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The Centennial Theatre Department will put on the “Cases of Mistaken Identity” at the Centennial High School Performing Arts Center Dec. 5-8.
Centennial Theatre Department puts on ‘Cases of Mistaken Identity’
BY MADELINE DOLBY EDITOR
The Centennial Theatre Department will put on “Cases of Mistaken Identity” at the Centennial High School Performing Arts Center Dec. 5-8 for its fall production. The show feature 97 students in the cast and crew and follows 25 different storylines. “Cases of Mistaken Identity” takes place
during the late 1800s and tells a story about various travelers who are boarding a train for their trip West. Travelers include young lovers who are being kept apart by her parents, a secret agent, an elderly woman, a group of showgirls and a couple that has just pulled off their first jewel heist. “It is a difficult show from a directional standpoint, because you have to very precisely
track and plot the action of the show because we are following the path of all these bags that look identical,” said Eric Webster, the director and coach for high school and middle school theater programs. “In addition, it has some serious fight choreography that we had to put in that took some time. But, other than that, the students are so good that it was the only
challenges of the show. And those were minimal due to the amazing work of the students, cast and crew.” Webster said he chose “Cases of Mistaken Identity” as the fall production because he loved the frantic pace and the comedy of errors. His favorite scene in the show is when the entire cast
Lyngblomsten at Lino Lakes is requesting an amendment to its planned unit development (PUD) development stage plan and PUD final plat that would change the proposed two-story skilled nursing home to a three-story building. The applicant has also submitted a land use application for concept plan No. 2. The proposed three-story building height would be the same as the existing three-story assisted living and memory care facility on the south side of the building. The amendment also includes a new 20-space surface parking lot. Lyngblomsten at Lino Lakes, located at 6070 Blanchard Blvd., offers older adults housing and community-based services. Right now, the campus includes 20 detached, one-level rental townhomes, a multilevel senior living building with 96 independent living apartments, 36 assisted living apartments and 17 memory care apartments. “The last … phase of their development would be their skilled nursing building,” said Katie Larson, city planner. “The original plan that was approved was a two-winged, two-story skilled nursing wing. What they are proposing is a reconfiguration of that.” In the original plan from 2021, the two-story facility would add an additional 56 units. The proposed three-story building would have 57
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Blaine singer prepares for national spotlight in front of 8,000 choir directors and music educators at the American Choral Director Association conference in Dallas, Texas this spring. Press Publications recently sat down with Burnes to learn more about him and what he is looking forward to this choir season.
High School and involved in our boys and mixed show choirs on stage and am in the band for the all-girls show choir. On top of that I participate in choir and small group ensembles. I am also in band and play the alto saxophone. I am in some small group ensembles and jazz band as an instrumentalist.
Q: Tell me about yourself. (Year in school, activities participate in, job etc.) A: I am a junior at Totino Grace
Q: How long have you been involved in choir? Why did you want to do choir versus band or another option?
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A: I wasn’t officially in a choir until my freshman year, so three years. Before that I was in numerous musicals, took voice lessons and was in show choir since my eighth-grade year. I chose choir over other options because I really like music, singing, sharing the work we put into our pieces with others and because art was my weakest subject and music was one of my strongest.
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Andrew Burnes, of Blaine, is preparing for a prestigious choral performance opportunity his choir won after being judged one of the best in the Andrew country. Burnes The TotinoGrace High School junior sings in the Angelica Cantanti’s Cantanti Singers, which won a spot to perform
WINTER CONCERT IF YOU GO: When: 2:30 or 4:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 8 Where: Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church, 12650 Johnny Cake Ridge Road, Apple Valley Details: Doors open 30 minutes before concert. No tickets required. General seating. Free will offering. To donate, visitangelicacantanti.org/ donate. For more info visit angelicacantanti.org.
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