Class registration is now open for
ROTR: “Magical Mystery Tour!”
REGISTER NOW!
- Adult Choir Class (Ages +14)
Lead by Grace McCune
Thursdays 6-8pm @ Madrona Room
*Singers of all-levels of experience are welcome! - Youth Musical Theatre Class (Singing & Dancing) (Ages 8 – 13)
Lead by Tiffany Loney & Grace McCune
Thursdays 3:30-4:30pm @ Madrona Room - Magical Mystery Tour Dancers (Ages +14)
Lead by Tiffany Loney
Tuesdays, 7:00pm – 8:30pm @ Dance Studio
Tuition – pay what you can rates: $120, $80, or $50.
Orcas Island’s own – Rock on the Rock Choir, created by Grace McCune in 2008, has brought to the stage with Jake Perrine, shows such as: Moulin Rouge, Across the Universe, Rock of Orcas, Teatro Titikookoo, Kids Movie Musical, “This is Me”, Cirque Us, and What Dreams May Come. Rock on the Rock is back and bigger than ever with this new Orcas Center production: “Magical Mystery Tour!”
Grace McCune is joined by an amazing team of collaborators to bring this unforgettable production to life. Jake Perrine will be leading the charge as Orcas Center’s Executive Artistic Director, holding the space for this production to go off without a hitch. The one-and-only, Tiffany Loney as our Dance Choreographer. Orcas Island’s own Jim Bredouw will be leading the live band with an all-star lineup of musicians, including Gene Nery, Martin Lund, Joel Gamble, Melody Funk, Bruce Harvie, and Jeffrey Horton. Kevin Colomby will be sculpting our sound, as he does so well, as Sound Engineer. Legendary Deborah Sparks will be at the helm as Co-Creative Director and Set-Director along with Chris Brems (known for his incredible set designs for all of the Enchanted Forest Cabaret’s) as our Set Designer and Engineer. The very talented Stormy Hildreth as Co-Choral Arranger and Score designer. Amber Bolt as our Stage Manager. To top it all off! For the first time ever, Rock on the Rock choir will be joined by Bruce Lanford and the Orcas Choral Society for an epic finale to this show!
Directed and created by Grace McCune, “Magical Mystery Tour”, is a re-imagined approach to the songs we all know and love from not only the Beatles Magical Mystery Tour album but also selected songs from the vast anthology of the Beatles repertoire. Featuring original choral and band arrangements written by Grace McCune, Stormy Hildreth and Jim Bredouw. This one-act show has an original storyline, written by Grace McCune and Deborah Sparks, that follows the life of a young musician named Martha (Martha My Dear) who decides to risk her comfortable life to follow her dream of being a professional musician. Set to the backdrop of the 1960’s-1970’s music scene, Martha is joined by a troupe of “Merry Pranksters” traveling on a Magical Mystery Tour bus that unveils what life is like playing music from town-to-town across America.
We have several tuition choices for the classes to accommodate all incomes- please pay what you can to help these programs continue. We will also have work-trade options available (you help us with logistics in exchange for tuition) and some scholarships as well – please ask us about them.
All levels of singing experience are welcome. There are no auditions (aside from the advanced choir) to be a part of this show. Just show up and sing with us! Help spread the word and let your friends know—this is a musical journey you won’t want to miss!