Thursdays

Youth 4:00
Advanced Youth 5:00
Adult 6:30

Where: At the Studio Theatre, Grand Theatre for the Arts, Tracy
Signup for classes at:
atthegrand.org/classes
If you have ever performed [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-410" title="Tracy Community Choir" src="http://www.tracyperformingartsfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/image002.jpg" alt="Tracy Community Choir" width="295" height="198" />It&#8217;s not too late, come join us in the Tracy Community Choir for our winter season that is just getting started. We have wonderful songs ready to perform to ring in the Holidays!</p>
<p><strong>When: Thursdays</strong></p>
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<li><strong>Youth 4:00</strong></li>
<li><strong>Advanced Youth 5:00</strong></li>
<li><strong>Adult 6:30</strong></li>
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<p><strong>Where: At the Studio Theatre, Grand Theatre for the Arts, Tracy</strong></p>
<p><strong>Signup for classes at:</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://atthegrand.org/classes.php">atthegrand.org/classes</a></p>
<p>If you have ever performed in a choir you know the magic you feel when it all comes together as a group, come relive that magic again with our choir. If you have never been in a choir and just love to sing, come discover the magic for yourself, you won&#8217;t be disappointed!</p>
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