The Tracy Performing Arts Foundation announced the nominees for the 2008 Stellar Awards on Friday.
The Stellar Awards honor individuals and organizations that have consistently worked to promote and preserve the performing arts throughout Tracy. Some are being acknowledged for their volunteerism, their philanthropic support or for giving an outstanding performance during the foundation’s most recent theatrical season.
Over the past several weeks, the foundation has surveyed Tracy residents to solicit their suggestions as to citizens, organizations and events that they feel worthy of such an honor.
With the opening season of the Grand Theatre Center for the Arts, Tracy has experienced a variety of new local talent spreading their wings — singing, dancing and acting in the beautiful new center. Beginning with Linda Ronstadt and concluding with the foundation’s production of the “Glass Slipper,” a wide variety of theatrical and nontheatrical productions where available for local residents to enjoy in the 2007-08 season and to nominate for the Stellar Award.
Venues were not limited to those at the Grand. The nominating guild encouraged folks to nominate performances that took place at venues throughout the city, including the school districts within the community.
The awards will be given out this Friday at an event known as the 2008 Stellar Awards and Gala at the Grand Theatre. In addition to the awards, the audience will also enjoy performances from the Tracy Community Choir, the Twelve Tones, the 2007 Star Quest Winners, and dancers from the 2007 “Show Us What You Got” dance competition.
Also, the winner of Tracy’s Next Producer-Director Scholarship contest’s best film of 2008 will be awarded. Guests will arrive “on the red carpet” and will be greeted by local “paparazzi” between 7 and 7:30 p.m. The show starts at 7:30 p.m., and guests will wrap the evening up with a dessert reception on the Grand Lanai.
• WHAT: The Stellar Awards
• WHEN: 7 p.m. Friday
• WHERE: Grand Theatre Center for the Arts, 715 Central Ave.
• TICKETS: $15
• INFO: www.atthegrand.org
The Stellar nominees
Outstanding Actor
Denis (Ravioli) Martinez
Alejandro Sanchez
Don Bisbee
Outstanding Actress
Deborah Littleton
Deborah Spencer
Julia Plummer
Outstanding Community Organization
Tracy African American Association
Arts Leadership Alliance
Tracy Arts Commission
Outstanding Theatrical Production
“The Black Nativity”
“The Nutcracker”
“Steel Magnolias”
Outstanding Non-Theatrical Production
A Conversation with Carol Channing
Tracy Community Choir Winter Concert
Academy of Performing Arts
Outstanding Performing Arts Educator
Deborah Skinner
Deborah Littleton
Pam Tillman
Outstanding Contribution to the Community
Francie Pankratz
Deborah Skinner
Stephen Greiner
TODAY, Aug. 27 First day of school for Jefferson Elementary School District ‘Rollin’ Rec’ program WHEN: 2:30 to 5 p.m. through Friday
WHERE: Marlow Brothers Park, off Golden Leaf Lane
DETAILS: Tracy’s Department of Parks and Community Services’ “Rollin’ Rec” program will provide activities for children from ages 8 through 14 weekdays in a different park each week around town.
COST: Free
INFO: 831-6200
Transit meeting WHEN: 5 to 8 p.m.
WHERE: Tracy Community Center, 950 East St.
DETAILS: Tracy is preparing a 10-year plan for its public transit system and seeks input.
INFO: 831-6200
Bedtime story time WHEN: 7 p.m.
WHERE: Tracy Branch Library, 20 E. Eaton Ave.
INFO: 937-8221
THURSDAY, Aug. 28 Classic Car and Hot Rod Show WHEN: All day Thursdays
WHERE: 575 W. Clover Road
DETAILS: Go see the classic cars and hot rods of Tracy at Dandy Dogs at the In-N-Out shopping center every Thursday.
INFO: Mansoor Halimi, 986-2715
Networking mixer WHEN: 5 to 7 p.m.
WHERE: 1951 W. Middlefield Drive
DETAILS: Local businessmen and -women are welcomed to network with other business folks in the community.
INFO: LokesLooks.com or 835-2131
FRIDAY, Aug. 29 Tracy Performing Arts Foundation presents Stellar Awards Gala WHEN: 7:30 p.m.
WHERE: Grand Theatre, 715 Central Ave.
COST: $15
INFO: 831-6858 or www.atthegrand.org
SATURDAY, Aug. 30
Downtown Farmers Market WHEN: 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
WHERE: 10th Street, between Central Avenue and B Street
INFO: www.pcfma.com
MONDAY, Sept. 1 Labor Day
TUESDAY, Sept. 2 Baby program at the Mountain House Branch Library WHEN: 10:15 a.m.
WHERE: Mountain House Branch Library, 579 Wicklund Crossing, in Mountain House
DETAILS: All About Baby is a free program that will be offered at the Mountain House Branch Library every Tuesday starting Sept. 2 through Nov. 4. All About Baby is a story time for newborns to 18 months old and their parent or caregiver. Each session lasts about 20 minutes. All About Baby is based on “Mother Goose on the Loose,” an award-winning, early literacy program for infants and young children. Each All About Baby session combines nursery rhymes, songs, movement and book sharing.
INFO: 937-8221, 866-805-7323 or www.stockton.lib.ca.us.
‘Rollin’ Rec’ program WHEN: 2:30 to 5 p.m. Sept. 2 through 5
WHERE: Galli Park, 2421 W. Lowell Ave.
DETAILS: Tracy’s Department of Parks and Community Services’ “Rollin’ Rec” program will provide activities for children from ages 8 through 14 weekdays in a different park each week around town.
COST: Free
INFO: 831-6200
FRIDAY, Sept. 5 Preschool Open Gym WHEN: 9 to 10:15 a.m.
WHERE: Classic Gymnastics, 3502 Mars Way, Ste. 121
DETAILS: Preschool Open Gym is opened the first and third Friday of every month from. Ages are from walking to 5. Parents must stay with the children at all times. Small entrance fee applies.
INFO: 832-5554 or classicgym@comcast.net.
Texas Roadhouse fundraiser for Nicholas Gordon WHEN: 5 to 7 p.m. Sept. 5
WHERE: St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, 1635 Chester Drive; Texas Roadhouse will provide the food
COST: $11, goes toward helping pay for first-grader Nicholas’ surgery expenses
INFO: Carol, 833-3446
SATURDAY, Sept. 6 22nd annual Tracy Dry Bean Festival WHEN: All day
WHERE: downtown Tracy
DETAILS: The festival will have live music, cooking contests, a car show and scores of vendors.
COST: Free
INFO: Tracy Chamber of Commerce, 835-2131
Delicato Vineyards hosts home winemaking workshop WHEN: 2 to 4 p.m.
WHERE: Delicato Vineyards, Highway 99 and French Camp Road
COST: Free
INFO: Jane Schwartz, 824-3401
Red Cross fundraiser WHEN: 5:30 to 8 p.m.
WHERE: Starts at Harley Davidson dealership in Lathrop, 13900 S. Harlan Road, and ends at the Tracy Fire Administration Building, 835 Central Ave.
DETAILS: The Tracy Dry Bean Festival is sponsoring a poker-run fundraiser to raise money for the San Joaquin Chapter of the American Red Cross.
INFO: 466-6971 or www.sanjoaquincounty.redcross.org
Grand Theatre Center for the Arts presents Riders In The Sky WHEN: 8 p.m.
WHERE: Grand Theatre, 715 Central Ave.
DETAILS: For 30 years, Riders In The Sky has been keeper of the flame passed on by the Sons of the Pioneers, Gene Autry and Roy Rogers. While remaining true to the integrity of western music, they have become modern-day icons, particularly in the soundtrack of Disney’s “Monsters Inc.”
COST: TBA
INFO: 831-6858 or www.atthegrand.org
SUNDAY, Sept. 7 22nd annual Tracy Dry Bean Festival WHEN: All day
WHERE: Downtown Tracy
DETAILS: The festival will have live music, cooking contests, a car show and scores of vendors.
COST: Free
INFO: Tracy Chamber of Commerce, 835-2131
TnJ Poetry presents One Verse At A Time! WHEN: 4 p.m.
WHERE: Grand Theatre, 715 Central Ave.
COST: $35 to $45
INFO: www.tnjpoetry.com, 831-6858 or www.atthegrand.org
MONDAY, Sept. 8 ‘Rollin’ Rec’ program WHEN: 2:30 to 5 p.m. Sept. 8 through 12
WHERE: El Pescadero Park, West Grant Line Road and Parker Avenue
DETAILS: Tracy’s Department of Parks and Community Services’ “Rollin’ Rec” program will provide activities for children from ages 8 through 14 weekdays in a different park each week around town.
COST: Free
INFO: 831-6200
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