Lightning fireplace sparks Mock Music to relocate to Lake Isabella

The Kern Valley Solar welcomes one other new enterprise to the valley, Mock Music.

House owners Trudy and Clyde Mock supply musical instrument gross sales/leases, music classes and presents from their retailer, which is positioned at 5416 Lake Isabella Blvd.

Trudy Mock informed the Kern Valley Solar she had been instructing personal music classes in Santa Cruz County/Bay Space after which COVID-19 hit. To proceed instructing regardless of the pandemic quarantine, Trudy mentioned she began instructing on-line by way of Zoom.

Nonetheless, a lightning fireplace destroyed her and her household’s dwelling (and her music studio) in August 2020, forcing a change of plans.

“The hearth wrapped its manner round us and we virtually didn’t escape,” she mentioned. “We drove by flames to get out and acquired out with what we had been sporting and our canine.”

After a 16-month keep in a trailer, making an attempt to piece their lives again collectively, they relocated to Lake Isabella in November 2021.

“Lake Isabella people have been tremendous welcoming from day one,” she mentioned. “We fell in love with the realm and the individuals. This little store turned out there and we mentioned, ‘There’s no music retailer close by and this place wants one.’”

Thus was born Mock Music, providing devices on the market/lease, classes, repairs and reward objects. At the moment, they’re providing classes on violin, viola, fiddle, guitar, bass, piano, vocal, mandolin and ukulele. Coming quickly will likely be instruction on drums, brass, woodwinds and banjo. Group classes are additionally coming late fall. The shop is open Monday by Saturday from 11 a.m. to six p.m.