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News for April
16, 2007
Carroll Arts High School Art Competition
Held at The Dixie
(HUNTINGDON; April 16, 2007) – The
Dixie Carter Performing Arts Center hosted the annual Carroll
Arts High School Art Competition on Friday, April 13th. Each
high school in Carroll County was asked to submit no more than
ten (10) pieces of artwork with no more than three (3) being
from any one individual student. Each participant received two
complimentary tickets to The Dixie’s evening performance of “War
Bonds: Songs and Letters of World War II.” The show was a living
history cabaret filled with memories and tunes of a time not
unlike today.
1st place winner Teddy Morgan
The winners of the Carroll Arts High School Art Competition are
as follows:
• 1st place and the winner of $50 was Teddy Morgan, a 9th grade
student from West Carroll High School with his work named
“Dunlap.”
• 2nd place and the winner of $35 was
Meredith McKinney, a 12th grade student from McKenzie High
School with her work named “Fall Day.”
• 3rd place and the winner of $15 was
Rob Simpson, an 11th grade student from Huntingdon High School
with his work named “Spring Flowers.”
2nd place winner Meredith McKinney
• Honorable Mention went to the
following student (in no specific order);
- Tiffany Jackson, Huntingdon High
School 10th grade, “Still Life”
- Joseph David Johnson, McKenzie
High School 11th grade, “Merlin’s Desk”
- Meredith McKinney, McKenzie High
School 12th grade, “The Barn”
- Amy Moore, McKenzie High School
12th grade, “Eye of the Tiger”
- Samantha Doster, McKenzie High
School 12th grade, “Visions of Freedom”
- Cody Rainey, West Carroll High
School 12th grade, “Cool Girl”
- Teddy Morgan, West Carroll High
School 9th grade, “Dub-C”
- Whitney Foster, West Carroll High
School 10th grade, “Mountains”
- Autumn Burns, West Carroll High
School 12th grade, “Autumn Sunset”
Lisa Norris, President of Carroll Arts
said, “A special thanks to each participant and school official
who helped make this competition possible. The Dixie staff has
been a pleasure to work with throughout the competition. We in
Carroll County are fortunate to have a high-quality performing
arts center and a professional staff.”
Piano Dedication and Free Community
Concert at The Dixie
(HUNTINGDON; April 16, 2007) –
The Dixie Carter Performing Arts Center will dedicate its new
Model B Steinway, seven-foot piano on Friday, April 27th at 7:30
p.m. The piano was purchased by the Wright Charitable Trust
(Carroll Bank and Trust administers the trust) from the Steinway
Piano Gallery of Nashville.
The dedication ceremony will be followed by a piano concert
featuring pianist, Caleb Harris, Assistant Professor of Piano
and Collaborative Piano at Middle Tennessee State University.
The concert is free and open to the public with seating
available on a first come first serve basis; no tickets will be
distributed for the event.
For more information, please contact The Dixie box office at
731-986-2100. See you at The Dixie!
Dixie Youth Theatre Presents a
Performance by Kids for Kids
(HUNTINGDON; April 16, 2007) – The
Dixie Youth Theatre will present their spring production on
Thursday, May 3rd at 7:00 p.m. and Friday, May 4th at 7:00
p.m. in the Hal Holbrook Theatre of The Dixie Carter
Performing Arts Center. Prepare to journey with The Dixie
Youth Theatre to a magical kingdom with a wicked wizardress
and a benevolent forest fairy in The Dixie Youth Theatre
original, “The Princess Predicament.” “The Cask of
Amontillado” will take the audience to Edgar Allan Poe’s
dark, suspense-filled world of revenge. Also, explore two
very different growing up experiences in musical numbers
from “Oliver” and “High School Musical.”
The Dixie Youth Theatre is designed to provide a distinctive
theatre education program that will empower youth to embrace
a life of excellence and creativity through their artistic
abilities and open doors to imagination and self-confidence.
Theatre skills are worthwhile, valuable life skills grounded
in discipline and a work ethic that is crucial for any
craft. The faculty includes theatre professionals who
provide a quality educational and artistic experience for
each participant. Experience is gained by weekly classes
culminating in a performance on the stage of the Hal
Holbrook Theatre.
Tickets are available at The Dixie Box Office at the prices
of $5 for adults and $3 for children (Ages 3 and under). For
more information, please call 731-986-2100. See you at The Dixie!
Hal
Holbrook Set to Perform “Mark Twain Tonight!” at The Dixie
Actor takes
the stage in the theatre named in his honor
 (HUNTINGDON;
April 2, 2007) – A LIVING BREATHING AMERICAN MASTERPIECE! It is,
quite simply, one of the most acclaimed and enduring
performances in the history of theatre. Nearly 50 years ago, a
young actor took the stage in a tiny off-Broadway theatre and
introduced the world to a man they'd never forget. The actor was
Hal Holbrook. The man was Mark Twain.
Now, Holbrook will return to The Dixie Carter Performing Arts
and Academic Enrichment Center, Home of the Hal Holbrook Theatre
to perform “Mark Twain Tonight!” on Thursday, May 10th at 7:30
p.m. Tickets will go on sale Monday, April 16th at 10:00 a.m.
Tickets may be purchased in person at The Dixie Box Office
window OR online at www.dixiepac.net. Phone purchases WILL NOT
BE AVAILABLE. Ticket prices are $75 each.
“Holbrook’s characterization of the great novelist and raconteur
is, to this day, a work in progress. The transformation is so
complete as to be almost unsettling at times. The combination of
Holbrook’s physical and vocal talents and the potency of Twain’s
words is a mesmerizing thing to behold.” – The Washington Post
“It’s all very politically incorrect and very, very funny.
Holbrook as Twain had the nearly full house screaming with
laughter and crying for mercy. If you’d closed your eyes during
Holbrook’s tour de force, you’d have sworn this was a
contemporary commentary.” - The Desert Sun Palm Desert, CA.
For more information, please contact The Dixie at 731-986-2100
or visit our website at www.dixiepac.net. We look forward to
seeing you at The Dixie.
The Dixie Announces New Adult
Theatre Troupe – The Dixie Players
“Crimes of the Heart” slated as first show
(HUNTINGDON; April 2, 2007) – The Dixie
Carter Performing Arts Center is excited to announce a new
program to their community arts repertoire – The Dixie Players.
An adult theatre performance troupe, The Dixie Players, will
perform “Crimes of the Heart” as their inaugural production.
There is no participation fee associated with The Dixie Players,
and a free audition workshop is currently being planned for
Saturday, April 28, 2007 from 7:00 – 9:30 p.m. at The Dixie.
Auditions for “Crimes of the Heart” are Monday and Tuesday, May
14 and 15, 2007 beginning at 7:00 p.m. each evening. Rehearsals
will begin on Monday, May 21, and performance dates are set for
June 28 – 30, 2007.
Parts for “Crimes of the Heart” include two (2) male roles and
four (4) female roles for persons between the ages of 18 – 40
years old. “Crimes of the Heart” is directed by Kimberli Hood
Easley who serves as The Dixie Youth Theatre’s Artistic
Director.
“Crimes of the Heart” is a fun house of accelerating, rollicking
misfortune, a family drama filled with love, eccentricities, and
Southern Gothic humor. The three MaGrath sisters gather together
in Hazlehurst, Mississippi, when the youngest of them shoots her
bigwig politico husband in the stomach because, as she bluntly
explains, “I just didn’t like his stinking looks.” The eldest
sister, keeper of the family home, is celebrating her thirtieth
birthday, acutely aware of her lack of romantic prospects; the
headstrong middle sibling has returned to recover from her
failure to launch a singing career in Hollywood. As they tease
and provoke each other and revel in shared memories and
forgotten dreams, the reader is treated to “a play rich with
wisdom about the way people respond to life” (Pulitzer Prize
Committee).
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