A Taste of Sierra Madre – Don’t Miss This Special Event
By Terry Miller
Published: Friday, August 13th, 2010
Just the ticket for the best of Sierra Madre life! Buy yours today!
Tickets are now on sale for Sierra Madre’s newest event, A Taste of Sierra Madre, to be held Saturday, September 11, in the town’s Kersting Court. The event, which runs 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. that day, will feature delectable samples of the best of Sierra Madre food music and fine arts plus spotlight local children’s achievements in the arts and essay contests as well as music. An array of musical “tastes” will come from professional as well as student musicians throughout the day’s program.
Local restaurants including The Only Place in Town, Ugo’s, Café 322, Casa del Rey and Charcuterie will provide tastes of their favorite specialties. The local police and fire departments will have a friendly chili cookoff as part of the fun. Peter Dills, local restaurant critic, will be announcing on Kersting Court.
A “Cool Kitchens” tour will open eight homes’ kitchens for review. Different style and era homes, from an early Sierra Madre home built in the 1800’s, through contemporary, will show off how they addressed challenges to their kitchen design. The day will close with a musical patriotic salute from local singers and church choirs including St. Rita and Sierra Madre Congregational Churches.
Local private and public schools will showcase the finest their schools have to offer, and Sierra Madre service clubs including Kiwanis and Rotary have been very supportive of this special event will be on hand for the festivities.
The deadline for ALL qualifying K-12 entries to both the art and essay contests is fast approaching on August 23, adding to the 150+ submissions already received in all age categories.
This year’s theme is “Children’s Smiles Around the World” which ties to the creation of new children’s smiles through this life changing, cleft palate surgery. Student entries are welcome from k-12 students residing in or attending school in Sierra Madre or at Pasadena and La Salle High Schools.
A Taste of Sierra Madre will benefit two causes equally. Rotaplast Foundation www.rotaplast.org performs cleft palate surgeries on children who would otherwise go without this life changing surgery at a cost of $500 per surgery. The other half of the fundraising will fund additional fine arts programs at the local Youth Activity Center, serving children in Sierra Madre and the surrounding communities.
Wristband tickets are available at four locations in downtown Sierra Madre, Savor the Flavor, The Bottle Shop, Belle’s Nest and Best Buy Drugs. Full access VIP tickets including the morning’s Coolest Kitchens tour (an adults only event) and all Kersting Court events on Sept 11 will be $35. Kersting Court Only Event tickets will be $20 for adults 18 and over; $10 for those 13-18. Children under 12 will be admitted free to the Kersting Court events, when accompanied by an adult ticketholder.
Popular smooth jazz recording artists including Paul Brown, Michael Lington, Eric Byak and other special guests will be performing along with local talent Cheryl Barnes and Dr. Phil Cabasso, Kate Lee’s Family Tree Band, Gayle Bluemel’s Late Bloomers, the Gooden School Ensemble plus others.
Art and essay contest forms, plus a video link to the cleft palate surgery organization are also available on the website. To be an event sponsor, donate or volunteer services or time, visit the event website, www.ATasteOfSierraMadre.com or call event chair, Tom Brady at 626-355-3471.
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