A special performance has been added to the Carole King and James Taylor Troubadour Reunion tour at 7:30 pm on July 12, 2010 at River Run in Sun Valley, benefiting The Sun Valley Center for the Arts and the Alliance for the Wild Rockies.
The genesis of this once-in-a-lifetime reunion tour were 6 performances by King and Taylor in 2007 celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Los Angeles' famed Troubadour nightclub. At that club some 40 years ago, Taylor urged King to emerge as an artist from behind her piano, a seminal moment in the history of these Pop Singer-Songwriter icons.
An ardent advocate for educational and environmental issues, King, a long-time resident of Idaho's Sawtooth Valley, selected The Sun Valley Center for the Arts, a non-profit educational arts organization whose mission is to stimulate and provoke the imagination through excellence in diverse arts programs; and the Alliance for the Wild Rockies, a volunteer organization meeting the challenge of saving the Northern Rockies Bioregion from habitat destruction, and the driving force behind NREPA (the Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act).
King and U.S. Representatives Carolyn Maloney (D-N) and Raul Grijalva (D-AZ) introduced NREPA to the 111th Congress last February. "NREPA protects land and water belonging to all Americans, mitigates the effects of global warming on species, saves taxpayers millions of dollars, and creates jobs," explained King.
"We are thrilled to be a stop on Carole King and James Taylor's Troubadour Reunion tour. To be selected as both a presenter and beneficiary of this concert is a great honor," said Bill Ryberg, Executive Director of the Sun Valley Center for the Arts.
Ticket prices and on-sale information will be posted soon on The Sun Valley Center (*www.sunvalleycenter.org* < http://www.sunvalleycenter.org/>) and AWR (*www.allianceforthewildrockies.org*< http://www.allianceforthewildrockies.org/>) websites and via The Center's eNewsletter and facebook page.
*The Sun Valley Center* provides
art classes, concerts, lectures, dance events, gallery exhibitions and more - 12 months a year. More than 30,000 people attend these events annually. Our programs are supported through the Engl Trust, the Idaho Commission on the Arts, the Idaho Humanities Council, the National Endowments for the Arts and Humanities, private foundations, proceeds from the Sun Valley Center for the Arts Wine Auction, grants, donations, and membership dues. To be kept up to date on all The Center's programs sign up for their eNewsletter or become a friend of The Center on facebook. *The Alliance for the Wild* *Rockies*' non-profit mission is to secure the ecological integrity of the Wild Rockies Bioregion through citizen empowerment, and the application of conservation biology, sustainable economic models and environmental law.
*Ticket timing:*
Tickets go on sale to Sun Valley Center for the Arts members and members of the Alliance for the Wild Rockies on Friday, April 2nd at 10am (Mountain Standard Time).
*Sun Valley Center members * are encouraged to purchase their tickets online. Members will receive a letter at the address to which their Center mail normally goes and this letter will include their member i.d. number. When ready to buy tickets, members will go to The Center's website and click on the Buy Tickets link. You will be prompted to either enter your username and password (if you've previously purchased tickets this way) OR to enter the membership i.d. Only current members will get to the ticket purchasing page. (Those who are not current members are encouraged to join or renew now.)
Tickets may also be purchased in person at The Sun Valley Center for the Arts (191 Fifth Street East, Ketchum) or by phone toll free at * 1-866-811-4111*. We encourage you to use the website to avoid delays.
*Alliance for the Wild Rockies members* should purchase their tickets via the AWR website. AWR members will receive a mailed letter detailing a password which will be needed in order to purchase tickets online. AWR members who would prefer to buy by phone may call, toll free *1-866-811-4111 * and tell the person handling their call that they are a member of AWR and provide their AWR password.
Tickets will go on sale to non-members on April 23 at 10am - if there are tickets remaining.
Purchases will be limited to 6 tickets per person.
*General Information about the concert:*
- Concert will be held at River Run Lodge in Ketchum, Idaho. Please walk or ride bikes to the show, if possible!
- As with all Sun Valley Center concerts this will be a general admission, picnic style show on the grass. There will not be chairs or assigned seats. There will be one small area reserved for the $500 ticket holders (limited to 40 people). All patrons choose their own location on site (first come, first served) and can bring a picnic, blanket and low backed chairs should they choose. We ask that people take up only the room they will need.
- Food and beverages will be available for purchase at the concert from the Sun Valley Resort.
- ALL attendees must have tickets.
- No pets, cameras or recording devices are allowed.
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