Take a Sunday drive “Sea to Shining Sea in a Model T” at Palmdale Playhouse
Take a Sunday drive “Sea to Shining Sea in a Model T” at Palmdale Playhouse
The Palmdale Playhouse will present its next travelogue, “Sea to Shining Sea in a Model T,” this Sunday, March 24 at 2 p.m. at the Playhouse, 38334 10th St. East, in Palmdale. Tickets are $5.
It was 100 years ago that Henry Ford introduced the first Model T Ford—the car that changed America.
No other product made in America would have such a profound effect on the nation’s economy as the Model T. It was not long after the first Model T rolled off the assembly lines that one out of seven workers in America would be in the auto industry, and half of all cars on the road would bear the Ford name.
Ford would later build the largest factory in the world—the Rouge River Plant outside Detroit which would eventually employ 100,000 people.
For the next 20 years, The Ford Motor Company built more than 15 million Model T’s. Ford’s claims that his Model T would be the last car the country would ever need may have fallen short, but never were so many cars of one style built than that old car.
Join filmmakers Don and Fran Van Polen as they travel from the Puget Sound in Washington state to the eastern most town and lighthouse in America in a Model T. Along the way, they describe the landscapes with delightful interludes of appropriate music as well as the fascinating story of Henry Ford’s “Old Car.”
“We’ve had at least two generations of traveling in the fast lanes and freeways,” said Don Van Polen.
“It’s time to see the country from the slow lane. Slow roads have a sense of discovery; they tell us about the past and take us to places where real America lives. Driving that old car may not be the fastest way or the shortest; it may not be the easiest, but it certainly is the best way. Henry Ford’s old car was meant for those old roads.”
The final travelogue the Palmdale Playhouse will present for the 2012-2013 season will be “Cuba: The Inside Story” on April 28.
For more information, call the Playhouse at (661) 267-5684 or visit www.cityofpalmdale.org/playhouse.
The Palmdale Concert and Symphonic Orchestras will present a classical evening concert entitled “A Little Bit of Night Music” on Saturday, Feb. 23, at 7:30 p.m. at the Palmdale Playhouse, located at 38334 10th Street East in Palmdale.
Under the direction of Patricia Graham, the concert will feature Symphony No. 94 by Franz Joseph Haydn, Resurgences by Robert Sheldon and Poem for Orchestra by John Tatgenhorst.
The Palmdale Playhouse will hold open auditions for the upcoming ballet “The Nutcracker Story” Saturday, Sept. 15, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Playhouse, located at 38334 10th St. East in Palmdale.
The Palmdale Junior Ballet, directed by Heather Benes, will present a version of the holiday classic featuring the Sugar Plum Fairy, the Nutcracker Prince and all the favorite Nutcracker characters.
Dance enthusiasts have until Thursday, Aug. 9, to take advantage of the early bird discounts being offered by Palmdale Playhouse for its upcoming tap, jazz and ballet dance classes.
Performance tap and jazz classes begin Aug. 6. A non-performance exercise ballet class for teens and adults and performance ballet classes start Aug. 7. Fall session fees are $70 for Palmdale residents ($60 with early bird sign-up) and $90 non-residents ($80 with early bird sign-up).
The Palmdale Playhouse will present the classic holiday radio play, ‘Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus’ on Saturday, Dec. 10, at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, Dec. 11, at 2 p.m. at the Playhouse, located at 38334 10th St. E. in Palmdale.
PALMDALE, Calif.— Antelope Valley residents are in for a treat this Black History Month. The Palmdale Playhouse will present a documentary entitled “Rescue Men: The Story of the Pea Island Life Savers” on Sunday, Feb. 20, at 2 p.m.
