Lisa's Blog from Estes Park, Colorado

The Big Band Bash is an all day FREE concert at Performance Park in Estes Park on Sunday, June 24 from Noon to 8PM.We will be featuring some of the best Big Band, Swing and Jazz Bands from Colorado! Here’s our lineup:Noon:        MCC Big Band1PM:        Estes Village Big Band2PM:        Just for ...

Greetings from Estes Park! This morning the sunrise was so amazing, i just had to grab my camera and head outside to capture it. The light was so pink that it made the snowcapped mountains have a rosy glow!  

Greetings from Estes Park! The Estes Park High School Jazz Band and the Estes Park Village Big Band will present a combined concert this Monday evening at 7PM in the High School Auditorium. The kids have been rehearsing twice a week at 7AM for two months for this concert...the Village Big Band is...

Greetings from Estes Park! The Estes Park High School Band under the direction of Chuck Varilek and UNC student teacher, Leigh Thielen, participated in the Colorado Bandmaster's Association Contest event yesterday in at Fossil Ridge High School in Ft. Collins, Colorado. They performed three selec...

Greetings from Estes Park! Nineteen members of the Estes Park High School Band were chosen as members of the Patriot League Honor Band. In addition, nine more members of the band were chosen to the League Honor Ensembles. The Honor Band and Ensembles presented a concert on Monday, January 24 at t...

Greetings from Estes Park! It's really cold here today, but sunny...and apparently a little windy at 14,000 feet above sea level! This is what Meeker and Long's Peak looked like on my way home from dropping the boys off at school this morning...

Greetings from Estes Park! Chuck Varilek and the Estes Park Band program would like to welcome their student teacher, Leigh Thielen, to Estes Park. Ms. Thielen is a senior in music education at the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley and will be graduating in the spring after completing he...

Greetings from Estes Park! After I dropped the boys off at school this morning, I couldn't resist driving out on HWY 7 to get a shot of Meeker and Long's Peaks with the clouds blowing across them...and the morning sun shining sideways across the sky. I was out of the car just long enough to take ...

Greetings from Estes Park! The 4th annual “Santa Party”, sponsored by my company, The Yellow Mailbox Real Estate Services, took place on December 21 for the assisted living residents. This is a special event, not only for the residents that enjoy our annual Santa Party, but for my family as well....

Greetings from Estes Park! We are fortunate here in the mountains to be surrounded by nearby urban areas with tons of talented musicians. The John Mills Orchestra is based in Greeley, Colorado, and has a group of professional musicians that play some pretty amazing jazz. They will be performing a...