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Odessa American

Location

Odessa, Texas, United States of America

Date

May 12, 1983

Page

7

Tryouts Open for Whenever It Rains in Odessa

Open auditions for Whenever It Rains, a Globe of the Great Southwest production, are scheduled for Saturday and Sunday 2 to 4 30 p m and Monday 7 30 to 9 p m. The play traces Odessa origins through oil discovery with roles for Col Spangler Kate Cooper Ben Cooper and other characters. Directed by Dianne Lewallen with choreography by Jan Collerd.

Odessa Globe of the Great Southwest David Weaver Globe Ben Cooper Dora Edward Boston Jim Molly Johnson Dianne Lewallen Jan Collerd the Globe of the Great Southwest

Boomtown Days Festival Schedule Highlights and Fees

Festival runs May 13 to 15 at Ector County Coliseum with gates opening Friday for a Western theme lineup. Events include Chuck Wagon feed and Pepper Martin dance, country acts, Oldmovies, a softball tournament, carnival rides, and multiple college performances. Admission is $2 at the gate or $4 for a Boomtown pin. pins admit for three days and include a $1.50 discount on Friday feed and dance. feed and dance tickets are $6.50 without a pin.

Crpf eRere Pepper Martin

Mexican Folk Retablos exhibit opens at Museum of the Southwest

The Midland exhibit "Mexican Folk Retablos" debuts Tuesday, detailing 19th century tin oil paintings of Catholic saints and biblical figures. Folk artists, often self taught, created thousands for mass use, with the style evolving from European models as mechanization ended the tradition by the early 20th century. The show runs May 18 to June 19 in conjunction with International Museum Day.

Midland The Museum of the Southwest Mexico

Permian Playhouse Theater School stages melodrama recital

Shonna Shafer and Aaron Sharp perform in a melodrama during Performance Night at Permian Playhouse Theater School under Dianne Lewallen. Students present a show at semester end, highlighting their acting progress and stage craft.

Shonna Shafer Aaron Sharp

Alamo Theater Closes as Paseo Del Alamo Expansion Planned

The Remember the Alamo Theater and Museum in San Antonio closed this Sunday and will be razed for an expanded Paseo del Alamo linking the River Walk to the plaza in front of the Alamo. Operator R Jay Casall likens the change to a sidewalk. The venue, hosting a multimedia show since 1972, sits on the defenders artillery post where about 200 Alamo defenders died in 1836 under Santa Anna.

The Alamo Santa Anna

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