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 School House Rock Live! comes to IVCC

    By Ashley Larabee
    IV Leader Staff

    The Illinois Valley Community College theatre and music departments will perform School House Rock Live! on March 16, 17, 18, and 19. The performances will start at 8 p.m. in the Cultural Centre, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights. The Sunday performance will begin at 2 p.m.
    School House Rock Live! is about Tom, a nerve-wracked school teacher nervous about his first day of teaching. He tries to relax by watching TV when various characters representing facets of his personality emerge from the set and show him how to win his students over with imagination and music.
    School House Rock Live! is a popular Saturday cartoon that many fans have watched over the years. The music has been with many different generations of cartoon viewers.
    The cast will be singing many different songs such as, “Conjunction Junction”, “Just a Bill”, “Lolly, Lolly, Lolly” and more well-known School House Rock Live! songs.
    School House Rock Live! is directed by Dr. David Allan Kuester, musically directed by Norm Engstrom, and choreographed by Don Grant Zellmer.
    The cast includes: Jeff Kalina, Eric Chambliss, Mike Lewis, Bob Gibson, Phil Claudnic, Steve Kwiatek, Bryce Wallace, Robert Calhan, Katie Rainsburg, Emily Lainier, Amanda Sedlock, Gabrielle Green, Cheriz Kunkel, Rebecca Gatlin, Ashley Larabee, and Meridith Donahue.
    Tickets are five dollars or free with an IVCC student ID and will be available at the Bookstore.
    At the Thursday night performance there will be a free pizza dinner for students with their IVCC student IDs and one guest.
    The pizza dinner will start at 6 p.m. For more information call Dr. David Allan Kuester at 224-0352 or Norm Engstrom at 224-0279.
 

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