With Valentine’s Day approaching, Sound Bites Grill will host two shows based on the theme of love.

First is a new murder-mystery dinner performance on Sunday, Feb. 12, starting at 5:30 p.m.

“I Love You… To Death” is a murder mystery packed with comedy, music, long lost love and a heaping dose of murder. The venue hosts four to six of the mystery dinners annually and this year they have added a Valentine’s show.

Bursting with comedy, music and crazy mayhem, each dinner theater mystery includes a three-course gourmet meal after a 5 p.m. cocktail hour where guests get up close and personal with zany murder mystery characters. Meet Dr. Love, his faithful assistant, Valerie Valentine, and her stage hand Lothario.

You will also be entertained with music and mayhem  while Detective Dandy Dick peppers you with questions.

This wacky cast of players consists of four professionals who have been performing on stages and venues for years. Tom & Shondra are actors, singers, writers and producers who have entertained audiences across the U.S. and continue to be local favorites performing in a variety of venues.

Audiences have enjoyed Brad Robert’s performances in acting and singing roles in venues around the Verde Valley including daily on the radio for Yavapai Broadcasting. Dev Ross is an actress, singer, producer and Emmy Award-winning writer with companies such as Disney, Mattel and Amazon Productions.

Dinner will be served as comic scenes break out, giving guests clues as to who done it. After dessert is served, everyone will have an opportunity to vote for whomever they think did the dirty deed.

The lucky winner will be awarded a special gift by Sound Bites Grill.

Shows have limited seating and sell out quickly, so call to get tickets. For pricings and tickets, call Sound Bites Grill at 282-2913. For more information, visit Soundbitesgrill.com.

Music and Dance
Guitar Amore is a passionate music and dance show based on the eclectic original music of guitarist Anthony Mazzella and dance of Carrie Konyha. The show is on Tuesday, Feb. 14, at 7 p.m. A three-course meal is included in the ticket price.

This exotic music is composed with a fusion of world influences consisting of Spanish guitar, acoustic fingerstyle, Near Eastern and Celtic. The show features select songs with the belly dance routines and costumes of Konyha.

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.

He 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 and universities in the U.S.

He performed on stages all over the world as a solo artist and as the concert guitarist for world music master Omar Faruk. Mazzella also performs internationally at private events for Wynn Las Vegas, Bellagio, The Mirage, Montage, AT&T, Samsung, Nike, Puma, Microsoft and has opened for headlining artists James Brown, Tower of Power, The Commodores and others.

Anthony has recorded six CDs with his most recent being a fusion of Spanish guitar and Exotic music titled RITUAL.
Konyha is a lifelong bellydancer, instructor, choreographer, show producer, writer and costume designer who performs and teaches nationwide.

Being deeply inspired by the feminine sensuality and timeless mystique of this dance, Konyha chose to shift her dance career to focus exclusively on bellydance almost immediately upon being introduced to it.

Konhya started her first student dance troupe in 1999, which is now known as Gypsy Soul dance company in Ohio.

She has since gone on to co-create collaborative dance works such as Syren Dance Co. in Arizona with Cari Smith and Tiffany Hamby of Anaya Tribal, and her newest student dance company, White Lotus Bellydance in Sedona.

To date, her formal dance training includes more than 20 years of study in Middle Eastern dance including classical Egyptian Raqs Sharqi, Turkish cabaret, a variety of gypsy dance dialects including Turkish Rom, Ghawazee and Banjara; American tribal style bellydance and folkloric dances of North Africa.

Her dance repertoire includes traditional Egyptian Raqs Sharqi, Saidi, Ghawazee, Zar, Tunisian, Persian, Khaliji, Turkish Rom, ATS, Tribal Fusion, single and double veil, finger cymbals, acrobatic floorwork, sword and fire props such as candle, fire belt, fire sword and fire poi.

Reservations can be made by calling 282-2713 or online at soundbitesgrill.com.