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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p style='line-height:15.6pt;background:white'><strong><span style='color:black'>Learn How it All Came About in “The Making of … Carousel” at LCCC’s Stocker Arts Center<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p><p style='line-height:15.6pt;background:white'><strong><span style='color:black;font-weight:normal'>You may remember how the 1945 musical “Carousel” ends – with the famous lines “Walk on, walk on, with hope in your heart and you’re never walk alone” – but do you know how the famous musical began?<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p><p style='line-height:15.6pt;background:white'><strong><span style='color:black;font-weight:normal'>Discover the story behind the Broadway sensation when the Musical Theater Project presents “The Making of … Carousel” at 3 p.m., Sunday, January 15 at Lorain County Community College’s Stocker Arts Center. The show is part of the Random Acts Series.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#333333'>Tickets are $15 for adults; $10 for students with a valid ID; and $10 for children 12 and under. Tickets</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> <span style='color:#333333'>can be ordered online at </span><a href="http://www.lorainccc.edu/stocker"><span style='color:#0059B2;text-decoration:none'>www.lorainccc.edu/stocker</span></a><span style='color:#333333'>, or by calling the Stocker Arts Center box office at (440) 366-4040 from 12-6 p.m., Monday through Friday. Tickets are also available at the box office, located in the lobby of the Stocker Arts Center. </span>Take-a-Chance tickets are available at the box office beginning at 1:30 p.m. the day of the show as long as tickets remain. Take-a-Chance tickets are half-off the top ticket price and are available until curtain time. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:15.6pt;background:white'><strong><span style='color:black;font-weight:normal'>Radio personality Bill Rudman and pianist Nancy Maier will co-host the show, which will include every piece from the “Carousel” score, including “If I Loved You,” “Mr. Snow,” “June is Bustin’ Out All Over” and “Carousel Waltz.”<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p><p style='line-height:15.6pt;background:white'><strong><span style='color:black;font-weight:normal'>Jared Leal, who toured nationally as Billy Bigelow, will be a feature singer along with Jessica Cope as Julie Jordan. They will be joined by </span></strong><span style='color:black'>vocalists<b> </b><strong><span style='font-weight:normal'>Ursula Cataan, James Dickason, Cynthia O’Connell and Fabio Polanco. </span></strong>The<strong><span style='font-weight:normal'> talented Elyria High School Madrigal Singers</span></strong><b> </b>will add their beautiful sound to the show. The 24-voice singers are skilled in musical theater, as well as vocal jazz, pop and madrigal literature.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='line-height:15.6pt;background:white'><span style='color:black'>For more information on this and other shows at Stocker Arts Center, visit <a href="http://www.lorainccc.edu/stocker">www.lorainccc.edu/stocker</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:#000066'>Kim Carrasquillo</span></b><span style='color:#000066'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#000066'>Writer, Project Coordinator | Marketing and Outreach Initiatives</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#522C1C'><br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:gray'>Lorain County Community College | 1005 N Abbe Road | Elyria, Ohio 44035<br>t: 440.366.4822</span><span lang=FR style='font-size:10.0pt;color:gray'> f: 440.366.4113 e : </span><u><span lang=FR style='font-size:10.0pt;color:blue'><a href="mailto:kcarrasq@lorainccc.edu"><span style='color:blue'>kcarrasq@lorainccc.edu</span></a></span></u><span lang=FR style='font-size:10.0pt;color:gray'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR style='font-size:10.0pt;color:gray'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR style='font-size:10.0pt;color:gray'>LCCC website: </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D'><a href="http://www.lorainccc.edu/"><span lang=FR style='color:blue'>www.lorainccc.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>