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Annie
Get Your Gun -- Starring
in the Memorial High School production
of Annie Get Your Gun are,
left to right, Kirby Morgan (as
the character Dolly Tate),
Dino Nicandros (William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody),
Marlen Nahhas (Annie Oakley),
Justin White (Frank Butler),
Conner Wilson (Charlie Davenport),
Michael Perez (Chief Sitting
Bull), Donnie Villoni (Tommy
Keeler), and Candice Pink (Winnie
Tate). The play will be presented
on the MHS Performing Arts stage
Jan. 24 - Feb. 2.
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Spring Branch ISD students will perform
in a variety of fine arts programs in the
months ahead, including band and orchestra
concerts, dramatic and musical stage productions,
and related special events.
Many of these events are free and open
to the public. Admission to others, such
as high school musicals, is by purchase
of advance or box office tickets. Discounts
are often available to SBISD students.
Spring Branch residents 65 years old or
older who are registered as STARCard holders
may attend certain performances for free
(some seating is limited and advance ticket
pickup may be required). For details, call
the SBISD Communications Dept. at 713-464-1511,
ext. 2272.
This year, four district high schools are
competing in the 2008 Tommy Tune Awards
competition, sponsored by Theatre Under
the Stars (TUTS). Finalists will be announced
in several categories soon. Winners will
be announced during a special presentation
event planned April 22 in the Hobby Center
downtown.
SBISD productions in the running for Tommy
Tune Awards include Annie, which
was presented last fall at Westchester Academy
for International Studies; Memorial High’s Annie
Get Your Gun, which opens Thursday,
Jan. 24, and tells the story of famous sharpshooter
Annie Oakley; Spring Woods High’s
captivating Bye Bye Birdie, a Tony
Award-winning musical, which begins a two-week
run on Friday, Feb. 1; and Stratford Playhouse’s
imaginative staging of the beloved children’s
and adult classic, The Wizard of Oz,
which opens Thursday, Jan. 31.
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Northbrook
Middle Band Benefit --
Composer and trombonist Mike Davis
and Bill Reichenbach will bring
the band Bonetown to Memorial High
School, 935 Echo Lane, for one performance
at 7 p.m. on Feb. 10. Tickets are
$10. Proceeds will benefit
Northbrook Middle School's Band
program. For more details or advance
purchase, call 713-329-6510, ext.
3103.
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For the first time, Memorial High Theatre
has created an online ticketing system allowing
patrons to buy tickets and reserve seats
through its web site, www.mhstheatre.com.
In addition to student theater and campus
concerts, art lovers in Spring Branch are
reminded that the privately financed Altharetta
Yeargin Art Museum is located adjacent to
the Westchester Academy for International
Studies campus, 901 Yorkchester.
This one-of-a-kind community museum is
open from 8 a.m. until noon on Monday, from
8 a.m. until 4 p.m. on Tuesday and Thursday,
or by special appointment and arrangement
for special events use. For more information
about the museum, please call 713-365-5652.
Event listings may be found in the scroll
section of the SBISD
homepage and the SBISD
Calendar of Events.
posted 01-11-08
