Cavender coming home for recital
For students graduating from the University of
Idaho with a performance major, it is customary
to put on a Senior Recital in Moscow. Never
being one for custom, Chloe Cavender wanted to
add a new dimension to the event and put on a
recital in her hometown of Bonners Ferry.Chloe graduates this May with her BF in Theater and an emphasis in Musical Theater.
“There are so many people in town who have been very supportive of the arts and of me personally,” she says, “that I wanted to say thank you in some way. This hometown recital seemed to me to be the right way to express my gratitude.”
Chloe began performing at the age of five dancing with Barb Russell’s Dance Studio. Dancing, however, “interfered with her playtime.”
She sang in Swinging on A Star Children’s Choir under Vickie (Blake) Thompson. She caught the “musical theater bug” in high school, performing, singing, directing and costuming in many productions at Bonners Ferry High School and with Bonners Ferry Summer Youth Theater with David Carpenter.
The hometown support did not stop there, however. Family, employers, teachers, civic groups like the Rotary Club, The Pearl Theater, and many wonderful people have been very supportive and encouraging through the years.
“There were always at least a complete rows at the Becker Auditorium made up of people from The Bonners Ferry United Methodist Church every time I was in a show,” she says.
The recital will be held at 1 p.m. Sunday, March 9, at the Pearl Theater and will feature musical selections from In the Heights, The Sound of Music, Showboat, and Disney’s Frozen.
Sandpoint native and pianist Erik Jansen and professional actor and tenor Shane Brown will be joining her on stage.
There is no charge for admission and refreshments will be served.