When most people think of classic rock they think of Pink Floyd and their impact on popular music. With classic hits like Comfortably Numb, Wish You Were Here, and Time, Pink Floyd created a legacy that will live on forever. In 1966, Pink Floyd put on a hallucinatory presentation of lights and music at London’s Roundhouse which lead to their ultimate success in rock and roll, making them the most influential rock band in history. Pink Floyd debut album, Piper at the Gates of Dawn, epitomized the year of 1967 with its psychedelic feel; hit song Interstellar Overdrive, a nine minute instrumental, was one of rocks first forays into deep space.
Pink Floyd always had great success with their albums but it wasn’t until Dark Side of the Moon that they hit the pinnacle of success. This 1973 hit took the number one spot on the Billboard charts and broke records by staying in the Top 200 album charts for 741 weeks; the album did not drop off the charts until 1988. Due to Pink Floyd’s music journey, epic songs, and mesmerizing shows it is no wonder why bands are still coming together to give fans the ultimate Pink Floyd experience. San Francisco band, House of Floyd, began performing in 2005 to give a real look in to what it was like to be at a Pink Floyd concert. House of Floyd prides themselves on not just replicating songs but creating the adventurous live arrangements and sonic explorations that goes with the Pink Floyd name.
You can catch House of Floyd this Saturday, November 7th at the Pink Floyd Concert Experience held at the Bob Hope Theatre.
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Every year the county puts on “Red Ribbon Week”, an anti-drug message to keep kids away from drugs. Along with hearing inspiring speeches and anti-drug campaigns, kids get the chance to enjoy community events throughout the week of October 23-31. This will be the second year that Oak Park Ice Arena has been a part of Red Ribbon Week; on October 31, youth can come to the arena from 2-5pm or 7-9pm and enjoy FREE admission and skate rentals. For more information on Oak Park Ice Arena click here. The Stockton Record put together a great article about Red Ribbon Week with a full schedule of events that can be found here. With baseball season in full swing with playoffs and the upcoming World Series, Dallas Braden is busy working for ESPN as the lead baseball analyst and will not be available to appear at the Tru Hope Youth Summit on Monday. Luckily, another successful Stockton native is available and volunteered to take Braden's place – San Jose SaberCats head coach Darren Arbet. Coach Arbet is an Arena Football League Hall of Fame inductee, three-time ArenaBowl champion and two-time AFL Coach of the Year, with his most recent ArenaBowl victory being held here, at the Stockton Arena, in August. Coach Arbet went to school at Edison High where he played football and track. Tru Hope Youth Summit will be held on Monday, October 26 and high school youth will get to hear from Coach Arbet, Tyronne Gross, Jeremy Bates, and many more influential leaders. On Monday, October 26 the Stockton Arena and Ballpark will be hosting an inspirational event brought to the area by the United Way. The Tru Hope Youth Summit will provide Stockton youth with positive life choices and give them the opportunity to hear from special guest speakers, including: Tyronne Gross, Jeremy Bates, and Dallas Braden. Stockton native, Tyronne Gross, will be one of the guest speakers at the summit. Tyronne played football for Sacramento State and Eastern Oregon University and went on to play in the NFL for the San Diego Chargers. Although his time in the NFL was not long, Tyronne took his experience and everything he learned and became a motivational speaker and works with The Table Community Foundation; a non-profit organization created to impact communities through positive changes in the youth. Jeremy Bates has 19 years of experience as a youth development advocate and educator, including seven years as a youth drug and alcohol prevention specialist. Jeremy grew up in a family of dysfunction and addiction and uses his experience accompanied by live music to get the message across to youth that it is okay to “HOPE more, LEARN more, LOVE more and DO more.” Hometown hero, Dallas Braden, who originated from Stockton and went on to play in the MLB for the Oakland Athletics is one of the summits highlighted guest speakers. Dallas gives back to the city of Stockton by helping give food and money to local charities and personally collecting and distributing food to the needy on Thanksgiving. The University of the Pacific awarded Dallas with the Annual Community Service Award and even though Dallas now works for ESPN as the lead baseball analyst during the playoffs, he makes time to donate and give back to the community he grew up in. The Tru Hope Youth Summit is a FREE event for all high school students in the San Joaquin County and includes a free bus ticket, lunch, and health and resource fair. Behind skin cancer, prostate cancer is the most common cancer in American men. About one man in every seven will be diagnosed with prostate cancer during his lifetime. For Oak Park Ice Arena’s Operations Manager, Derek Eisler, the diagnosis was shocking and life changing. Eisler, former San Jose Sharks Assistant Coach, looked for a support group to help him through this rough time but found nothing. He then turned to the NHL for help and found ZERO – The End of Prostate Cancer (learn more by clicking HERE). Eisler has helped bring the group’s fundraising walk to the San Joaquin Valley in hopes it will inspire more men to get checked regularly and raise money to go toward ending prostate cancer. Record writer Lori Gilbert, wrote an inspiring article about Eisler and his fight against prostate cancer, you can find the article by clicking HERE. Derek Eisler, ZERO — The End of Prostate Cancer, and Valley Cancer Medical Center, will hold a 5K walk/run on Saturday to raise awareness and funds to end prostate cancer. The event will begin at 8:30 a.m. at Valley Cancer Medical Center, 1138 Norman Drive in Manteca.
The Temptations success began in 1964 with the Top 20 hit “The Way You Do the Things You Do” and success kept going with classic hits such as “My Girl,” “Ain’t Too Proud to Beg,” “Beauty’s Only Skin Deep,” “(I Know) I’m Losing You,” and “I Wish It Would Rain.”
The Temptations went on to their “psychedelic” period from 1968-1972 with more contemporary sounds and incisive subject matter. This time period consisted of the most successful run of Temptation singles in their career. Some of these singles were: “I Can’t Get Next To You”, “Cloud Nine”, “Papa Was a Rolling Stone”, and “Ball of Confusion.”
There are now Temptations tribute bands that go around singing the classic hits of the famous band in order to keep the music alive and fans dancing and singing. The Temptations Review is one of the great Temptations tribute bands that puts on a great show for all fans; they will be at the Bob Hope Theatre on Friday, October 23rd.
The game of curling is believed to be one of the world’s oldest team sports with the first written evidence that curling was happening in 1540. Curling was originally played on frozen lochs and ponds but is now played competitively at indoor curling rinks, such as the Oak Park Ice Arena. Recently 16 curling stones were found at the Oak Park Ice Arena and are believed to be from 1929 when curling was first introduced in California at Yosemite National Park. Record Columnist, Michael Fitzgerald, published a fascinating article about the stones discovery and history that can be found by clicking HERE. Oak Park is now forming a curling club at the arena and anyone who is interested is encouraged to call. Oak Park Ice Arena’s contact information and event calendar can be found at http://www.stocktonlive.com/venues/detail/oak-park-ice-arena This Sunday, Stockton Ballpark will host its second Primera Division Soccer match of the year, as Monarchas Morelia and C.F. Pachuca take the pitch.
Heading into the matchup on October 11, the Monarcas have played 12 games with five wins, two draws, and five losses; Pachuca has played 11 games with four wins, two draws, and five losses. Pachucas and Monarchs are both highly ranked teams with a history of success in their individual clubs. Pachuca is one of the most successful clubs in Mexico, winning five championships, four CONCACAF Championship Cups, and winning the 2007 SuperLiga. The Monaracs have had great success within the league and has had many of its players called up to play for the Mexican National Team. Both the Monarcas and Pachuca play in the Liga MX league, which is the top level of the Mexican Futbol League system. C.F. Pachuca was founded in 1901 and the team is located in Pachuca, Hidalgo, Mexico. Monarcas Morelia was founded in 1924 and is located in Morelia, Michoacan, Mexico. Coming into the match C.F. Pachuca’s center forward, Ariel Nahuelpan, is leading the team in goals with seven in only 11 games. Right wing Hirving Lozano and center back Aquivaldo Mosquera are tied with two goals each. Monarcas Morelia is coming into the match without one standout goal scorer but with three consistent goal scorers. Center forward Pablo Velazquez has three goals, center midfielder Juan Pablo Rodriquez has two goals, and center midfielder Cristian Pellerano also has two goals. Pachuca has four players currently playing on the Mexican National Team: Rodolfo Gilbert Pizarro Thomas (defender), Víctor Alfonso Guzmán Guzmán (defender), Eric Gabriel Gutiérrez Galaviz (midfielder), and Hirving Rodrigo Lozano Bahena (forward). Monarcas currently have one player on the Mexican National Team, defender Erick Germain Aguirre Tafolla. Swan Lake has been around since 1895, forming the big three of Russian ballets along with Sleeping Beauty and The Nutcracker. Swan Lake is known for its complexity and high level of dancing skills but not everyone knows the backstory of how Swan Lake was created or what the meaning of the ballet is. Swan Lake tells the story of a prince who encounters a beautiful swan that transforms into a human princess by a sorcerer’s curse. “The ballet powerfully conveys to the audience through the mutual pursuit of love between the prince and the swan queen, the theme of the soul’s struggle towards idealized love and sacrifice against its imprisonment in the body of a ‘swan creature’”(Wunder, 2012). The origins of Swan Lake are unclear; Swan Lake has been called a “national ballet” while others believe it is Russian due to the ideas of faithful love. There are very few records about the first production of Swan Lake but what is known is that Pyotr llyich Tchaikovsky composed Swan Lake in less than a year after studying ballet composers Ludwig Minkus and Cesare Pungi. After the first production of Swan Lake the critiques came back saying the music was too complex for ballet and too hard to dance to; but despite the criticism the show went on and set the standard for ballet productions. Swan Lake continues to be influential both inside and out of the ballet world, moving and exciting audiences and inspiring popular culture. The city of Stockton has a long history of hockey being played. The San Joaquin County fairground, located in Stockton, was the first facility to have an ice rink for public use. In 1970, the fairgrounds stopped operations of the ice rink and the Oak Park Ice Arena was opened. Oak Park was a huge step up for hockey players, featuring an 85 x 200 feet ice rink, seating for 350 spectators, and a full service pro shop.
One of the oldest hockey clubs in Stockton is the Stockton Colts. The Colts have played hockey in Stockton for over 50 years and saw the transition between the fairgrounds and Oak Park Ice Arena. As of 2015, the Colts have five teams in their club: two squirt teams, pee wee, bantam, and high school. Oak Park Ice Arena plays host to not only youth hockey practices, league games, and tournaments, it also has BNHL Adult Hockey on Monday nights, Stockton Oldtimers on Tuesday nights, learn to skate nights, figure freestyle, public skate nights and much more. The Oak Park calendar has events going on seven days a week, with the popularity of hockey growing every day. Oak Park Ice Arena calendar can be found here. In 2005, Stockton welcomed the ECHL and was thrilled to have the Stockton Thunder come to a town where youth hockey is so popular; it also gave excitement for the new Stockton Arena to open. The fans poured into the arena making a connection with the Thunder and it created a very community involved atmosphere. The Thunder hosted events at the arena to give back to the community, such as: Thunder Goes Pink, raising approximately $300,000 for breast cancer; and the Teddy Bear Toss, fans threw stuffed animals on the ice and they were donated and disbursed to children through the United Way. With the American Hockey League now in Stockton, community outreach is expected to meet or exceed the standard that the Thunder started. The culture of hockey is alive and well and is expected to keep growing due to the AHL coming to town. |