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	Audition Alert *The Best Christmas Pageant Ever* auditions are set at the theater for Sunday, Sept. 12, 4 - 6 PM and Monday, Sept. 13, 5 - 6 PM. There are roles for 8 boys, 9 girls, 4 men, and 4 women. Ages are from 6 to early 20's. There will be cold reading from the script and singing of familiar songs. A couple struggling to put on a church Christmas pageant is faced with casting the Herdman kids-- six delinquents-- who crash the pageant plans. wonders if the results will be disastrous or could there be an affirmation of spirit? This delightful comedy is adapted from the best selling book. McCall’s Magazine called this play an “American classic." It is the only story ever to run twice in the magazine’s issues. For more information, call the theater line at 706-839-1315. Auditions for *Hairspray* will be on Dec. 5 at 5 PM, Dec. 6 & 7 at 6 PM.


	Upcoming Meeting HCT Annual Membership Meeting Members and prospective members are invited to this annual meeting on Sat., Aug. 20, 2011, at 6:30 P.M. There will be a short business meeting with annual reports. Members will vote on the recommended new Board Members. Officers and all Board Members will be introduced. Volunteers will be recognized. There will be an introduction to next season's major productions and refreshments. There will be opportunities to sign up for committees, future adult workshops, join HCT for next season, and order season tickets. We look forward to seeing you there! For more information, email to info@habershamtheater.org


	October Special Event: The Rocky Horror Show The Rocky Horror Show is the original stage play that the cult movie classic The Rocky Horror Picture Show is based on. Much of the story is told through song and dance. The show will run October 29th and 30th and November 5th and 6th in the Historic Habersham Theater in Clarkesville, Ga. Show time will be set late at 9:30 p.m. each night. The play, directed by Justin Dudkiewicz, is being produced as a special late night event and will serve as a fundraiser for the Habersham Community Theatre. This show is rated R and admission is for adults only. For more information you may call the HCT at 706-839-1315.


	Habersham Community Theater Singers An Evening of GIlbert and Sullivan is planned for June 24, 25, and 26. Featured on the program will be "Trial by Jury," a deightful one-act operetta. Solos, duets, and ensembles of Gilbert and Sullivan favorites will begin the evening. Mark your calendars now for this special event. Habersham Community Theatre presented its first concert by the HCT Pops Chorale in a Broadway Musical Revue. A concert by The Grace Notes, a male quartet singing a varied program, was sponsored as a benefit for HCT. A concert of Christmas music by The Grace Notes and Friends was featured on An HCT Family Christmas III on Dec. 19, 20, and 21, 2008. An HCT Family Christmas IV presented on Dec. 18 - 20, 2009, featured the HCT Singers. Selections included Christmas classics and popular holiday songs. Anyone interested in auditioning for future volunteer HCT Singers should send an E-MAIL to the director, Bob Smith. Music director Bob Smith has directed several musical revue programs for both youth and adult for HCT and broadway musicals including Annie in 1991, Once Upon a Mattress, The Apple Tree, Peter Pan, Li’l Abner, Guys and Dolls, The Music Man, Damn Yankees, The Fantasticks,The Sound of Music, and Annie in 2009. Smith holds a BFA in voice from the UGA, an MM in Choral Conducting from Indiana University, and completed two years of additional post-graduate study in music at the University of Miami. Also, he has completed several courses and additional workshops in theatre. He was a high school choral director for fifteen years. Before coming to Clarkesville, he taught voice at Broward Community College in Fort Lauderdale, at Florida Atlantic University, and private studio. He also conducted the Plantation Community Chorus and directed church choirs for many years. Proceeds from the programs will go toward additional equipment for the theater.