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\ l j.. ( · ECJC Pres~nts "OKLAHOMA" On April 13, 14, and 15th F.ast Central Junior College through the combined efforts d. the Departments of Music, Speech, and Art will present Rodgers and Hammerstein's OKLAHOMA, The musical which will be presented in the auditorium of the Fine Arts Building at 8:00 p,m. is one of the brightest ever written and is based on "Green Grow the Lilacs", a playbyLynnRiggs. The show features such mem– orable songs as "The Surrey r With The Fringe On Top", "People Will Say We're In Love" and "Oh What A Be- autiful0Morning": - ..'."· OKLAHOMA is set in the west cktring the turn of the century and concerns a love triangle between Laurey and two young men, Curley and Jud Fry. Tickets are limited and re– servations can be made by calling 635-3246 or coming by the ticket office in the Fine Arts Building, Those appearing in the cast from Newton County are: Van Mitchell, Barbara Bonds, Betty Valentine, Hilda Edwar– ds, Glenda McMullan, Kitty Wagner, Mary Ann McDonald, Sam Bounds, Kenneth Gresset, Thomas Pilgram, Marsha ·Howell, Brenda Jones, Dianne Hollingsworth, Rebecca Gar– dner, Katha Kennedy, Jan Wal– ton, Joanne Clark, Betty Str– ibling, Jackie Edwards, Bill Griffis, .Daivd Rives, Pam Webb, Joyce Freeman, Audrey B

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\ecJC Theatre Plans To Hold

Comedy Program DECATUR - An evening of song and dance is planned by East Central Junior College, Decatur, Miss. come April 5. 1 After a success last year with ' the musical "Oklahoma," the ECJC Players . and the Depart– ment of Fine Arts have been busy preparing "South Pacific" which will premiere at 7:30 p.m. April 5 and will continue through April 8. Admission will be by reserve ticket only school officials said. Tickets may be purchased by contacting R. G. Fick, chair– man of the Department of Fine Arts. Tickets are $1 for students and $1.50 for adults. East Cen– tral students may obtain tic– kets by showing their ID cards to Fick. Overall director for the pro– duction is Bruce Peterson, speech and drama instructor. Ovid Vickers of the English De– partment is serving as choreo– grapher. Gilbert S o m m e r s, band instructor, will direct the orchestra, and Mrs. Marian Thornton, music instructor, is serving as vocal coach.

TERRY McMILLAN, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Owen McMillan of Forest, will play the role of "Ali Hakim" in the East Central Jtmior Col– lege production of Roclg~rs and Hammerstein's OKLA– HOMA. Terry is a music major and is a member of the BSU choir at the col- ' 1ege. OKLAHOMA, a musical about the West at the turn of the century, will be pre– sented in the auditorium of the Fine Arts Building on April 13, 14, and 15, at 8:00 p.m.

THE PART of "Aunt El– ler", the colorful and salty ranch owner in Rodgers and Hammerstein's musical OK– LAHOMA which will be pre– sented by East Central Ju– nior College, will be por– trayed by Wanda Comans. Wanda 9 the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Comans of Sebastopol, is a freshman at ECJC majoririg in Liber– al Arts. She has had pre– vious acting experience at Sebastopol High School and enthusiastically portrays the role of A1n1t Eller. OKLA– HOMA will be presented in the auditorium of the 'Fine Arts Building on April 13, 14, and 15, at 8:00 p.m.

I V 'OKLAHOMA' CAST - Joan Greene, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Greene of Louisville, has been cast as "Ado Annie" in the East Central Jun– ior College Production of Rodgers and Hammer– stein's "Oklahoma." Joan, an art and music student is a member of the Bel Cantos and the Collegians. "Oklahoma" will be presented in- the auditorium of the Fine Arts Building on April 13, 14, and 15, at 8 P. M.

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