COVID-19 may have compelled Templeton-based musician Pete Pidgeon to open a distance-learning music school, but the concept had been on his mind for years. "When.
– Templeton-based, online music school LessonsFromAnywhere.com got its start by helping musicians and music students get through the financial and mental stress of the pandemic. The school gave students, who were prevented from attending in-person music schools during the lockdown, the opportunity to continue learning through the use of online video chat platforms FaceTime and Zoom. The school also provided forcibly-unemployed musicians a way to teach and retain an income while all public entertainment venues were closed during covid restrictions.
– The Atascadero Printery Foundation hosted North County Has Talent Friday night at the parking lot of the Printery Building in Atascadero. Eleven entries in the talent show sang, danced, played guitar and keyboards, and entertained about 200 people in attendance.