"Ordinary Days," a musical about the unorthodox commingling of the lives of four average New Yorkers, was named Best Production during the Community Theatre of Terre Haute s 70th Annual Talley
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Entertainers cope with changes brought by pandemic
By BREA HALLERJuly 3, 2021 GMT
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) The COVID-19 pandemic has touched virtually every aspect of our lives, at times forcing us to find novel ways of doing things. That certainly has been true for entertainers, who continue to face challenges in their industry.
Brent McPike, also known as B.G., is a musician based in Terre Haute who specializes in solo-classical guitar, but mainly performs in a duo with Solly Burton, whose specialty is the mandolin.
“It drastically reduced our activity, like everyone else,” McPike said. “All of us musicians felt it, both in our teaching and in our performing. It affected everything. In a typical year, Solly and I, we’ll be playing twice a month. We would have at least two to three dozen gigs a year. Our last public gig before shutdown was March 13, 2020 in the Ohio Building. Compared to a normal year’s worth of my performance income, 2020 was about 20% of that.”