College announces series of programs in response to criticism over excluding Verde Valley from major cultural events
In response to increasing pressure by Verde Valley residents over Prescott based administrators concentrating almost all major cultural events on the Prescott campus, the Community College has announced it will bring a series of cultural performances to the “East Yavapai County” during the 2014-15 academic year. The first of these performances is the T.S. Monk Jr. Jazz Trio, which is scheduled to perform Friday evening, August 22 on the Verde campus. The College has said that later in the season, performances such as The Man in the Arena: Theodore Roosevelt, Moscow Nights & The Golden Gates, Ahn Trio and Reveille 3, and an Andrews Sisters Tribute will be brought to “East Yavapai County.”
Whether the future performances are free or a fee will be charged has not been made public. (There was general confusion over the Monk Jazz concert when the College first announced a ticket fee and then a week before the concert changed its mind and offered the concert free.) The College has also not made public where the various future performances will be held.