A Christmas Carol

CHRISTMAS CAROL CAST: Meet at the STARS building in Cabool for rehearsal tomorrow, Saturday, October 26, at 9:00 a.m.

Location Change

EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY: All STARS students need to meet at the Peterson residence, 1351 Highland, Cabool, for lessons until further notice. There will be NO ORCHESTRA until we have moved into our new building.

10/17/13 Classes Cancelled

ATTENTION: Due to a stomach virus that's affecting more than half of the Peterson children, ALL STARS CLASSES AND ORCHESTRA scheduled for today, Thursday, October 17, are cancelled. Sorry for the inconvenience!

Persons ages 18 and older, who like to sing, and are wishing to be in A CHRISTMAS CAROL cast need to meet at the STARS building in Cabool on Saturday, October 19, at 9:00 a.m., for our first rehearsal. If this changes due to illness, we will post again here, as well as on the Facebook page.

STARS Class Schedule

Now that the Wizard of Oz has come to an end, all STARS classes will resume to their normal schedule. Please take note that Tuesday through Thursday classes will now be weekly, rather than bi-weekly, (unless otherwise noted) at your regularly scheduled time.

PIANO CLASS
MONDAY
o 2:00 – Tiffany Taylor
o 2:30 – Micah Aldridge
o 3:00 – Lakaya Reece
o 3:30 – Jordyn Sigman
o 4:00 – Mary Addison Taff
o 4:20 – Tristan Burdett
o 4:40 – Dylan Smith & Barbara Andrus
o 5:00 – Corban Smith
o 5:20 – Beverly Hoyle
o 5:40 – Gabe Clem & Audrey Steele
o 6:00 – Andrew Chronister
o 6:20 – Lauren Miller
o 6:40 – Rachel Saylor
o 7:00 – Jacob Saylor
o 7:20 – Morgan Tyrrell
o 7:40 – Koob Family

TUESDAY
o 2:30 – Copling Family & Heath Family
o 3:13 - Emme Taff
o 3:30 – Tot’s Class
o 4:00 – Jackson Cox & Elizabeth Rajski
o 4:30 – Sheehan Family
o 5:30 – Gabrielle Taylor, Natalie Swisher, & Brigman Bell
o 6:00 – John Bailey & Lucas Bailey (2nd & 4th weeks only)

WEDNESDAY
o 2:30 – Lena Stalder (1st & 3rd weeks only)
o 3:00 – Bethany Deathrage (1st & 3rd weeks only)
o 3:30 – Gracie Tottingham

THURSDAY
o 2:00 – Gilkeson Family & Lange Family
o 3:30 – Taylor Hafner & Courtney Burns
o 3:30 – Flute Class
o 4:30 – Sorrels Family & Hines Family
o 5:30 – Victoria Kuz & Jesse Ryan
o 6:00 – 7:30 Orchestra
o 7:30 – 8:00 Brass Rehearsal

FRIDAY (1&3 Week) Springfield
o 3:30 – Nicole Davis
o 4:30 – Allen Family

re: Tuesday, October 8 Practice

ATTENTION OZ CAST: Come tomorrow night (Tuesday, October 8th) with make up and hair done in preparation for cast pictures starting at 6:00 p.m. After pictures, we will work on a few scenes, but will not run through the entire play.

Oz Tickets

Tickets are still available for the Theater Guild's production of The Wizard of Oz, directed by Rebecca Peterson. Remaining show times are Saturday, October 5 at 2 p.m., Thursday, October 10 at 7 p.m., Friday, October 11 at 7 p.m., and Saturday, October 12 at 7 p.m. Reserve your tickets in advance by calling 417-254-3168.

"Wizard of Oz" to be staged for two weekends in Willow Springs

The Willow Springs Theatre Guild present the production of “Wizard of Oz,” this month, directed by Rebecca Peterson of Cabool, who is the creator and executive director of STARS Foundation as well as a guild member.

This year being the 75th year anniversary of this production, Peterson will be directing the original MGM version that she directed two years ago. However, it will be done with actors under the age of 22.

“Be prepared to laugh and be surprised as you witness 89 new cast members from five counties, 139 different costumes, real fire, a real horse that changes colors, a witch that melts before your eyes, the mysterious edited ‘Jitterbug’ scene with creeping fog, and other special effects,” Peterson said.

She hopes that there will be a sold-out crowd to cheer the hard work and effort that goes into these plays. “The audience is really the reason we do this and the more we see, the better we perform!” said Peterson, who herself has six children of her own.

Peterson’s previous productions include “Beauty & The Beast,” “Wizard of Oz,” “Jungle Book,” “Alice in Wonderland,” and “High School Musical.”

“The great thing about this version, is all ages can enjoy it.,” she added. The running time is 90 minutes including a 15-minute intermission. The play will be running during Willow’s Oz Fest on October 3 and at 7:00 p.m,. and on October 5 at a matinee only at 2:00. And if you loved it enough you can come again and bring more friends, the following weekend it will be staged on October 10, 11 and 12 at 7:00 p.m.

Tickets can be reserved for $5 a seat for all ages at 417-254-3168 or pick them up at Pizza Americana across from Star Theatre in Willow Springs. They will be $6 at the door. “This is very affordable for such a huge production,” Peterson said. “Take advantage of a wonderful family outing!”

Peterson’s next production will be “Dicken’s Christmas Carol” the musical, tentatively set for the first two weekends in December.

Courtesy, The Cabool Enterprise