The Sourdough Saloon's 12th annual Pig Roast
Live music by Smoke House
both Friday and Saturday
All you can eat dinner on Saturday
Tickets $15.00 on sale now
Fri, 06/04/2010 (All day) - Sat, 06/05/2010 (All day)
SCOTTY’S CASTLE ORGAN CONCERT
In Death Valley National Park
Pipe organs like the Welte-Mignon Pipe Organ in Scotty’s Castle were used to accompany silent films. By the time the organ was installed in the Scotty’s Castle Music Room, talking movies had replaced silent films. This June, theatre organist Don Thompson will take participants back to the silent film era with an exciting repertoire that will entertain listeners of all ages. This unique concert venue is available one weekend each year, thanks in part to a crew of interns from historic preservation programs across the United States. In June, curatorial interns remove the historic furniture in the Music Room in Scotty’s Castle. During their four week stay in Death Valley, interns clean Scotty’s Castle and learn from National Park Service professionals how to care for museum collections.
The Welte-Mignon theater pipe organ features 1121 pipes, a grand piano, glockenspiel, xylophone, chimes, orchestra bells, sleigh bells, bird calls and a drum and cymbal assortment, and cost more than $50,000 to purchase, deliver and install in 1928.
The dates for this year’s concerts are June 11 & 12. There are only 40 seats for each concert and every performance in the past three years has sold out. The Friday night performance will be at 7:00 p.m. There will be two concerts on Saturday - seats are available for the 7:00 p.m. concert on Saturday, but the 5:30 p.m performance has sold out. The ticket price will be $35 per person and the proceeds support the annual maintenance and tuning of the pipe organ and the maintenance of the Deagan chimes in the Chimes Tower. To make reservations, call the Death Valley Natural History Association at (800)478-8564 ext 10. For more information call Scotty’s Castle at (760) 786-2392 or check the website at www.nps.gov/deva.
Don Thompson started playing the organ in his teen years. His international career includes concerts all over Europe, the Middle East, Australia, New
Zealand, and the United States. In addition to his concert performances, Don played in many organ pizza parlors in the United States and Canada. He
currently resides in Palm Springs, CA. For more information about Don Thompson, visit www.donthompson.org.
Fri, 06/11/2010 (All day) - Sat, 06/12/2010 (All day)
Beatty's Old Fashioned 4th of July in the Park
Celebrate and old fashioned Independence day at Beatty's Cottonwood Park. The day includes a parade, contests, games, and food. End the day with the best "small town" Fireworks Display you may ever have the pleasure of seeing!
Sun, 07/04/2010 (All day)
Beatty Days 2010
Join us in celebrating Beatty Nevada’s 106th birthday at Beatty Days 2010, being held October 29 to 31, in Cottonwood Park, Third and Amargosa St, Beatty Nevada. Presented by the Beatty Chamber of Commerce the last Friday of October, this event is a fun filled weekend that holds entertainment for both young and old, starting at 3:00pm on Friday and ending Sunday at 2:00pm.
This year’s event includes the annual International Chili Society regional cook-off, Dutch Oven Cook-off, Antique Car Show, Bike show and Biker Games and the annual Bed Races. this year the Tombstone 5k that takes runners over a variety of terrain, has added a 2K walk, and several competition categories. The Halloween Costume Contest and trick or treating in the park returns with the Second Annual Trunk-or-Treat. Other fun events returning are the Root Beer Belching contest, the Pickle-Liquor Hoot-n Holler, Hot dog eating contest, the Whiskerino Contest, and the Hilarious Chub-n-Dales contest. And there is much more happening during Beatty days 2009, so be sure to visit our Event website at: www.beattynevada.org/BeattyDays2009.htm.
Fri, 10/29/2010 (All day) - Sun, 10/31/2010 (All day)