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show. "Hymn for t a Sunday Evening" is a salute to the greater glory of Ed Sullivan. Birdie becomes disgusted with his life and sprints out on the town with the teenagers. He feels tense with Albert and is tired of being watched over. The parents of Sweet Apple 1 \ cannot understand the new generation and express this in "Kids." Rosie, still waiting for that band of gold from Albert after eight years, invades a Shriners' meeting. An extremely hilarious ballet en– sues. She then decides to become the Latin American spitfire that she is painted as by Albert's\ catastrophe ridden mother. She is .mined to become "Spanish Rose " . K' . . · lffi IS reuruted with Hugo and Rose with Albert in the lovely numb "R . ,, er os1e. Other hit numbers include "A Lot of Livin' to Do" and "Put 0 ~ A Happy Face." ·

by both the old and the young. Birdie says that his success is due to the fact that he is "Honestly Sincere" when he sings, and the quiet little town goes into a spin. The MacAfee household is completely upset by the visiting dignitary. It is decided that Birdie will give his "One Last Kiss" on the Ed Sullivan Show. Kim's father who laments the whole uproar, tries to break into the act and behaves like a ham on the TV

moving forward in the world. Rosie concocts one final national publicity plan ~fore Condrad's induction. He will bld a typical American teen-age girl goodbye with an all-American kiss. Kim MacAfee, from Sweet Apple, Ohio, wins the honor. She is a fet– ching girl who sings with springlike ardor "How Lovely To Be A Woman," as she pulls on the plaid woolen socks and the baggy mustard colored sweater that characterize loveliness on young ladies of the day. The arrival of Birdie in Sweet Apple causes wholesome swoonings,

East Central Junior College will present its 17th annual all-student production, 'Bye Bye Birdie', April 9-12 at 7:30 pm in the Fine Arts Auditorium. Interviews and auditions were recently held on campus. Capturing the lead male and female roles were Mike Kirkland and Stacie Therrell, both of Philadelphia. Other cast members inchsde Lori Harrell of Decatur, Scottie Chunn of Philadelphia, Roxanna Manning of Philadelphia, Alben Roland of Morton, Nelda Germany of Union, Boyd Germany of Jackson, Stan Davis of Morton, Wendy Smith of Decatur, Tobias Pace of Forest, Tammie Covington of Philadelphia and A11nette Hurley of Union. 'Bye Bye Birdie' is one of the most capitvating musical shows of our time. It tells the story of a rock and roll singer who is about to be in– ducted into the army. The singer, Conrad Birdie, an Elvis Presley type, has a pompadour and thick sideburns. He wears gaudy gold costumes and speaks in a rugged voice. Albert Pearson, his agent, is a very pleasant, mild-mannered type. It is his faithful secretary, Rose Grant, who keeps him and Birdie