Daniel Beck Hoping to Contribute to a Wonderful Education Week at BYU-Idaho

This Thursday, July 30 at 7:30 pm I'll be singing at the Kirkham Auditorium at BYU-Idaho in Rexburg, Idaho as part of Education Week. I'll be joined on the stage by local favorite Missy Babcock. She's a native of New York who has lived in Rexburg for quite a few years and has performed many concerts there in the Rexburg area specializing in jazz standards. Our concert is billed as, "An Evening With Daniel Beck and Missy Babcok - Education Week Concert." How's that for a long title? But I guess it works!

Missy has put together a live band to accompany us as we perform a bunch of great songs from the great American Songbook, Broadway, and some other favorites. I'm really excited for this concert. I promise you an absolutely fantastic show and if you are in the area don't miss it! Tickets are only $8, and only $4 for BYU-I students and you can click right here on these words to buy tickets and for further details (be sure to scroll to the bottom of the page).

American Radio Cafe closes early, but hopefully not for good!

I can hardly begin to tell you how much fun I had with "The American Radio Cafe." Mike Leavitt, Joey Haughey, and Don Parker put together a great show. Unfortunately we didn't have enough people willing to take a chance on a new show and concept and the show had to close early. The live music, Jarrett Burns, the bluegrass group Firefly, the comedy bits, live commercials and cartoons were all on fire. (By the way, Jarrett Burns is one to watch folks! His music is wonderful!!) Those who came really loved the whole concept and show and responded very enthusiastically. So the last night the tickets were free, the house was full for a taping of the show that the show's producers will use to convince future investors of its awesomeness and perhaps at a later date we will see ARC again. The show was so incredibly fun and I hope I get to do it again. Here are some pictures from backstage. I'll have to post some pictures from the audience view when I get them.

So be watching for the Cafe doors to be open again in the future and don't miss it when they are!!!




Here's our cast. Alex DeBirk and his lovely wife Melinda Lockwood DeBirk, Cathleen Mason and myself.




Here is the amazing Jarrett Burns. We're gonna co-write songs sometime. He's terrific!




Here are our sound effect artists for the comedy bits and cartoons. L-R: Ian Parker, me, Mitch Lee.