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6 THE TIMES, Thursday, May 14, 1981 i II Var. IV THE S613ASTOPOL TIMES Arts 0 tntcrtainmcnt II These Sebastopol students from the Sonoma Dance Arts, under the direction of Mrs. Katherine Wheeler, will again appear in this year's Santa Rosa Rose Parade, May 16. Last year this group came in 3rd, tbis year they are trying for 1st. Pictured, left to right, are: Mesha Weerts, Denee Hiner, Gina Capurro, Mia Champion, Elisa Jones, and Michaela Hickam.

'Music Man', an enduring delight BY BARBARA HIGGENS tunately, for this reviewer Near the beginiin, of 5 COWBOYS MARKED AND BRANDED Last Friday night, 41 'cowboys' converged on the Union Hotel for the first annual Honky Tonk Cowboy Contest. The event, sponsored by radio station KPLS, was a counterpart to an earlier event for the women 10" held at Marty's in Sebastopol). Many of the entrants were from the OccidentalSebastopol area, inlcuding Tony Fernandez of Occidental (he claims kinship to Kenny Rogers), Bill Grippo of Sebastopol (right photo) and Occidental's Lenny Graff (left photo). Winning the event was a lanky and lean Dave Walker of Santa Rosa with Joe Lunardi of Occidental earning first runner-up. Contestants were judged upon dress, appearance and physique.

TIMES Photos by John H.K. Riley Meredith Willson's "Music "Ta 3 a Man a secondrv charac- a strong volce and ter 'asks Iowa newcomer fage presence, which con-Professor Harold Hill how the of the character and confirms ttr Strrr that there was no need for a I SS. 7' favoritism in this review, and he says smugly, Scrumptious! Ate out of uwau'' trv to fish for anv more my nana, tne minute i J. compliments around the smiled. i.ui This is not a man youd find wntten up in Mo but he does -A somehow manage to find a i j- sweet voice made last niche in most hearts during nf p.n,n the show.

Hill's vibrant ye5s 01 n2an Dersonalitv is an all-Amer- a Pleasurable ex" ican ITU? Paroo. Marian may be fftKvWhr what of one dimen-0theJ0feif sionable character in the alpnUosophy.whichfesim- Vesgunds iiaV to another famous hands becomes a real person, and soon you start entrepreneur r. T. Bar- num. playfully states, fL m.

tion from the skeptical hb- Tnere a sucker born ranan to the loving Marian every minute. In other worS, he's a bom sales- JJ gft man with a fine career, TL? 1CW SIinALll 11 01131UUI13 Ul that is, until he pulls into Music Man." The direc- River Qty and finds the tion by Melanie Andrews is Hvely but lacks depth. She May 16, at the Sebastopol Analy High School Auditorium, 7:30 p.m., the Bertoli Singers, under the direction of Maryann Bertoli will present their Spring Concert, "Songs for Spring." The 40-voice choral group will be performing songs dated from the 1700 to 1981. Some of the songs that will be performed are: "How Lovely are the Messengers," by Men- delssohn, "Surely the Presence of the Lord," by Wolf Brown, "Yearnings" by John Carter, "Three Slavonic Folk Songs," by Johnson, with the tube accompanist Ken Dalton. "A Chorus Line," "Annie," "Bye Bye Birdie," "Hello Dolly" and "Mame." A special country and western section will include numbers from the "Urban Cowboy," along with other familiar tunes.

Admission is free and the public is invited. has created this tremendous energy on stage, but it never really lights up the And you didn't think he was the Marian (marrying) type. CAM PARRY as Prof. Harold Hill show. "Music Man" is one of kecknie Shinn (Joan Fel-ciano).

I was also touched the sturdiest musical I'm sure if the Santa comedies in American Rosa Players had three A festival by Nancy Reads sweet theater. With its high- wishes, at least one of intpmrptatinn nf Mrin'. SUMMER PROGRAM n't hurt. "Music Man" will be playing on weekends at the Lincoln Arts Center Theatre in Santa Rosa through May 30. For more information call 544-STAR.

spirited score and lively them would be for a larger Mama Mrs Paroo and tic-plot, this slice of Ameri- stage. The choreography mY mspired The Pine Crest Elemen- tary School will host a multi-cultural festival Fri- day which will include a cana is a iavome among uy oanay rayne ana mllSrrnTe in the role of amateur theater groups. Jenny Hitman) is okay, but Marcellus Washburn variety of activities. STARTS JUNE 29 To Assure Space For Your Child 0 BODEGA Participating classes will each represent a particular country in the festival which begins at 10:45 a.m. Members of the public NG CENTER LEARW are invited.

ims is ine season closer uac uuuiy oi ineir earuer jjy onjy complaint for the Santa Rosa Players, shows, fails to excite, due concerns the orchestra, It looks like Cam Parry, to the cramped conditions. wno ink may be using who writes weekhy fish- The simplest mw the Thi System dreanied ing column for The TIMES, are among the best in Professor Harold got lucky when he threw Music Man. The strolling HUl. The Think System, for out his lines at the Santa auartet (Dana Schnabel, the uninformed, is when a Rosa Player audition and Gabor Toth, Brian Russ nonmusician thinks about a caught the lead in Music and Dan Earl) is consis- then picks up an Man. Parry, as the crumb, tantly good as are the instrument and tries to ly show business legend Pick-A-Little ladies led by play it.

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