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April 16, 2012
Central’s Choral Department rolls out Les Misérables
The Central High School choral department runs through final dress rehearsals for Les Misérables to be performed in the school auditorium. Photos by Ruth White
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Sultana sinking worse than Titanic Although its history has been largely neglected in Civil War studies, the sinking of the Sultana on April 27, 1865, affected many families in East Tennessee along with families in Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan and Ohio. Most of the approximately 2,100 Union soldiers on the side-wheeler packet boat had been freed from Confederate prisons at Andersonville (Ga.) and Cahaba (Ala.) and were in weakened condition. With the 100 civilian passengers and 85-person crew, almost 2,300 people were aboard. More were killed than those who perished on the Titanic.
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TICKETS Reserve seating is available for The Central High School Choral Department’s production of “Les Misérables” at prices ranging from $12 to $20. Seats may be reserved online at http://knoxcentralchoral.com/index. php?option=com_content&task=view&id=27&Itemid=29, or purchased in the Central High School office at 5321 Jacksboro Pike. The box office is open Tuesday through Friday, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. through April 20. Performances will be Tuesday, April 17; Thursday, April 19; Friday, April 20; Saturday, April 21; and Sunday, April 22, in the Central High School auditorium. The starting time is 7 p.m. for all but the Sunday show, which begins at 2: 30 p.m. To order general admission tickets, call the box office at 689-1428.
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HPUD to host Halls B&P The Halls Business and Professional Association’s monthly meeting will be held at the new Hallsdale Powell Utility District building on Cunningham Road at noon Tuesday, April 17. All are welcome. Lunch is $10. Attendees will hear an in-depth presentation on the new stateof-the-art building and current HPUD projects. Staff members will be available to give tours of the facility after lunch. Info: www.hallsbusiness.com.
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Maria Hurst, Kasey Goins and Sydney Settle practice a balcony scene during dress rehearsals.
By Betty Bean Sound checks came first on dress rehearsal night in the Central High School auditorium – each member of the cast of “Les Misérables” with a solo part lined up on onstage and sang a couple of lines. A gaggle of costumed male cast members wrestled the translucent scrim down from its perch high atop the back of the stage. Director Beckye Thomas exited stage left at a dead run and came back with lengths of rope to bind the unwieldy curtain and keep it from unfurling and helped the group
maneuver it back into place. “Our biggest problem will be getting the barricades in and out smoothly,” Thomas said a few minutes later. “We’ve got some kinks to work out.” Thomas, who heads the Central High School Choral Department and is known for her spectacular productions, was a perpetual motion machine as she gathered as many members of the 84-member cast as she could herd together for publicity pictures in front of the towering sets that were built on site by parents and supporters of
the program. Cian Bell, 10, who plays worldly street urchin Gavroche, was on the front row. Thomas said, “On March 13, we hosted the Knox County Choral Showcase. On March 15, we started to work on the sets. It got done in less than four weeks time.” Senior lead Katie Bales, who plays Cosette, was Christine in last year’s production of “Phantom of the Opera.” She hasn’t decided where she’s going to go to college, but she knows she will major in music. Junior Brett Hooper is the dashing Jean Val Jean – he was
Raoul in “Phantom.” He, too, will likely study music in college. Down in the orchestra pit, rehearsal accompanist David Eilart and conductor Chuck Sayne waited for their musicians to arrive. There would be 15 professionals tuned up and ready when everyone got seated. “Les Misérables” cost more than $50,000 to produce, half of which will be recouped by sales of program ads by student sales representatives. Ticket sales will also defray the cost of the production.
Plans laid for Honor Fountain City Day extra-special occasion, said Fountain City Town Hall president Ken Cloninger. “It’s our 40th anniversary, and we’ll kick it all off Memorial Day at 10:30 a.m. in Fountain City Park. The keynote address will be by Bill Williams at the gazebo from 3 to 3:45 p.m., followed by a memorial service at the lake at 4,” Cloninger said. “We want to give people a chance to see the rebuilt fountain.” Other speakers will inThe 40th anniversary “Honor Fountain City” T-shirt declude Travis Henderson, signed by Charles Williams will be available at the Memorial John Becker, John J. DunDay celebration. can Jr. and Mark Campen specting our past, embrac- (who will do a reading). By Betty Bean The theme of Honor ing our future,” and Mon- Lynn Bennett will sing. Fountain City Day is “Re- day, May 28, will be an This year’s T-shirt is
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a custom design by artist Charles Williams, who executed a rendering of the Hotel Avenue business district, circa 1910. It will be cream colored and the drawing and lettering will be chocolate brown. In other Town Hall business last week, Fountain City artist Jean Hess, who lives on Highland Drive, asked for help with speeding on her street. She said that the Knoxville Police Department was not helpful with the problem when contacted some two years ago. “There are a lot of bad feelings on Highland that nobody seems to care about us,” she said.
Board member Carlene Malone suggested inviting Mayor Madeline Rogero and KPD chief David Rausch when Town Hall resumes its meetings in September after the summer hiatus, and the group agreed to extend the invitation. Board member Charlotte Davis asked the group to think about ways to highlight Fountain City’s small businesses. Other members said they’d like to promote greenway expansion in the area, and the group voted to invite Lori Goerlich, the city’s new Parks and Greenways Coordinator, to speak at the October meeting.
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