STARS Youth Orchestra Presents Its Spring Concert
The STARS Youth Orchestra, directed by Dottie
Case, with guest soloist, Sarah Cole, presents its spring concert
on Saturday, May 13, at 7:30 p.m. at St. James Episcopal Church,
533 Bingham St., Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. A free will offering will be accepted
to benefit the Soo Theatre Project.
STARS Presents Broadway Revue Student Show
May 19 & 20 , 7:00 p.m. at LSSU Arts Center Auditorium
Tickets: $8
Tickets are available online
through the LSSU Arts Center and at the Soo Theatre Arts Resource Studios. For more information call 632-1930.
Dance, voice and theatre students will perform
“This is a wonderful opportunity for the community to show its support of the STARS project
and for our students to display what they are learning and accomplishing,” said STARS
spokesperson Colleen Arbic. “The Arts Center is such a spectacular venue for this event. It will
be a great event for our students and a good opportunity for patrons to appreciate both our
work and the facility.”
Students will be those of Dianna George in dance, Karen Hughes in voice and Dave Rhinard in
theatre.
Ms. George is a founder and is current president of the Soo Theatre Project. She has taught
dance in Detroit, Indianapolis, Petoskey and the Sault since 1967. She danced professionally as
a principal with the Indianapolis Ballet, and her work as a choreographer includes more than 100
shows, from ballet to musical theatre. She holds a degree in fine arts, with concentration in
theatre, native studies, music and writing from LSSU and Algoma University.
Internationally-known soprano Karen Hughes has performed in Europe, Canada and
most-recently Asia during 2005 with the Tianjin Symphony in Beijing, China. She has played
leading roles nationwide in numerous operas. As a harpist, she has performed at Carnegie Hall,
the Kennedy Center, Austria and England. She holds a degree in harp performance from
DePauw University and a master’s degree in voice from the University of Nebraska. She teaches
harp, voice and piano with STARS.
David Rhinard teaches theatre with STARS. He has a varied background in theatre, including
True Grist Dinner Theatre, where he worked as manager, producer, performer and director.
Most recently, he has served as director of theatrical productions for Les Cheneaux Education
Foundation and the Easter Upper Peninsula Fines Arts Council. He taught speech, drama and
English in the Eaton Rapids Public Schools, and holds a degree in fine arts from Michigan State
University, with additional studies at Spring Arbor College and Western Michigan University.
Proceeds from the event will benefit the Soo Theatre Project.
STARS is a program of Soo Theatre Project, Inc.,
a non-profit organization.
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