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Thrillpeddlers is pleased to announce that following its record-breaking 22 month run on the award-winning production of PEARLS More than SHANGHAI, and right after its sold-out performances of VICE PALACE and SHOCKTOBERFEST: Fear More than FRISCO, they may be remounting composer Scrumbly Koldewyn's revival in the 1972 Musical revue extravaganza VICE PALACE: The Final Cockettes Musical in the Hypnodrome Theatre Jan. 27 - March 3, 2012 at 8:00 pm. With a book by Martin Worman and music composed by Scrumbly Koldewyn, the show was initially performed by The Cockettes in the course of Halloween 1972 in the Palace Theatre in North Beach. This revival has been extensively revised by Koldewyn with extra material that originally appeared in past Cockettes productions. Do not miss the possibility to see The Cockette's notoriously stunning, wanton and bizarre spectacle in it really is limited run of only
12 performances! Thrillpeddlers' Hypnodrome Theatre is located at 575 10th St, in SF 94103. (Bryant & Division Sts.) Tickets $30 gen. admission or $35 for 'Shock Boxes' and 'Turkish Lounges**' and are available at

Fresh from performances at Lincoln Center and the HOWL Festival in NYC (Oct. 2011), Thrillpeddlers original VICE PALACE cast returns to San Francisco with their smash hit revival, VICE PALACE: The Last Cockettes Musical. This musical mind trip imagines Edgar Allan Poe's "The Masque from the Red Death" as viewed through the lens of Frederico Fellini, and topped off with truly outrageous costumes, wigs and spectacular gender-bending drag ensemble performances. VICE PALACE follows Divina (played by drag-king star, Leigh Crow), an eccentric socialite who spares no expense to keep her jet-set party guests entertained, while the villagers just beyond the walls of her lavish estate are ravaged by the plague. Each performance must top the next in this bizarre race to escape the one uninvited party guest death! - and look fabulous as they do it.
Originally produced as a 'Nocturnal Dream Show' and performed at midnight in the old Palace Theatre in North Beach on Halloween 1972, Vice palace starred the inimitable Divine and cult star Mink Stole (best known as stars of director John Waters' films), VICE PALACE was written by Martin Worman & Scrumbly Koldewyn, original members on the pioneering, gender-bending performance troupe, The Cockettes. Russell Blackwood, founding member and visionary behind Thrillpeddlers and master on the macabre, directs a cast of San Francisco's most extravagant underground drag performers and divas. VICE PALACE was the fabled and fabulous Cockettes' final stage presentation.

The Cockettes were a gender-bending theatrical troupe who not only originated these outrageous shows, but also exerted a profound influence on the culture of our times, from the phenomenon of midnight movies, to glitter rock stars and their outrageous fashions.

VICE PALACE: The Final Cockettes Musical is directed by Russell Blackwood, and original Cockette and composer Scrumbly Koldewyn is the Musical Director. Flynn DeMarco is the Associate director. Scenery by James Blackwood, costumes by K??ra Emry, lights by Nicholas Torre, sound by Chris Paulina, and make up coordinator Kegel Kater.

2012 dates for VICE PALACE: The Last Cockettes Musical are:
Jan. (Fri. 8pm / Sat. 8pm) Jan. 27, 28
Feb. (Fri. 8pm / Sat. 8pm Feb. 2,3, 9, 10, 16, 17, 23, 24
March (Fri. 8pm / Sat. 8pm) March 2, 3

Composer Scrumbly Koldewyn plays piano for all performances of VICE PALACE: The Final Cockettes Musical. Thrillpeddler and San Francisco favorites will be featured in this revival, including: Leigh Crow (Divina), Flynn DeMarco (Goldoni), Birdie-Bob Watt (Vagina Dentata), Steven Satyricon (Niccolini), Eric Tyson Wertz (Bella), Ste Fishell (Tonio), L. Ron Hubby (Sylvia Koscina), James Toczyl (Polo), Russell Blackwood (Lucretia), and making his Thrillpeddlers debut as Ricciolini is Joshua Devore. Best known as former porn star Tober Brandt, Mr. Devore (aka Brandt) was named Best Fetish Performer at the 2009 GayVN Awards (Gay Oscars).

Choosing a Piano Teacher

Music is actually a gift, and discovering a appropriate piano teacher to help the discovery and appreciation of this magical gift is no easy process. Regardless of whether the piano student is a beginner or already performing advanced studies, obtaining a responsible, certified piano teacher is quite critical. In the newbie level, a piano student's musical and technical foundations are imprinted. At the intermediate level, a piano student's musical and technical foundations are further developed and strengthened. In the advanced level, a piano student is guided towards establishing into an independent musician and thinker/interpreter. Consequently, at all stages of a building piano student, possessing an excellent piano teacher is of utmost value. Some simple variables that constitute a great piano teacher are qualifications, character, and teaching knowledge. These three standard aspects will be explored under, in this report.

Frequent Qualifications of Piano Teachers in Singapore

First, I would prefer to address the issue from the diverse array of widespread musical qualifications for piano teachers in Singapore, which can be normally taken into consideration when choosing a piano teacher. In Singapore, you can find two major external musical examinations boards, where piano teachers may get their diploma qualifications beyond Grade 8: Connected Board in the Royal Schools of Music (ABRSM) and Trinity Guildhall (Trinity). Inside the ABRSM syllabus, the three levels of diploma study typically taken by piano teachers, in order of ascending qualification, are:

1. DipABRSM Performance 2. LRSM Performance 3. FRSM Functionality

Similarly, inside the Trinity syllabus, the 3 levels of diploma study typically taken by piano teachers, in order of ascending qualification, are:

1. ATCL Overall performance, or ATCL Recital 2. LTCL Recital 3. FTCL Efficiency

Besides the functionality category for each and every syllabus, there is certainly also the teaching category, whereby the candidate focuses mostly on piano pedagogy. The anticipated normal of piano playing for each amount of qualification is naturally greater in the efficiency category, as in comparison to the teaching category. Generally, as a piano teacher, one have to completely comprehend the music or the material getting taught very first, before exploring the methods of teaching. For that reason, some piano teachers choose to acquire additional teaching diplomas of the very same level right after obtaining the performance diplomas.

Apart from these ABRSM and Trinity diplomas, piano teachers may possibly as an alternative have degrees including Bachelor of Music, and Master of Music, and Physician of Music. A frequent query asked is: How do these degrees compare towards the diplomas?

In line with the examination boards, the DipABRSM Efficiency, ATCL Efficiency and ATCL Recital diplomas are approximately equivalent in common towards the

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