Category: Community News

Kingman’s Beale Street Theater just finished auditions and casting for Bye Bye Birdie, and we are in for a treat here in Mohave County!        Bye Bye Birdie is a musical about a dashing young singer named Conrad Birdie, inspired by the iconic Elvis Presley. When he is drafted into the Army, his managers, Albert Peterson, and Rosie Alvarez, come up with the last publicity stunt before Conrad is swept away. Unfortunately, the plan goes to chaos, song, and dance.             This summer musical will be one for the books here in Kingman, to say the least. Bye Bye Birdie…

On Thursday, April 25, McCulloch Boulevard is closed from Acoma Boulevard to Riviera Drive from 7:00 a.m. until 11:00 p.m. for the Annual Desert Storm Street Party. The hours of operation are from 1:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. Please exercise additional caution when traveling in these areas and pay special attention to all signage, markings, volunteers and law enforcement. For more information, please visit the Desert Storm official website at: www.stormpokerruns.com

The Kingman Community Arbor Day Celebration and Tree-Planting will take place Saturday, April 27, at 10:00 a.m. in Firefighters’ Park (2201 Detroit Ave.) Cerbat Garden club will be presenting awards and prizes to the 27 student poster contest winners, the Mayor will be reading the Arbor Day Proclamation, and Clean City Commission has purchased 6 pecan trees which will be planted in the park under the direction of the Kingman Area Master Gardeners. Kingman Parks and Rec Dept. is preparing the planting sites and irrigation before the tree-planting. Fifth-grade students in area schools participated in the Arbor Day poster contest…

Saturday, April 13, All Starz Academy hosted Starkydz “Wish Upon A Star” Pageant at White Cliffs Middle School. The pageant is an all-natural beauty pageant for both boys and girls, from infants through age 18. “They compete in formal wear, Disney wear, spokesmodel (they have a speech category), and talents. It’s a good way to encourage poise, presentation and to really promote confidence. Every contestant of course is trying to win the biggest Grand Supreme and there’s so many opportunities to be recognized for their star qualities,” says Brandee Trossie, owner of All Starz Academy Gymnastics and Dance. Mega Grand…

Saturday, April 13, Kingman and Lee Williams High Schools hosted their Annual Route 66 Invitational Track meet held at Kingman High School on Bank Street in Kingman. The day was filled with plenty of sunshine, wind and track and field events. The meet started with the 4×800-meter relay followed by 300-meter hurdles for both boys and girls while field events, long jump, triple jump, and shot and disc ran simultaneously with the running events. “We have 10 teams today. We would love to see 14 to 16 teams. To put on a meet like we’re putting on today, state qualifier and…

Saturday, April 13, Kingman’s very own Mohave Community Orchestra presented its Spring Festival Concert at Kingman High School. Conductor Art Swanson led the ensemble with an opening of “Procession of the Nobles from Mlada,” and ended the evening with “A Whole Lot of Symphony Themes.” The 35-member orchestra has been in existence for about 13 years and is made up of primarily amateur musicians. “We allow all qualified students in the orchestra. We have one that joined us when she was about nine years old. The great thing about the students we do have, they play really well,” says Swanson….