Congrats Emily Davis
“Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th.” — Julie Andrews
“Every time you fail and get back up, you practice perseverance, which is the key to life… Your strength comes in your ability to recover.” — Michelle Obama, “Words of Encouragement”
Back in March 2018, Ukiah High student Emily Davis was awarded a $180,000 NROTC scholarship. She was a Marine Devil Pup back then and competed with a huge body of students in California for this scholarship. The coveted NROTC Scholarship provides financial aid toward the cost of a four-year university in return for military service in the Marine Corps after college. Now she is graduating from University of California at San Diego.
She will be officially Commissioned as a Marine Corp Officer on board an aircraft carrier this month as well as receiving a ceremonial Commission in her hometown of Willits in June.
Emily is the daughter of Mike and Emily Davis, owners of Scoops, a yogurt and ice cream place in Willits. During her junior and senior year of high school she began working toward joining the Marine Corps by working out to get in shape and passing a physical fitness test that included a three-mile run, pull-ups, and presses.
During her summer months in-between college, she attended officer candidate school in two-week increments, spending time with different units in the Marine Corps, like combat arms or communication intelligence to get a sense of her interests.
Donating locally…
From Kim Cavendar: “Norcal Christian Ministries (NCCM), at the Center for Hope — would like to thank Black Oak Coffee, Ukiah, for their coffee donation. As many of you know, NCCM serves breakfast and coffee five days a week, to those in our community who are struggling in various ways. Thank you Wholesale Coffee Team at Black Oak Coffee, for your gracious generosity to our community! We appreciate you!”
NCCM exists to transform the lives of the poor and homeless, through God's love, with the help of the faith community.
SPACE: Lights! Camera! Dance!
Written and directed by Aisha Walls, the show features more than 65 youth ages 10-15. Performance is Sat., May 2, 3 p.m. and 7 p.m.; Sun., May 22 at 3 p.m. at SPACE Theater, 508 W. Perkins, Ukiah, CA. School of Performing Arts & Cultural Education (SPACE) is an acclaimed afterschool performing arts program serving youth ages infant through 18.
This show is a trip down memory lane to some favorite dance movies, including: “Singing in the Rain,” “Annie,” “Fame,” “Hairspray,” “Westside Story” and “Feel the Beat,” to name a few! The show is filled with multi-media surprises from real footage of original dance scenes to contemporary mixes of original songs. General admission tickets are available at Mendocino Book Company, SPACE Office and at https://www. spaceperformingarts.org/
World Music Band…
Since 1946, Ukiah Community Concert Association (UCCA) has been hosting world class performances for the Ukiah Community. The final concert of the season is Le Vent du Nord, Sun., May 15, 2022, at 2 p.m. at Mendocino College Center Theatre.
Award-winning, beloved by audiences worldwide, and highly acclaimed, Le Vent du Nord is a leading force in Quebec's progressive francophone folk movement. The group's vast repertoire draws from both traditional sources and original compositions, delivering a broad range of global influences with hard-driving rhythms, strong voices, and great harmonies.
The five members play a rousing assortment of instruments including the fiddle, guitar, bouzouki,
hurdy-gurdy, keyboard, button accordion, and bass. (The bouzouki is a large member of the Mandolin family, and a hurdygurdy is a string instrument that produces sound by a hand-crank-turned, rosined wheel rubbing against the strings.)
Check their website at ukiahconcerts.org for more information on season membership, or individual concerts. Ukiah Community Concert Association, PO Box 844, Ukiah, CA 95482.
20th Ukiahaiku Anniversary…
In 2002, a group of poets and poetry lovers in Ukiah, noting that their city's name was “haiku” spelled backwards, decided to hold a festival. Starting with Armand Brint, Ukiah's first Poet Laureate, the festival grew and flourished throughout the years, becoming internationally known. Sponsored by the City of Ukiah, the event's 20-year anniversary, an in-person celebration is on Sunday, May 15, from 2-4 p.m., in the Public Room and Wild Gardens at the Grace Hudson Museum.
A new form of the Ukiahaiku Fest was dreamed up. The organizers decided not to hold a contest this year, but to treat the event as a retrospective celebration, with former and current Poets Laureate reading their favorite selections from both adult and youth categories, as well as adding one of their own. An open mic reading will follow, with sign-ups starting at 2 p.m. (Children and young adults are invited to attend and read, and bilingual haiku is welcome.)
Ron Nadeau will perform on the Shakuhachi flute, an ancient Japanese musical form. Other entertainment from SPACE, Higher Ground, and the Haikuleles (Aka the Uke Tones) will be provided. An arts and crafts booth, a special presentation by award-winning haiku poet and artist Annette Makino, and energetic Mcing from former Poet Laureate Michael Riedell completes the picture.
A haiku is a three-line poem that captures a fleeting moment and a quiet impression which can often go unremarked on in our busy lives. The poems resemble little word blossoms, compact and bursting with life. Originating in Japan, haiku draw attention to the passing seasons and to everyday human encounters without comment or embellishment.
“Think of it as a mental snapshot, as seeing the haiku moment in your mind,” Dan Barth, another former Poet Laureate of Ukiah, explains. Traditionally written in a 17-syllable format of 5-7-5, the haiku form has been stretched and reinterpreted in recent times as it enters new countries, languages, and situations.
To find out more, email carrm@mendocinocounty. org or visit the Ukiahaiku website at http://ukiahaiku. org. Masking and social distancing at this event is recommended. Part of the Festival will be held outside to facilitate this.