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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:15.6pt;background:white'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#333333'>Sing with Franc D’Ambrosio at LCCC</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#333333'><br><br>Local singers will have the opportunity to attend a free master class and audition for the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to sing on stage with Franc D’Ambrosio, who is best known for his portrayal of the Phantom<i> </i>in Andrew Lloyd Webber's “The Phantom of the Opera.” <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='color:#333333'>D’Ambrosio will perform Franc D’Ambrosio’s Broadway - Songs of the ‘Great White Way’ at 7:30 p.m., Friday, February 1 at Lorain County Community College’s Stocker Arts Center. </span>Tickets are $36 for orchestra; $29 for mezzanine; and $10 for LCCC students and youth 18 and under. Valet parking is available for this show for just $5 per car. Tickets for the performance and valet parking <span style='color:#333333'>can be ordered online at </span><a href="http://www.stockerartscenter.com">www.stockerartscenter.com</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 and 90 minutes before ticketed events. Tickets can also be purchased in person at the box office, which is located in the lobby of the Stocker Arts Center.<br><br>During the performance, D’Ambrosio will perform with two local singers who will be singing the roles of Christine and Raoul from “Phantom.” <a name="_GoBack"></a>The singers will be selected through master class/auditions with D’Ambrosio. The master class/auditions will be held </span><span style='color:#333333'>from 2-4 p.m., Thursday, </span><span style='color:#333333'>January 31 at LCCC’s Stocker Arts Center and from 7-9 p.m., Thursday, January 31 at Baldwin Wallace University. </span><span style='color:#333333'>The opportunity to attend the master class/audition at either LCCC or Baldwin Wallace is free and open to students, faculty, staff and the general public, though reservations are requested. Please call the Stocker Arts Center administrative offices at (440) 366-4140 to make a reservation.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:15.6pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#333333'>D’Ambrosio performed the role of the Phantom more than 2,200 times. He has been affectionately referred to as Phantom's "Iron Man of The Mask" and held the title as the World’s Longest Running Phantom for over a decade.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='color:#333333'>D’Ambrosio is a world class teacher and studied with the late, legendary Luciano Pavarotti. His resume also includes an Academy Award nominated film, an Emmy Award nominated television show, a four-time Tony nominated Broadway show, two Grammy considerations, and a National Theatre Award nomination. Francis Ford Coppola cast him as Anthony Corleone, the opera singing son of Al Pacino and Diane Keaton in the seven-time Academy Award nominated film “Godfather III.” D’Ambrosio starred in the film and sang the Academy Award winning theme song, “Speak Softly Love (Brucia la Terra).” Franc D'Ambrosio has toured extensively throughout the US, Europe and South America with his critically acclaimed one-man shows <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:15.6pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#333333'>For more information or to make a reservation for the master class/audition, please call (440) 366-4140.<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>