June 1, 2025
The Hanford Civic Auditorium Turns 100: A Century of Memories
Send me a text and give me feedback on this episode! Hanford's crown jewel is turning 100, and we're pulling out all the stops to celebrate! Join us for an in-depth look at the Century of Memories celebration marking the centennial of the Hanford Civic Auditorium—a building that has shaped our community's cultural identity for a century. Brad Albert and Randy Shaw take us behind the scenes of this milestone event, sharing fascinating details about the meticulously planned celebration on June...
Send me a text and give me feedback on this episode!
Hanford's crown jewel is turning 100, and we're pulling out all the stops to celebrate! Join us for an in-depth look at the Century of Memories celebration marking the centennial of the Hanford Civic Auditorium—a building that has shaped our community's cultural identity for a century.
Brad Albert and Randy Shaw take us behind the scenes of this milestone event, sharing fascinating details about the meticulously planned celebration on June 7th. From the Breakfast Lions pancake breakfast starting at 7 AM to the official ceremony at 3 PM featuring an impressive 75-piece John Philip Sousa Tribute Band, this full-day celebration honors a building that has witnessed countless historic moments.
You'll be fascinated by Randy's revelations about the treasures being displayed—original artifacts from the building's cornerstone, the vintage dimmer panel that once controlled the stage lights, and evidence of Eleanor Roosevelt's surprising visit. Did you know she drove to Hanford from Los Angeles rather than arriving by train? Or that John Philip Sousa performed in the auditorium during his 50th anniversary as a conductor?
The celebration expands beyond the Civic walls with Jack Schwartz and Michael Quinn joining us to preview the fourth annual Carnegie Museum Car Show happening simultaneously downtown. With approximately 200 classic, vintage, and modern vehicles expected, 11 different judging categories, and the popular People's Choice Award, car enthusiasts will find plenty to appreciate while supporting the museum's historical preservation efforts.
This episode captures the essence of what makes Hanford special—our reverence for history, our celebration of community milestones, and our commitment to preserving the cultural touchstones that define us. Whether you're a history buff, car enthusiast, or simply love our town, this weekend offers something for everyone to enjoy.
Mark your calendar for June 7th and be part of this once-in-a-century celebration of the building that has been the backdrop for generations of Hanford memories.
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01:05 - Community News and Community Calendar
03:49 - Civic Auditorium Centennial Celebration
22:49 - Carnegie Museum of Kings County 4th Annual Car Show
34:10 - Re-Cap of June 7th plans
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On this episode of the Hanford Insider, we'll have expanded coverage of this weekend's Century of Memories celebration marking the 100th anniversary of the dedication of the Hanford Civic Auditorium.
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Joining us are Brad Albert, randy Shaw, jack Schwartz and Michael Quinn.
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This is the Hanford Insider for Monday, june 2nd.
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This is the Hanford Insider, the podcast where we dive into what makes our community tick, from local stories and hidden gems to conversations with people shaping our neighborhood.
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We're here to celebrate, explore and connect.
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I'm your host, rob Bentley.
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Whether you're new to Hanford or a longtime local, this is your source for everything happening in our town, from events and news to conversations with people who make Hanford such a unique community.
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I hope you enjoy the format.
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Now let's take a look at this week's community news.
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The Hanford City Council held a special meeting last Thursday to discuss appointing an interim city manager and the process for hiring a permanent replacement.
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The council decided to search for an interim city manager from within the current city staff to maintain continuity.
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However, if an internal candidate cannot be hired, then they'll look outside.
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The council also decided to hire an outside recruiting firm for the process of hiring a permanent city manager, and a nationwide search will be conducted.
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One of the more interesting comments I heard was by Councilwoman Nancy Howes, who asked for everyone to be more cordial on social media and during public comment portions of city council meetings.
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Council members agreed and reminded those in attendance that the meetings are streamed for everyone to see on the internet.
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I totally agree because, let's face it, our next city manager probably already has their eyes and ears on Hanford and they'd likely prefer working for a city with a more positive outlook than what is shared on social media and from the regulars, who seem to have something to complain about.
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At every city council meeting the city will update everyone on the process as it plays out over the coming weeks and months.
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Now let's take a look at this week's community calendar.
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At this week's Thursday Night Marketplace it's the Civic Auditorium Centennial Celebration with the band Blackstone.
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The Kings Players production of Eat your Heart Out is now playing at the Temple Theater.
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For more information about the production, including times and tickets, visit kingsplayersorg.
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Part one of the History of Kings County Agriculture display at the Carnegie Museum of Kings County runs through the end of July.
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The museum is located at 109 East 8th Street and is open Fridays, saturdays and Sundays from 1 pm to 5 pm.
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Visit carnegiemuseumofkingscountyorg for more information.
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The Hanford Elk Spring Craft Boutique will be held on Sunday, june 8th, from 9 am to 3 pm.
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The lodge is located at 506 North Dowdy Street.
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The Hanford Juneteenth Celebration will be held on Saturday, june 14th at Coe Park from 11 am to 5 pm.
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If you have an event coming up and you'd like some help getting the word out, let's work together.
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Send your information to hanfordinsider at gmailcom.
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Be sure to subscribe to my weekly newsletter to get a complete calendar of events.
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It's the most comprehensive community calendar available.
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Well, as we know, coming up on Saturday, june 7th, we have the Century of Memories celebration, the 100th anniversary of the dedication of the Hanford Civic Auditorium, and we've got a lot of people on today's show to talk about the event, and we've had a committee that has been meeting for several months about this day and special celebration.
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Joining me right now is Brad Albert and Randy Shaw.
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Welcome to the show, guys.
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Thanks for having us, rob.
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So, brad, let's start with you.
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It's a full day of activities and, rather than give all the information out, I thought I'd give you an opportunity to invite people to the day of activities.
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Let's start from the very beginning.
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Yeah, so we have chosen Saturday, june 7th, as the day for the centennial birthday of the Civic Auditorium.
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The day will start at 7 am with the Hanford Breakfast Lions serving breakfast inside of the Civic Auditorium.
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Outside in the park, carnegie Car Show will be happening.
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So there'll be lots of activities in the park that day.
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It will be open to the public at that time.
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They'll be able to view our historical displays and have a nice hot breakfast to get the day started.
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Throughout the day we'll have, you know, the building will be open for folks to come in and look at the displays and then at 3 pm folks to come in and look at the displays and then at 3 pm, what we're generically calling the program will be the official celebration of the 100th birthday of the Civic Auditorium.
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That celebration will include a lot of different things, but we've got a very, very special performance going to be happening that I know Rob will be talking about here shortly.
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But this whole event is really about, you know, this iconic landmark of the city of Hanford and just all the things that have happened with inside those walls over a century In the planning meetings we talk about.
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You know, if the walls could talk, what would they say?
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So we'll be telling that story.
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We do have historical photos and we actually have a video that kind of captures, summarizes the history.
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So, as part of the celebration, we have proclamations from local politicians, we have participations from the Boy Scouts, we have the King's Fiddlersclamations from local politicians, we have participations from the Boy Scouts, we have the King's Fiddlers group that's going to perform, we have lots of different speakers, a lot of music, because that building has been the place for so many musicians and performers to perform everything from ballet to band concerts to barbershop groups, and we're really looking forward to it.
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And as part of that, I have together what I am calling the John Philip Sousa Tribute Band.
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When I interviewed Brad on the show about two years ago at the Winter Wonderland, we had a conversation about the upcoming anniversary and I said you know, brad, one of the things I've always wanted to do is put together a John Philip Sousa Tribute Band and we could perform at the Centennial Celebration.
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And here we are, just a couple of years later.
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And for those of you who don't know, the reason why the John Philip Sousa Celebration is so important in Hanford is that his band actually performed in Hanford four times.
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They performed twice at the old opera house and then, when the Civic Auditorium opened, they performed in January of 1926 and on Halloween, on October 31st 1928.
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And John Philip Sousa actually had some really great things to say about the building.
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You know, when the building was built people were like you're going to build a building that big for the size of Hanford?
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Only had 7,000 people that lived in Hanford at the time and the city officials big surprise got a little scrutiny for building such a big building.
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But here we are, 100 years later, and just the investment that that has been for us.
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It's been fantastic.
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So the Sousa Band will actually be performing four or five of the best songs and at the end we have a special celebration of Stars and Stripes, forever March, and then we'll sing Happy Birthday and we get some free cakes.
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So, brad, tell us about this cake that the committee's been working on.
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I can't wait to see it.
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Yeah, me neither.
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We're working with a local bakery to design and to make and bake a birthday cake that symbolizes the Civic, so it will actually physically look like a miniature Civic Auditorium with the columns and all of that, and once we sing happy birthday, everybody will be able to get a piece of the cake and celebrate together.
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This event is completely free for everyone, so we invite everybody to come out.
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We'll have tables and chairs set up, so it will be a very nice afternoon.
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I'm really looking forward to the historical displays, because the city has partnered with the Carnegie Museum of Kings County to acquire some great images of the building during the different eras and also a lot of artifacts, including the ones that were put in the cornerstone 100 years ago, and Randy joins us now to give us some information about the historic items that will be on display.
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Yeah, we have many varied things, a lot of things from the cornerstone.
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That was a fascinating thing in itself to get to open that and be happy to get to share that with everyone that visits for the celebration.
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We have a few objects that were original from the auditorium when it opened and one of them is the spotlight.
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It was made from a company that was famous for arcing spotlights that used a carbon arc.
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This one is actually an incandescent, but it was a very famous brand.
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So, reading the interesting history about it, you'll get to read some of that and see it.
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In the lobby we also have the original dimmer panel, which doesn't sound like much to the average person, but if you see it, you can see understand.
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If you've heard of the steampunk, it kind of gives you that feel it's a big, massive thing, that's electrical, but it's kind of prehistoric, as you might say, and we have that on display there as well, with some information about it and what it did.
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It controlled all the lights on the stage and it was the original one from 19,.
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When they put it, 1924, 25.
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We also have the original set of chairs.
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These were in different groupings, some were individual, some were in pairs, some were up to four in a cluster.
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These are pairs of two.
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We have three sets of two left from the original chairs that were in Civic and what I do is I like to include a picture from something in the past where that object was being used.
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So we have pictures showing that that chair was being used for an event.
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I think a church was celebrating their 75th Pentecostal or something and having a dinner there in the Civic and several items like that.
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We have historical items from the police department.
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The police department, as many people might remember that are longtime Hanfordites, was in the basement of the Civic Auditorium from like the 50s until the 70s and they moved into their current location in 76.
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So there's a few items that you can see some old badges, their batons.
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We're going to have the original, their first uniforms from 1910 somewhere around there and we'll have those on display as well.
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Mark Dillon and Hutch Hutchison those two were the familiar guys in the 80s that you saw.
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We called them the bobbies, but they were wearing the original uniform.
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So it was a community outreach for the police department in the 80s.
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I think that was a great thing.
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I think it worked really well.
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So that's fun to see that we have objects that we've gotten from the fire department and you'll see a few of those and also some pictures showing where things were and then what the object is.
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We have, like an old dentist barber's chair, and you know that represents the time.
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You know there's always so many things we have that are directly related to the civics, so we have a lot of things also that are within that time frame.
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That gives you a feel of what Hanford was like.
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So we have a lot of pictures from the past, a lot of pictures from the past.
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One exciting one that I haven't seen all the way through yet is a movie of downtown life in the 1930s.
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So that's a very cool one, donated from the Fox Theater.
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So we'll get to see that as well.
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We have video we'll be showing of us opening both the Civic Auditorium's Cornerstone and the Veterans Memorial cornerstone.
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I suggested that they allow us to open that one, since it was actually concurrent.
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While the Civic was still being completed, they had started the Veterans Building and they're kind of intertwined because the veterans, the county purchased the land from the city of $12,000 to be able to build the veterans building on that site.
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So they kind of were hand in hand.
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So the veterans groups agreed and we open them up and there's some wonderful things in there that people will get to see.
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So we'll have a display case with those objects.
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We'll have another display case with all the civic time capsule objects.
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Let let's see what else.
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We have the original pulleys.
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That's Frederick's of Hollywood.
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Now many people think of the fancy clothing and such from there, but it actually started out as a fabric curtain company and you'll see the original pulleys that are no longer used, from when they used to raise vertically.
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You've seen the cartoons where the guy cuts the rope and drops the sand sack on somebody, right, that's the kind that it used to have and that was replaced sometime in the 90s, I think, or 80s.
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So we have that on display.
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We have the chairs that were in the chamber or the council chambers and we did a remodel in 2010 that I was personally involved with and we saved those old chairs.
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So we have a before and after showing that.
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So it kind of just shows the progress of time of some changes and what we've done in the building.
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It's definitely a reason to come downtown on Saturday, june 7th, for sure.
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There's so much that's going to be on display, from historical artifacts to pancakes in the morning, to cake in the afternoon.
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It's really going to be a great day.
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I remember going to those pancake breakfasts when they had the parades and that was always just a neat, neat time, the atmosphere having that, getting up early in the morning, getting out there.
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The Lions always did a great job.
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It was just kind of extra special being in the Civic.
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You know, randy, I'm going to put you on the spot here for just a second because you work closely with the buildings in Hanford and we appreciate the work that you do keeping things up.
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Is there a secret story about the Civic Auditorium that maybe we don't know?
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Something that you have come across in your work that just like blew your mind?
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I know you're involved with a clock for one, but is there something that just amazed you?
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I know you're involved with a clock for one, but is there something that just amazed you?
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Yes, they did have.
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She was on a tour throughout California, but she and I thought originally that she arrived on the train.
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It would make sense, right A lot of politicians, and such did she did not.
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Right A lot of politicians, and such did she, did not.
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She, with her entourage, drove here from the LA area and she made notes of it in her personal diary about it, which you'll see in some quotes that I included under her picture.
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That's going to be a fascinating portion also is just to see some of the more famous people that have performed or spoken in the Civic, to see some of the more famous people that have performed or spoken in the civic, and we have a whole section of displays, pictures and descriptions for that.
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But the fact that she was here, she was talking about human rights, but she also talked a little bit about the likelihood of us joining in World War II, and so that was a highly significant appearance that she made.
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But you look at the list of hit parade people that performed there.
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It is really amazing.
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They don't mean much to kids these days, but if you read a little bit about their background, how popular they were.
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It was like having an American bandstand in Hanford.
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It really was.
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And the only reason is because of this fantastic venue Having the Civic Auditorium in 1925, when, you know, big band, swing, jazz was really picking up.
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So all those genres were growing and it was the dances were crazy.
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They would have these dances and have these famous orchestras of musicians come and play Tommy Dorsey, you know, Benny Goodman big names for them and nationally known, worldwide renowned, and they would have a sold-out, packed house.
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So when they had a dance, they had a dance in the Civic.
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Yeah for sure.
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One of the things that I had discovered in my research is that one of the reasons that we were able to attract some of these large big bands the jazz era was because of the location being so close to the army base in Lemoore, and so that was pretty fantastic, and on Sousa's tours he would tour around the best venues.
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He didn't just play anywhere, and when this building was built he had people that had probably come out and scouted it out and said it would be a great place.
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And it certainly turned out to be that way, and that's what we're celebrating on June 7th.
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So, Brad, can you give us a real quick rundown of the events, just a real quick synopsis, and we'll wrap this up and send it over to the car show side of things.
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Yeah, so for June 7th in the morning, like I mentioned, 7 am, the breakfast will be served from 7 to 11 am.
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The building will remain open for people to come in to see all the wonderful historic displays that Randy just shared with us.
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At 3 pm our program starts.
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We'll probably last probably a little bit over an hour and 15 minutes roughly, and then we will cut the cake, sing happy birthday and have an opportunity.
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You know, this building belongs to the community, so we're very, very happy that our June 7th event is really about that and we invite all to join us.
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I want to say one other thing, Rob, is that you're kind of not promoting yourself here.
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And tell us how many members you're going to have playing in the John Philip Sousa band.
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There currently are about 80 members in the band and, yes, we fit on the stage and I always get asked that question could 80 fit on the stage?
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And I said, well, sousa, put 100 up there.
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So I think we can probably do it.
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Imagine that.
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Can you imagine hearing that back then with a 100-piece band?
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Yeah, they actually closed all the stores and schools in town so people that could attend and they made the tickets were cheap Not even a dollar, I don't think.
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But yeah, they literally shut down the town.
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It was such an impressive thing to have him visit, for sure.
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I read that he was celebrating his 50th anniversary as a conductor at one of those concerts that he had in the Civic.
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Yeah, he definitely was celebrating his 50th anniversary as a conductor on that final performance and he passed away several years later.
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But what a legacy.
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I know that my Portuguese friends have all been excited because we're celebrating someone of Portuguese heritage in that recent museum.
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I've got a lot of new friends, so that's pretty fun too.
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Well one thing I will say is you know, because of this celebration and requiring me to do a little more research on these different things, it's been interesting.
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Like John Phillips says, I didn't know much about him and so I have even more respect for you know what he did and that he was here.
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People like Eleanor Roosevelt, these, uh, these early musicians it was.
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It was quite interesting and I think I hope the public comes out in mass to learn a little bit more about um, their, their beautiful building and the past that Hanford cherishes and is known for keeping the history in Hanford.
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Yeah, I know there's going to be a lot of pictures taken.
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I know there's going to be a lot of videotape of this event and we'll try to archive that the best that we can.
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We'll actually be live streaming the event on our YouTube channel, which is at Hanford Insider, and you can watch the ceremony live.
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It should be a great performance.
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I've got some equipment to make it extra special and we're looking forward to the people that come and then, if you aren't able to join us, you can watch online a little bit later.
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But it certainly is going to be a fantastic day and I think one of the things that the committee is most proud of is that this event is absolutely free.
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The car show is free.
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The pancakes aren't in the morning Got to pay for those pancakes, but the event at 3 is going to be free.
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The exhibition is going to be free to come in and look at and we're just so excited for this moment in Hanford's history because, honestly, we haven't had a big event.
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You know we've had the celebration of Hanford's birthday with some cake at Thursday Night Marketplace, but I can't recall in my time in Hanford having a celebration this big, aside from the city centennial in 1990 and 91 that I was a part of with that committee.
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So this is going to be great and I'd like to thank you guys for joining us and we look forward to seeing everyone on June 7th.
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Thank you, rob.
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Thank you.
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Saturday is also the date of the fourth annual Carnegie Museum of Kings County Car Show and we have with us Jack Schwartz who is the president, and we have Michael Quinn who is the car show coordinator.
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And welcome to the show, guys.
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Hi, thank you, good to be here.
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So, jack, tell us the car show is bigger and better than ever and we've got a lot to look forward to on Saturday.
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Can you tell us a little bit about what people that come to downtown Hanford can expect?
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Sure, we're expecting about 200 cars, maybe more, and they range from 1930s to modern.
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I'll let Michael talk more about that.
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But one neat thing is we always park our best-in-show cars from the previous years, and so those will be parked in front of the museum, and in addition, we'll have probably 10 or 12 food vendors everything from Mexican and American and hot dogs and Filipino.
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We always try and get a good cross section and we should have about 30 vendors selling their crafts and their goods in the park as well.
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So let's talk about the layout of it.
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It does take up a significant portion of the central section of downtown.
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Where are the streets that the cars are going to be shown?
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Right Dowdy Street from Warmerdam Alley by the library all the way down to 8th Street alley, by the library all the way down to 8th Street, 9th Street, from Dowdy to Harris and 8th Street in front of the museum which is Harris to Dowdy and then also in front of the courthouse all the way almost to Irwin Street.
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So there's great picture opportunities for people to look at cars and have pictures with the courthouse and Civic Auditorium and all our historic buildings.
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Yeah for sure.
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So the cars start rolling in at what time?
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And then what time does the show officially open?
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And then I know you have an awards ceremony as well.
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Right, yeah, we'll be staging the cars and having them come in around 7.30 to 8.
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Everything should be in place by 9 o'clock, including all of our food vendors and other vendors, and the show goes from around 9 am until about 1, 1.30 when they will be judging, and we should be done by 2 o'clock and, of course, the Civic Auditorium celebration starts at 3.
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So it can be a full day all the way around.
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Yeah, it's definitely going to be a great celebration.
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One of the amazing features of this show is we have car enthusiast Michael Quinn, who spends a lot of time looking at these vehicles going to different shows throughout the valley.
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And Mike, what makes this show in downtown Hanford so unique?
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One of the things that really makes this unique is that we have a People's Choice Award.
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One of the things that really makes us unique is that we have a People's Choice Award, which we find a lot of.
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The car owners really appreciate that, because they try to communicate a lot with the folks that come to see the cars.
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They like to tell them about their cars, they like to tell them what they've done with them and how much time and effort they've put into them, and when they persuade somebody that their car is important, it means a lot to them.
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And then when the community as a whole says that's our best, it means a lot.
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So what are some of the categories and kind of vehicles we can expect to see?
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Well, we have 11 separate categories, plus we have a top 10, which allows for honorable mentions beyond those that went in their specific categories.
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So what we've got is, as mentioned, the People's Choice, and then we'll have the Best in Show.
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We'll have a Hot Rod, we'll have Historic Cars, which are those prior to 1950.
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We have Vintage Cars, which we consider those from 1951 to 75.
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Then we also have Modern Cars, which are 76 to the present.
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We'll also include Imported European and Imp imported Japanese, which are kind of neat because we're trying to recruit younger people coming into the car shows.
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Then, of course, muscle cars and sports cars, which have long been a staple of car shows, and then we're also including an area for trucks, also because trucks are a big and growing segment of the collectible car market.
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One of the things that I've noticed going to car shows.
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I'm not a car show enthusiast.
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I mean I love going but I wouldn't consider myself an enthusiast.
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But once we started this show in Hanford, I started witnessing a whole culture that I was completely unaware of just how friendly the people are to talk about their cars Maybe for someone who hasn't been to a car show before and they want to see what this is all about.
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What would you say to encourage them to come down and kind of witness this?
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Well, first off, a lot of people don't realize they're car fans until they see some cars that are really unique and special.
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And then they go oh my God, my dad had a car like that, my uncle had a car like that.
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I loved driving in that car when I was a kid.
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They've forgotten that part.
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The other part is I've always thought that car was the coolest thing I ever saw.
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But I never see them anymore.
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And here it is today, or here's two of them.
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But the other thing that's really sharp is that many of the people who own these cars put a lot of time and effort into them, but it's not just for themselves.
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