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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>SONGS SUNG BLUES <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Original <span class=GramE>Musical<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>
</span>Playwright</span>/Composer: Rose Darling<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Canton Cabaret Dinner Theatre – McKinley Grand Hotel Ballroom<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=GramE><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Sundays, Oct. 19, 26 – </span></font></span><st1:time
Hour="14" Minute="30"><span class=GramE>2:30 pm</span></st1:time><span
class=GramE><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>Friday,
Oct. 24 – 7:00 p.m.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>$42.50 Dinner/Show<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>$25.00 Show
Only<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>10% off Table of eight<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Tickets: 330.456.7397<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>
</span>or <span class=GramE>email<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span></span><a
href="mailto:ccdtreservations@yahoo.com">ccdtreservations@yahoo.com</a> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>This play may be booked for
performances year-round.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Contact: Lois <span class=GramE>DiGiacomo<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>330.456.7397</span><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%'><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>The exciting and expressive music of the <b
style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'>Harlem Renaissance</span></b> of the early twentieth <span class=GramE>century,</span>
started a movement that lives on even today. “The Blues” - the name
conjures up a feeling of deep inner longing and hope: hope for a better day for
those descendents of slavery and servitude. Among the <b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><span style='font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>African-American</span></b>
entertainment community, the <b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style='font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>women</span></b> endured
special hardships as they were dealt the blows of racial and sexual
discrimination, dire poverty, personal addictions, and abuse from parents,
mentors, husbands and society. Yet some of those very women forged a new path,
daring to break free from their impoverished prisons to become pioneers of a
new style of American music that has affected the music throughout the
twentieth century and into the twenty-first. As we read of today’s
celebrities with their personal struggles with addictions and troubled
relationships, the message of “<b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style='font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Songs Sung Blues</span></b>”
by </span></font><st1:City><st1:place>Canton</st1:place></st1:City> resident
Rose <span class=SpellE>Minner</span> Darling, is found to be relevant for
modern people.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in;line-height:150%'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%'>This
musical premiers <b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-weight:
bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>October 19</span></b> with the Canton
Cabaret, and stars five northeast Ohio actors who portray: Lena Horne (<span
class=SpellE>Me’Na</span> of Canton), whose music continues to delight
audiences some 80 years later, Ma Rainey(Shar Hudson of Canton), the Mother of
the Blues; the raw and raucous Bessie Smith (Erin Ivery, Cleveland) known as
the Empress of the Blues; the feisty, golden-toned Ethel “<span
class=SpellE>Stringbean</span>” Waters (Kathy Mitchell of Canton); and
the sultry Josephine Baker (Natasha Cooper of Cleveland), super-star of the
Paris clubs and decorated hero by the French government..<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in;line-height:150%'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%'><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>Darling weaves their history-based
fictional stories together in tapestry of humor, drama and music with the
intent to inspire, educate and entertain. This work began in 2006 as Rose <span
class=GramE>studied <span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>a</span> </span></font><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Western</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceName>Illinois</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>
online African-American literature course taught by Dr. <span class=SpellE>Soufara</span>
<span class=SpellE>Boukari</span> who plans to attend the premiere.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%'><span style='mso-tab-count:1'> </span><b
style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'>Canton Cabaret</span></b> is a not-for-profit professional dinner
theatre troupe under the umbrella of the <b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style='font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Rainbow Repertory Co. Inc.</span></b>,
a not-for-profit educational theatrical company based in </span></font><st1:place><st1:City>Canton</st1:City>,
<st1:State>Ohio</st1:State></st1:place>. Proceeds from Canton Cabaret
productions help support the educational outreach programs of Rainbow
Repertory/Canton Cabaret. “Songs Sung Blues” provides an
opportunity to educate, entertain and inspire <st1:State><st1:place>Ohio</st1:place></st1:State>
audiences with the stories and songs of five African-American entertainers who
paved the way for women of today. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><em><b><i><font size=3 color=green face="Lucida Handwriting"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Handwriting";color:green;
font-weight:bold;mso-no-proof:yes'>Lois DiGiacomo</span></font></i></b></em><span
style='mso-no-proof:yes'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><em><b><i><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;mso-no-proof:yes'><a
href="http://www.cantoncabaret.com"><font color=green face="Lucida Handwriting"><span
style='font-family:"Lucida Handwriting";color:green'>www.cantoncabaret.com</span></font></a></span></font></i></b></em><em><b><i><font
color=green face="Lucida Handwriting"><span style='font-family:"Lucida Handwriting";
color:green;font-weight:bold;mso-no-proof:yes'> </span></font></i></b></em><span
style='mso-no-proof:yes'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><em><b><i><font size=2 face="Arial Black"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black";font-weight:bold;mso-no-proof:
yes'>"SONGS SUNG BLUES"</span></font></i></b></em><b><span
style='font-weight:bold;mso-no-proof:yes'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><em><b><i><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;mso-no-proof:yes'>Music and Stories
of the </span></font></i></b></em><st1:place><em><b><i><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;mso-no-proof:yes'>Harlem</span></font></i></b></em></st1:place><em><b><i><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:
bold;mso-no-proof:yes'> Renaissance Singers</span></font></i></b></em><b><span
style='font-weight:bold;mso-no-proof:yes'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:place><em><b><i><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;mso-no-proof:yes'>Lena</span></font></i></b></em></st1:place><em><b><i><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:
bold;mso-no-proof:yes'> Horne - Ethel Waters - Ma Rainey </span></font></i></b></em><b><span
style='font-weight:bold;mso-no-proof:yes'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><em><b><i><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;mso-no-proof:yes'>Josephine
Baker and Bessie Smith</span></font></i></b></em><b><span
style='font-weight:bold;mso-no-proof:yes'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><em><b><i><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;mso-no-proof:yes'>October 19 &
26 </span></font></i></b></em><st1:time Hour="14" Minute="30"><em><b><i><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:
bold;mso-no-proof:yes'>2:30 p.m.</span></font></i></b></em></st1:time><b><span
style='font-weight:bold;mso-no-proof:yes'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><em><b><i><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;mso-no-proof:yes'>October 24 </span></font></i></b></em><st1:time
Hour="19" Minute="0"><em><b><i><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;mso-no-proof:yes'>7 p.m.</span></font></i></b></em></st1:time><b><span
style='font-weight:bold;mso-no-proof:yes'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><em><b><i><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;mso-no-proof:yes'>MCKINLEY GRAND
HOTEL BALLROOM</span></font></i></b></em><span style='mso-no-proof:yes'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black";font-weight:bold;mso-no-proof:
yes'>TICKETS: 330.456.7397</span></font></i></b></em><span
style='mso-no-proof:yes'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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