Bryan Boston

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  Lake Powell Chronicle Online - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 11/17/2005    Last Visited: 11/17/2005  

  Bryan Boston, president of the Lake Powell Concert Association, said that Chee's last performance brought more than 600 people to Page High School's Cultural Arts Building, the largest audience in recent memory.
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  "After last year's concert, it was destined for him to come back," Boston said.
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  "The outpour of calls about tickets and such for the concert this time have been amazing," Boston said.
  
  Tickets will only be available the evening of the show, which begins at 7 p.m. at the CAB.Tickets are $12 for adults, $11 for seniors and $5 for students.The concert association stopped its practice of having tickets available at area businesses earlier this year due to the fact that they rarely sold any tickets prior to the concerts, Boston said.
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  "We're going to have an actual cake up there (on the stage) for that to go with the Connor Chee celebration," Boston said.
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  "I think we might be wearing him out," Boston said with a laugh.
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  Chee has played prestigious venues like Carnegie Hall and for special audiences like the United Nations, Boston said.
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  "We see Connor as a person that can reach out to the community," Boston said.
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  Boston noted that he was passed from one piano teacher to another because he blossomed so quickly that the teachers quickly discovered they had nothing more to teach him.
  
  "He's turned out to be such an amazing performer, and known, too, which is a nice thing," Boston said.
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  This is one-half of an hour ahead of when it usually opens, but the CAB is doing this in anticipation of heavy attendance, said Boston, who also manages the theatre.
  
  "There will be a line," he said, noting that the Lake Powell Art Association will have displays and works of art for sale in the lobby to keep people entertained prior to the concert.
  
  Boston acknowledged that the concert association was "going downhill" for a while prior to having Chee perform his first concert last November.
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  For more information, contact Boston at (928) 608-4100 ext. 5719.
  
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  Published on: 10/13/2004    Last Visited: 10/13/2004  

  PAGE - Lake Powell Concert Association elected Bryan Boston as its president during its annual membership meeting in September.Boston is the manager of the Cultural Arts Building at Page High School.

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  Published on: 1/19/2006    Last Visited: 1/19/2006  

  CAB Manager Bryan Boston (inset) tests out the new sound board, which is connected to numerous state-of-the-art speakers that replace 30-plus-year-old sound equipment.
  
  Page Unified School District used some of the money from impact aid bonds approved by voters in May 2004 to renovate the facility, which has existed as a jewel of the district for more than 30 years.The first order of business was to add a little color to the inside of the building, according to CAB manager Bryan Boston.Once people enter the lobby, they are treated to a feast of dark and light colors.
  
  "They tore down all the crème-colored wallpaper that they had on the walls, sheet-rocked everything and painted the walls," Boston said.
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  If the choir wants to record a rehearsal so (students) can take it home with them, they can," Boston said."We weren't able to do that before with the old sound system."
  
  The new system replaces the original one that is more than 30 years old and showed its time had passed when it broke down completely almost three years ago, Boston said.
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  Previously, the speakers were up on the catwalks above the stage, which made for poor sound quality, according to Boston.
  
  "The way the speakers are now, they have a better sound quality so the audience can hear them better now," Boston said."That's a pretty nice feature that they gave us."
  
  The CAB has a new soundboard with 40 different microphone channels that connects to the stage area.There are also overhead microphones to replace the ones that have to be put on stands, Boston said.
  
  "We can adjust them to be different lengths and be on different sides of the stage," he said.
  
  As an added bonus, the soundboard also comes with a compact-disc recorder that the CAB can use to record live events.With the permission of the groups that perform at the facility, the district can produce CDs to sell, Boston said.
  
  A compression unit in the sound system helps to prevent feedback from other sound equipment, Boston noted, and preventing the speakers from blowing out.But the most exciting piece of sound equipment, in the CAB manager's opinion, is the effects monitor.
  
  "You can turn the theater to where it sounds like you're in a cathedral if you're talking through the microphone," Boston said.
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  We can also have music during intermission and after the show," Boston said.
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  There may be some upgrades made to the equipment as the need arises, Boston said.
  
  "With everything else in the CAB, there will be some wear and tear.The walls will need to be repainted about every year if there are nicks and such," he said."With the carpet, you can just tear out a square and replace that if it gets damaged.You don't have to replace the whole thing.If it gets stained, we can just rip it up and place another one down really quick."
  
  The work on the CAB is not completed yet.Boston noted that the seats will be shampooed and reupholstered.There are also renovations that need to be completed in restrooms and work areas, as well as parts of the stage and the hallways.
  
  "We want everything to be really top-notch," Boston said.
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  We can fix a few things here and there and hopefully get some things done before the next (performance) season," Boston said.
  
  There are approximately 58 productions scheduled to use the CAB this school year, the CAB manager noted.They range from ballets to band concerts, he said.
  
  "It's so nice that we're able to have (the new sound system) in there and actually have a nice concert music environment," Boston said.
  
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  Published on: 1/25/2006    Last Visited: 1/25/2006  

  The first order of business was to add a little color to the inside of the building, according to CAB manager Bryan Boston.Once people enter the lobby, they are treated to a feast of dark and light colors.
  
  "They tore down all the crème-colored wallpaper that they had on the walls, sheet-rocked everything and painted the walls," Boston said.
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  If the choir wants to record a rehearsal so (students) can take it home with them, they can," Boston said."We weren't able to do that before with the old sound system."
  
  The new system replaces the original one that is more than 30 years old and showed its time had passed when it broke down completely almost three years ago, Boston said.
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  Previously, the speakers were up on the catwalks above the stage, which made for poor sound quality, according to Boston.
  
  "The way the speakers are now, they have a better sound quality so the audience can hear them better now," Boston said."That's a pretty nice feature that they gave us."
  
  The CAB has a new soundboard with 40 different microphone channels that connects to the stage area.There are also overhead microphones to replace the ones that have to be put on stands, Boston said.
  
  "We can adjust them to be different lengths and be on different sides of the stage," he said.
  
  As an added bonus, the soundboard also comes with a compact-disc recorder that the CAB can use to record live events.With the permission of the groups that perform at the facility, the district can produce CDs to sell, Boston said.
  
  A compression unit in the sound system helps to prevent feedback from other sound equipment, Boston noted, and preventing the speakers from blowing out.But the most exciting piece of sound equipment, in the CAB manager's opinion, is the effects monitor.
  
  "You can turn the theater to where it sounds like you're in a cathedral if you're talking through the microphone," Boston said.
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  We can also have music during intermission and after the show," Boston said.
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  There may be some upgrades made to the equipment as the need arises, Boston said.
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  Boston noted that the seats will be shampooed and reupholstered.There are also renovations that need to be completed in restrooms and work areas, as well as parts of the stage and the hallways.
  
  "We want everything to be really top-notch," Boston said.
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  We can fix a few things here and there and hopefully get some things done before the next (performance) season," Boston said.
  
  There are approximately 58 productions scheduled to use the CAB this school year, the CAB manager noted.They range from ballets to band concerts, he said.
  
  "It's so nice that we're able to have (the new sound system) in there and actually have a nice concert music environment," Boston said.
  
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  Published on: 6/30/2005    Last Visited: 6/30/2005  

  Bryan Boston, manager of Page Unified School District's Cultural Arts Building, said on June 22 that the high school's tech club is hoping to sponsor the screening, meaning they will get a share of the proceeds if the movie makes money.
  
  The plan, Boston said, is for the Rolling Roadshow screen to go up at the natural stone amphitheater on Coppermine Road, where a PBS-filmed guitar concert was held earlier this month.If that doesn't work, Boston said City Park could be an acceptable alternative.
  
  The planned screening's only potential snag is the date: Aug. 24 is a Wednesday and a school night, and Boston said he's concerned that by the time it gets dark enough to roll the movie, it will already be 8:30 or later, making for a late night for parents and kids. "I'm just not sure about attendance on a school night," he said.
  
  Rolling Roadshow is also traveling to cities like Roswell, N.M. to screen "It Came from Outer Space" and Devil's Tower, Wyo. to screen "Close Encounters of the Third Kind," Boston said.
  
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  Published on: 3/10/2005    Last Visited: 3/10/2005  

  Bryan Boston, president of the Lake Powell Concert Association, said that PBS is currently filming the guitar club at Page High School as part of a documentary.The guitar club, along with other high school groups, will be putting together the June concert.The concert association is also debating whether to have a summer concert series at the amphitheatre.
  
  "The amphitheatre would give the concerts a natural feel," Boston said to the council.
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  Boston told the tourism board on Feb. 16 that if everyone works together, the amphitheatre can be ready for the PBS concert in June.He said that concert is expected to be broadcast the following summer.
  
  "It would give us the promotion that we need," he said.

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  Published on: 11/25/2005    Last Visited: 11/25/2005  

  Bryan Boston, who organized last year's parade, said he was surprised with the turnout for the inaugural event.The first parade boasted 45 entries, which was more participation than other community parades could boast.
  
  "That was pretty nice for the first year of doing this," Boston said."Since Wahweap no longer does a parade of lights out on the lake, we wanted to bring something back into the community."
  
  Boston opined that this parade is a good thing to continue, noting that the community supports local events, especially the Page Balloon Regatta, which took place earlier this month.The parade will have a theme this year, with Boston noting that there's a little more time to prepare for this parade; last year's parade was thrown together in a few short weeks, he said.
  
  "The theme this year is going to be ‘Disney and Other Cartoon Characters,'" Boston said."Basically, that means people can dress up as these characters.We plan on having a special guest to lead the parade and riding on the fire truck, and that guest will be Mickey Mouse.We're already into talks to get certain costumes, and people can get costumes online.They can decorate their floats like an actual scene from a movie."
  
  Vehicles of all kinds participated in last year's parade, and Boston said he hopes there will be a similar variety this year, noting that residents decorated cars, trailers, off-road vehicles, even boats.
  
  "People need to get imaginative on this one," Boston said.
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  Boston is the manager for Page High School's cultural arts building, and he has worked for the past few years with a group of kids who have formed a tech club.The students helped Boston put together last year's parade, and the manager said they have some crafty ideas up their sleeves to make the 2005 parade even better.The group hopes to have more than 60 entries in this year's parade.
  
  "A lot of people had fun with what they did last year," Boston said."We had a lot of compliments about how this worked out, and how it looked so cool to have all the lights on Main Street turned off and then all these glowing Christmas lights coming down."
  
  The tech club came up with the Disney theme after some of its members went to Disneyland and other attractions in California to learn how they do their special visual effects.However, other cartoons are perfectly welcome in this year's event, Boston said.
  
  "The kids have gotten really imaginative after seeing how things are done," he said.
  
  There is no fee to enter; Boston noted that he didn't believe people should have to pay to participate in this event, and it would leave money left over to allow entries to be more creative.
  
  "The only fee that there is comes from the stuff you get for your own float," he said.
  
  The categories from last year - most creative, most lights and best animation - will be joined by categories for best costume and possibly for best group effort.
  
  This year's lineup is half an hour earlier because it was really difficult to get all the floats organized in an hour's time, Boston said.He added that he hopes to find a way to get the floats to go down Lake Powell Boulevard and come back up the same way.Boston said he had planned to do it that way last year, but some of the boats and other large objects could not maneuver as well to allow that to happen.
  
  If the parade is allowed to return on the boulevard, it will lead people to the CAB just in time for the concert with The Kidmans.The Kidman sisters will be in one of the first floats in the parade, Boston said.Boston, who is also the president for the concert association, added that the committee is trying to coordinate with other community activities to make this a full and exciting evening.
  
  "Santa Claus will be visiting that night, which will be the main attraction for the kids," Boston said."After Santa goes through the Parade of Lights, he'll hang out with the kids at the CAB.If parents and families want to get pictures with Santa Claus during the concert, they're more than welcome to at no cost.It's something we like to provide, because the kids want to give Santa their wish lists."
  
  One requirement for this year is that people who fill out the applications need to explain what their float is going to be.The tech club is going to try and avoid having two floats that are the same this year, Boston said.This allows the community to see a wide variety of cartoon characters, he noted.Already, Mickey Mouse and the movie "Nightmare Before Christmas" are out of the running.
  
  The CAB manager continued to reiterate the need for community events to bring folks together.He said there should be at least one a month.
  
  "These events bring everybody out, and that's what we're looking for," Boston said.
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  For more information, contact the Chamber at (928) 645-2741 or Boston at (928) 608-4100 ext. 5719.Boston noted he also has information on costume supply companies that he can share with anyone who needs help getting costumes.
  
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  Published on: 12/8/2004    Last Visited: 12/8/2004  

  Bryan Boston, manager of Page High School's Cultural Arts Building, and Brian Robinson, a local parent, came up with the idea of a Main Street Parade of Lights in Page after learning that the lake festival would not happen this year.
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  Boston and company also have the advantage of coming up with a new event at the same time that a couple of traditional activities in the area have been cancelled.
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  Boston and Robinson are also using a rarely tapped source of labor and ingenuity to make this event possible: high school students.
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  Volunteers for events such as this can be few and far between, so kudos to Boston and Robinson for coming up with a creative solution to the volunteer question.
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  Boston is doing this because he wants to see more activities in Page.The fact that he has revived the community's Halloween haunted house for the last several years shows that he wants to see more going on in the community.
  
  However, kudos should also go to the Page-Lake Powell Chamber of Commerce for putting this event on the fast-track to success.Chamber employees helped Boston to put through the necessary paperwork in just a few minutes, whereas usually it could take days or even weeks for someone to get through the bureaucratic red tape required to put on something like a parade.At a time when holiday events in the community seem to be fading away, it's good to know the chamber recognizes that bringing new and creative ideas forward is essential.
  
  Interestingly, Boston heard numerous concerns from people after the Festival of Lights was cancelled.He said that folks asked him, "Well, can you do something about it?"While Boston has proven to be very innovative and creative with his Halloween project and the events at the CAB, it's very sad that people must ask someone else to do something about the problem instead of taking the initiative to solve the dilemma themselves.One may wonder, now that the Parade of Lights is coming to fruition, if any of those people who asked Boston to come up with a solution to the festival cancellation will now offer a helping hand to him and his little helpers, who will undoubtedly be exhausted by the time this is all over.
  
  Boston and Robinson have helped to remind us that when something detrimental happens - like the cancellation of the Festival of Lights - there are two options: You can either whine and complain about it, or you can get off your duff and do something about it.

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  Lake Powell Chronicle Online - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 4/21/2005    Last Visited: 4/21/2005  

  Page is the only high school in Arizona to win the Scholastic A title, according to Harrison and Bryan Boston, manager of the CAB and a technical advisor for WGI.
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  "The kids were pretty awesome at the end, when they had the (awards) ceremony and everything," Boston said."Afterwards, the kids actually went and congratulated the other groups and showed support to those groups for getting their places.The kids did that by themselves.They were very appropriate about everything they did."
  
  WGI has received a lot of support from parents and the community this year, more so than in previous years.Boston said the parents barbecued in the parking lot the day of the finals.
  
  "The kids were pretty excited and jacked up after we won Colorado.That momentum we had from Colorado to take on the role to win was exciting," Boston said.
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  Boston noted that DVD sales, as well as selling WGI t-shirts and sweatshirts, helped to raise money for the team's travel expenses.The Sand Devils are out of the clothing, but there may be more made if there is a huge interest, Boston said.

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  Lake Powell Chronicle Online - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 12/22/2004    Last Visited: 12/22/2004  

  The inaugural event was put together with the help of Page High School's tech club, under the direction of Cultural Arts Building manager Bryan Boston, and boasted 37 entries.

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