NAACP Broadway salute captivates Cedar Rapids audience
The Cedar Rapids NAACP staged Front Row Center Stage at Coe's Sinclair Auditorium a two hour musical revue celebrating Broadway glamour. Despite a shaky opening number volume issues eased as Aaron K Smith Tracy Price and Douglas Jackson delivered standout Dreamgirls and Ain't Misbehavin' numbers with Ruth White's choreography and strong ensemble dancing energizing the performance.
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New York
Cedar Rapids
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Broadway
Coe’s
Sinclair Auditorium
Aaron K. Smith
Smith
Tracy Price
Douglas
Jackson
Ruth White
Keith Jackson
Angela Williams
Todd Bergen
Final performance review of Front Row Center Stage
The audience praised a lively show featuring numbers from The Whiz A Chorus Line South Pacific Jesus Christ Superstar Annie and Applause. Mimi Ketelsen Tracy Price Carrie Mineck and a Seabee chorus delivered energetic performances with strong lead vocals and engaging dance moments guiding the curtain call. Curtain time is 8 p m for tonight’s final performance.
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Mimi Ketelsen
South Pacific
Tracy
Price
Annie
Carrie Mineck
Bee Gees Cleared of Song Plagiarism Claim
U.S. District Judge George Eighton overturned a February jury finding that the Bee Gees plagiarized 16 year old Ronald Selle of Hazel Crest on How Deep Is Your Lover. The judge said there was no evidence the group heard Selle's tune and that similarities alone do not prove access.
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Chicago
Aury
Bee Gees
Ronald Selle
Hazel Crest
U.S
George Eighton
Selle
Bee Gee
Selle’s
Wallace Improves Health In Fourth Term
Governor George Wallace remains hospitalized off and on since January but aides say his health is improving and he now spends time in his office nearly daily. Press secretary Billy Joe Camp notes a turning point about a month ago with steady improvement, while doctors report ongoing pain management with methadone and a mild tranquilizer for mood.
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Wallace
A Star Is Born Returns in Recut Theatrical Cut
New York AP reports the 1954 film A Star Is Born was re released in reconstructed form at Radio City Music Hall. Nearly 6000 celebrities and fans attended with James Mason Liza Minnelli and Lorna Luft among attendees. The re edited version restores most of the 29 minutes cut earlier by Warner Bros critics had condemned the trimming.
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Radio City Music Hall
George Cukor
James Mason
Liza Minnelli
Lorna Luft
Mason
Judy Garland
Minnelli
Warner Bros
Iun
Ins
Children removed from House of Judah camp in Allegan case
Fifty one children from the House of Judah religious camp were taken to hospitals and foster homes under court order following the death of 12 year old John Yarbrough. Authorities removed many more children as the investigation into camp conditions widened. Cult leader William A. Lewis and his followers faced custody hearings as Judge George Grieg prepared to rule on permanent custody for the Yarbrough children.
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Allegan, Mich
House of Judah
Susan Bailey-Carman
Allegan County
Department of Social Services
Ethel Yarbrough
John
Myrna McNitt
Allegan County Probate Court
McNitt
George Grieg
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