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    Anthony Mazzella and Myryka Nunyaz perform
    ‘Ritual Dance’ Oct. 10

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    Sedona Film Festival an unforgettable evening of entertainment at Fisher Theatre

    logo_siff5_TBSedona AZ (October 1, 2019) – On Thursday, Oct. 10 things will be heating up in Sedona with two of the hottest entertainers in Arizona joining forces. Two world-class professionals originally from Las Vegas and New York are teaming up to create an unforgettable evening of entertainment in a show called “Ritual Dance”.  The show features the music and guitar virtuosity of Anthony Mazzella and creative dancing of professional showgirl Myryka Nunyaz. Showtime is 7:30 p.m. at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre.

    Things will be heating up in Sedona with two of the hottest entertainers in Arizona joining forces: Anthony Mazzella and Myryka Nunyaz. Two world-class professionals originally from Las Vegas and New York are teaming up to create an unforgettable evening of entertainment in a show called “Ritual Dance”.
    Things will be heating up in Sedona with two of the hottest entertainers in Arizona joining forces: Anthony Mazzella and Myryka Nunyaz. Two world-class professionals originally from Las Vegas and New York are teaming up to create an unforgettable evening of entertainment in a show called “Ritual Dance”.

    Myryka began her career at the age of 18 when she was contracted to perform in Bally’s Jubilee and from there went on to work in several shows in Las Vegas at The Flamingo, The Stratosphere, and Caesar’s Palace. Her desire to travel put her on cruise ships and stages in countries like Japan, Spain, Brazil, and the Caribbean. Her cultural heritage is heavy with dances like samba, salsa and capoeria but she began technical training with ballet at age 5 and was allowed to enroll as a special student at UNLV and take non-credit classes when she was only in the 9th grade. At that time, she spent her days at school maintaining a high grade point average and spent her evenings in college dance classes usually as the youngest in the class driven by the desire to dance.

    She has studied with many top dancers and choreographers over the last 20 years including Tina Landen – Janet Jackson’s famed choreographer – and the amazing belly dancer, Marliza Ponz, a classic belly dance legend and the shimmy queen of her time. Myryka has focused her training on bellydance for the last 13 years but has gathered techniques from dance arts such as Latin ballroom, samba, hip hop, breakdance, Afro-Brazilian, Flamenco, Tribal Bellydance, ballet, jazz, modern dance, lyrical, circus aerial dance, Capoeria, Japanese Fan Dance, Fire Dance and so many others. Winning the 2006 Bellydancer of the Universe People’s Choice & Congeniality Award was another milestone this elegant woman achieved, proving she could carry her own as a solo performer. Myryka has been featured on many television programs and has spent some time training and performing with Egypt’s top Oriental Dancers such as Dina, Raqia Hassan, Sorraya, and the incredible Randa Kamal.

    Anthony Mazzella
    Anthony Mazzella

    Guitar wizard Anthony Mazzella began his performance career as a concert guitarist in New York City. He quickly built up a strong following performing in most every live music club in Manhattan including: The Bitter End, CBGB’s, Cat Club, Cafe Wah, Birdland etc. Anthony then landed a headlining spot at the Blue Note NYC just one year after street performing in front of it and spent the following years touring colleges & universities all over the USA. He then went on to performing on stages all over the world as a solo artist and as the concert guitarist for world music master Omar Faruk. Anthony has opened for headlining artists, James Brown, Tower of Power, The Commodores, The Black Keys and others.

    His original music is composed with a fusion of world influences consisting of acoustic fingerstyle, classical, flamenco, jazz, funk, R&B, Celtic and rock and roll. In 1997 he recorded his debut solo CD titled “Electric Fingerstyle Guitar”. In 2001 he recorded “Brio” with platinum selling recording artist Chris Spheeris and was an awarded “best acoustic instrumental album of 2001″ by NAV. In 2002 he recorded his second solo CD titled “Unity” where each song is diverse in genre to showcase all the styles Anthony is capable of playing. In 2006 he collaborated with three-time Grammy nominated artist William Eaton, together they composed and recorded a CD for the Electric Harp Guitar Group. In 2009 Anthony recorded 12 new solo guitar compositions rich in spirit and appropriately entitled “Heavenly Guitar”. His latest recording is a fusion of Spanish guitar and Exotic music titled RITUAL.

    Mazzella began studying music on the violin at age five. He then proceeded to learn the rudiments of music on piano until falling in love with the guitar at age thirteen. Throughout his adolescence he studied with several private guitar teachers, but Anthony attributes the greater part of his education to ear training. His influences are many, but none more profound than the music and techniques of guitar masters such as Michael Hedges, Pat Metheny, Carlos Montoya, Eddie Van Halen, Andres Segovia and countless others. In the nineties Anthony shared his musical insights by teaching at Knopf Music (where he once took guitar lessons), as a private instructor, and at the Long Island School for Music and Arts. Anthony was also one of the few chosen understudies of world­renowned guitar master Stanley Jordan.

    For more information about the artists visit www.myryka.com and www.anthonymazzella.com.

    “Ritual Dance” will be performed at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre on Thursday, Oct. 10 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $20 in advance and $25 day of show at the door. Tickets are available at the Sedona International Film Festival office or by calling 928-282-1177 or online at www.SedonaFilmFestival.org. Both the theatre and film festival office are located at 2030 W. Hwy. 89A, in West Sedona.

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    Dear Sedona,

    The moment is upon us. The time for a united effort to shift the focus back to our community is now.

    The ability to thrive in our community, our environment, our workforce, and the tourist industry, is entirely possible because we have all the resources needed for success.

    Still, we need a council that isn’t afraid to ask the hard questions, that makes decisions based on data and facts, and through discussion, rather than moving and voting in group unison as they so regularly do.

    This is my home. I have been a part of the Sedona community for 28 years. I witnessed the road debacle, the lack of planning, the city circumventing the local businesses ability to thrive, while making choices to expand the local government and be in direct competition with private industry.

    I am a unique candidate because unlike the incumbents, I don’t believe the government should expand in size, nor in operations, nor would I attempt to micromanage every aspect of our community.

    City government should stay in its lane and allow the competitive market of local private industry to prosper. And it should defend our community from corporate takeover and infiltration of our town.

    I do not agree that we should sign onto International Building Codes and regulations by signing Sedona up to the ICC. It is imperative that we remain a sweet, rural community.

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    The discord between the decision making process and the desires of the community have never been more clear. It has been nearly a decade in the making.

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    It has been a great honor meeting with each of you. I hear your concerns over the insane and out of control spending and I echo them. A budget of $105,000,000 in a town of 9700 residents is completely unacceptable. A parking structure (that looks like a shoe box) originally slated to cost 11 million, now projected to cost 18 million, is incomprehensible. Especially, considering there is no intention of charging for parking.

    For those who are concerned that I lack the political experience within our established system- that is precisely what Sedona needs… Not another politician, but instead a person who understands people, who listens to the voices within the community, and who will act in service on their behalf with accountability, for the highest good of Sedona. What I am not, will prove to be an asset as I navigate the entrenched bureaucracy with a fresh perspective. Business as usual, is over.

    Creative solutions require new energy.

    Every decision that is made by our local government, must contemplate Sedona first.

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    • Will this decision sustain benefit in the future, or will it bring more problems?

    What we have now is a city government that expands to 165 employees for 9700 residents. Palm Desert has 53,000 residents and 119 city employees. Majority of our city department heads are not even in town. I find this problematic.

    Efforts towards championing in and courting new solutions for our medical needs are imperative. We are losing our doctors. We must encourage competition with other facilities rather than be held hostage by NAH, who clearly have their own set of dysfunctions.

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    Thank you deeply for your consideration.

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