1996

Music Man April l0-13

Philadelphia; Aimee Chandler and Ja Nance, both of Louisville; Ben Wall of Forest and Marie Hinson of Decatur. The River City chil– dren include Dru Anderson, Haley Harris, Whitney Harris, Kelli Harris, Natalie Boggan, Emily Boggan, Carmen Ezeil, Colby Amis, Brad Sutphin and Matthew Boggan, all of Decatur; Dinah Howell of Little Rock; Ken Evans of Philadelphia and Carol Creel of Atlanta, Georgia. Curtain time for all performances is 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $5 for East Central faculty, ~tudents and staff and $7 for the general public. Tickets go on sale April 1. For more information contact Carroll, ECCC, Decatur, MS., 39327, (601)635-2111, ext 24_1.

Jeremy Swindle (Eddie Dunlop), both of Union; Matt Howell (Oliver Hix) and Luke Howell (Winthrop Paroo), both of Little Rock; Lee Rigdon (Jacey Quires), Lucas Harms (Olin Britt), Staci Strebeck (Alma Hix), Vicki Adcock (Maud Dunlop), Chris Carson (Tommy Djilas), Glen Hansford (Salesman), Blair Anderson (Amaryllis), Krissi Harris (Zanetta Shinn) and Jennifer Carson (Gracie Shinn), all of Decatur; Allison Wood of Waynesboro (Ethel Toffelmier); Tabatha Gainey of Walnut Grove (Mrs. Squires) and Shawn Houser (Charlie Howell) and Jim Savell (Constable Locke), both of Lake. The chorus and River City towns– people include Karen McRae of Carthage; Erica Roberson of

Award tn 1958 The orchestra is conducted by Thomas W Car~on, ECCC direc– tor of bands, v. ith choral direction by Charles Htn!>on, ECCC choir director and music instntctor. and accompan) i'>t Marian Thornton. ECCC music-keyboard in..,tructor. The shO\\ v. 8!> re\ tved on Broadwa) in 19 0. but The Music Man has entered the fahric of American culture in a wa\ that few Broad\1.8) 'hows can match. When Pre~ident Reagan left office in 1989. The ~ev. York Times published an editorial comparing him to Harold Htll. The additional ca...t includes LaRee L~ le ""I Lena (Eulalie MacKnecknie Shtnn): Heather Dittmer of c~ .... e Mr:.. Paroo): J.B Ware ( 1a}'Or Shinn) and

Young Heartache._Winthrop Paroo (Luke Ho~ eU · i a ~oung boy with a lisp who finds young girls can sometimes break your heart in The Mu ic :\tan. In this scene, Amaryllis (Blair Anderson), a young River City .girl taking piano lessons from Winthrop's sister Marian (Lisa Harrison), makes fun of Winthrop's lisp when tbey run into each other in the Paroo home. Mrs. Paroo (Heather Dittmer) tries to console the aching heart of her young Irish lad. Pictured from left are Dittmer. Howell, Anderson and Harrison.