Editing Tehachapi, California (section)

==Recreation and culture==
[[File:2009-0726-CA-Tehachapi-Beekay.jpg|thumb|right|The BeeKay Theater is a historic theater converted into a live theater for the Tehachapi Community Theater in 2008.]]
The Tehachapi area is known for the nearby [[Tehachapi Loop]] (a popular [[railfan]] site), [[Tehachapi Pass Wind Farm]], the Tehachapi Depot Museum,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Tehachapi Depot Museum|url=https://www.tehachapidepot.com/|language=en|access-date=May 17, 2020}}</ref> the Tehachapi Museum,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Tehachapi Museum |url=https://tehachapimuseum.org |language=en|access-date=May 22, 2021}}</ref> the Tomo-Kahni State Historic Park and Tomi-Kahni Resource Center (Native American),<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=https://www.parks.ca.gov/|title=Tomo-Kahni SHP|publisher=CA State Parks}}</ref> and excellent air conditions for [[gliding]]. Tehachapi is on the [[Pacific Crest Trail]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Galeno |first=Christian |date=May 10, 2022 |title=Pacific Crest Trail hikers find real-life 'trail angels' in Tehachapi |url=https://www.kget.com/news/local-news/pacific-crest-trail-hikers-find-real-life-trail-angels-in-tehachapi/ |access-date=May 26, 2022 |work=KGET 17 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://hikerfeed.com/pacific-crest-trail/towns | title=Pacific Crest Trail Towns |publisher=HikerFeed }}</ref> {{convert|10|mi|km|spell=In}} to the west, at [[Keene, California|Keene]], is the National Chavez Center, established to share the legacy of [[Cesar Chavez]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=National Chavez Center |publisher=Cesar Chavez Foundation |url=https://chavezfoundation.org/national-chavez-center |access-date=July 20, 2022 |language=en-US}}</ref>

=== Cycling ===
Tehachapi has a thriving and growing cycling community for both mountain biking and road cycling. The Tehachapi Gran Fondo, a mass cycling event in September, was named Best [[Century ride|Century]] by Cycle CA magazine two years in a row.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tehachapigranfondo.com/|title=Home|website=www.tehachapigranfondo.com|access-date=January 2, 2017}}</ref> The event offers several distance choices, the longest being around {{convert|100|mile|}} and {{convert|7000|feet|}} of climbing through wind farms, vegetable farms, orchards and mountains.

Tehachapi Mountain Trails Association (TMTA) is a local group of riders and trail builders. The trails are often used for singletrack mountain biking. TMTA members are walkers, hikers, road bicyclists, mountain bikers, horseback riders, and outdoor enthusiasts interested in developing and preserving multi-use non motorized trails throughout the greater Tehachapi area.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tehachapi Mountain Trails Assn - Home |url=https://www.tehachapitrails.com/ |access-date=July 20, 2022 |website=www.tehachapitrails.com |language=en}}</ref>

===Community orchestra and theater===

Tehachapi boasts two local orchestras. The Tehachapi Community Orchestra, now called the Tehachapi Symphony Orchestra, was founded in 1997 by Joan Samara and Deborah Hand as an outgrowth of the Da Camera Players String Ensemble, and incorporated in 1998 by Gayel Pitchford. It performs 5 free-to-the public concerts each year, with familiar selections from the classical canon. This orchestra and its founders' vision were profiled in the Sept/Oct 2005 issue of [[League of American Orchestras#Publications|Symphony Magazine]]. (See also The Tehachapi News October 12, 1997)

The Tehachapi Pops Orchestra (T-Pops), founded in 2006 by Deborah Hand, plays an eclectic blend of popular and jazz music, as well as original compositions. T-Pops performs 5 to 6 concerts each year. All are free to the public except for the Halloween concert held at the Beekay Theater with the local theater group, the Tehachapi Community Theater.<ref name=tp20101201>
{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20130506014157/http://tpops.org Tehachapi Pops Orchestra]}}, TPops website, accessed July 9, 2012</ref>

{{As of|2010}}, a local theater group, the Tehachapi Community Theater, performs in the restored downtown BeeKay Theater.<ref name=tcyf20101201>
[http://tctonstage.com/ Tehachapi Community Theater], TCT website: Center Stage, accessed December 1, 2010</ref>