Performing Arts Gala debuts in Maricopa (video)

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Tonya Thacker danced to "Piece by Piece" as the grand finale of the Performing Arts Gala. Photo by Raquel Hendrickson

Musicians with Maricopa Music Circle, singers with the Maricopa Chorus and dancers from Desert Sun Performing Arts presented the inaugural Performing Arts Gala Oct. 22 at the Maricopa High School Performing Arts Center.

Raquel Hendrickson
Raquel, a.k.a. Rocky, is a sixth-generation Arizonan who spent her formative years in the Missouri Ozarks. After attending Temple University in Philadelphia, she earned a bachelor’s degree from Brigham Young University and has been in the newspaper business since 1990. She has been a sports editor, general-assignment reporter, business editor, arts & entertainment editor, education reporter, government reporter and managing editor. After 16 years in the Verde Valley-Sedona, she moved to Maricopa in 2014. She loves the outdoors, the arts, great books and all kinds of animals.