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12 || OCEANSIDE STAR || THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2014
Mamma Mia! full of upbeat energy Mothers and daughters in particular will love Momma Mia!, now playing at the Whalebone Theatre in Ballenas Secondary School. “A lot of mothers will tear up,� says BSS theatre teacher Douglas Campbell. “It’s a story about leaving the nest.� The story is set to the now-famous songs of ABBA, which the cast of some 30 Grades 9-12 students have been working on since September. “They’ve been doing a great job as a cast,� Campbell says. “Whenever we’re doing a musical production, the songs stick in my head, I’ve heard them so often, and this time I don’t mind.� Student Delaney Gunn, who plays the mother Donna in the show, suggested doing Mamma Mia! and the idea struck a chord with a lot of students of both genders, he said. “We’re excited to be finally putting it on,� Campbell said. “People can come expecting a good show. “There’s a lot of energy, very positive.� Mamma Mia runs Feb. 27-28, tonight and tomorrow night, 7 p.m., at the Whalebone Theatre in Ballenas Secondary School. Tickets are $10, $5 students and The cast of Mamma Mia! was in fine form last week during one of the final rehearsals. [BRIAN WILFORD/OCEANSIDE STAR] $20 for a family. Members of the Church of the Ascension Catholic Women’s League gathered more than six-months of baby supplies for the Crossroads Crisis Pregnancy Centre during a baby shower held at the church last Thursday. Local chapter president Tina Hanlon, left, and committee chair Carmen Tellier said more than a hundred League members donated items. Crossroads is a pro-life crisis centre in Nanaimo. The centre will use the baby supplies to make gift baskets for new mothers. [JULIE BERTRAND/OCEANSIDE STAR]
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