May 10, 2006

Published in Wake Forest, NC

            The musical, based on the television show and movie, follows nine young people at a performing arts high school.

            The show will run through the weekend – Thursday, Friday and Saturday – with performances each night beginning at 7 p.m. in the high school auditorium.

            Tickets are $6 for the general public, $5 for students, and are available at the door.

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            Art After Hours, a collaboration of studios, shops and restaurants in historic downtown Wake Forest to bring more people into the area, will be held Friday, May 12, from 5 to 9 p.m. with special events in most businesses.

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            The vocal and instrumental ensembles of Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary will present their annual evening of worship music, “Jubilate,” on Friday, May 12, at 7 p.m. in Binkley Chapel.

            This year’s model for worship will be Isaiah 6. The combined ensembles will perform some of the text, “I Saw the Lord,” written by Dennis and Nan Allen.

             “Seven of our musical ensembles here at Southeastern have worked together to present a wide variety of music that will fit into the Isaiah 6 model of worship,” Dr. John Boozer, associate professor of church music at Southeastern and conductor of the Chapel Choir and the Contemporary Vocal Ensemble, said. “The musical styles range from English Renaissance composer Richard Farrant’s ‘Lord, For Thy Tender Mercies Sake’ 20^th century settings, to spirituals, to a majestic orchestral rendition of ‘Midnight Cry,’ to contemporary praise music, and to music representing the styles from other cultures. If there is a style of worship music you like, we will probably hit it during the service.”

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            The fourth of Six Sundays in Spring will feature the Oak City Stringband. The music begins at 5 and ends at 7 p.m. on the lawn at the Calvin Jones House (the Wake Forest College Museum) on North White Street. Last Sunday’s concert with Mister Felix was cancelled because of the rain.

            The free concerts are sponsored by the Wake Forest Cultural Arts Association. You are invited to bring a chair or blanket along with a picnic lunch or some drinks and snacks and enjoy the music along with your neighbors on a fine spring evening.

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            The musical “Oliver!” will hit the boards later this month as the first Wake Forest production by The Road Less Traveled Theatre.

            Performances are planned for Thursday through Saturday, May 18 through 20, and again Friday, Saturday and Sunday, May 26 through 28. The only matinee will be on Sunday, May 29, at 2:30 p.m.; all other performances will begin at 8 p.m.

            The location will be the auditorium at Franklin Academy on Chalk Road.

            “Starting off with a family-oriented musical gives us a chance to reach the widest possible audience this first time out, allowing us to reach as many people as we can to introduce ourselves to the community but also to show our cast members and our audiences how we do things,” Executive Director Kevin Holmes said.

            Advance tickets are $10 for adults, $8 for students and seniors; they will be $12 for adults at the door. You can buy them from cast members and some area businesses or online at http://tickets.roadlesstraveledtheatre.com.