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<div align="center" sab="1300"><font style="background-color: transparent;" color="black" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" sab="1301"><font size="4" sab="1302"><b sab="1303">Miche Braden takes us Behind-the-Scenes with Bessie Smith</b></font></font></div>
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<div sab="1306"><font style="background-color: transparent;" color="black" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" sab="1307"><font size="3" sab="1308">See Miche Braden's 'down-to-earth,' rollicking interview with Sue Johnson on "Wake Up And Live with the Arts," on the Bessie Smith set at the Allen Theatre. </font></font><font style="background-color: transparent;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" sab="1309"><font color="#438bc5" sab="1310"><font size="3" sab="1311"><font color="black" sab="1312"><b sab="1313">Miche Braden: YouTube.</b></font> </font></font><a style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px currentColor; color: rgb(67, 139, 197); font-size: 11.33px; background-color: transparent;" href="http://youtu.be/zIT8cNiC7n8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" sab="1314"><font size="3" sab="1315"></font></a><font size="3" sab="1316">http://youtu.be/zIT8cNiC7n8</font><a href="http://youtu.be/zIT8cNiC7n8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"
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<div sab="1319"><b sab="1320"><font size="4" sab="1321">Don't Miss It<em sab="1322">!</em></font></b></div>
<div sab="1323"><b sab="1324"><em sab="1325"><font size="4" sab="1326"> </font></em></b><font style="background-color: transparent;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" sab="1327"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14pt;" sab="1328"><font size="4" sab="1329"><b sab="1330">You can still see the show, through Sun. March 10.</b></font></span></font></div>
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<div style="text-align: center; color: black; font-family: arial, helvetica; font-size: 10pt;" class="yiv1193463583MsoNormal" align="center" sab="1332"><b sab="1333"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14pt;" sab="1334">Miche Braden Channels<font size="4" sab="1335"> </font></span></b><b sab="1336"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt;" sab="1337"><font size="4" sab="1338">Blues</font></span></b><b sab="1339"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14pt;" sab="1340"><font size="4" sab="1341"> </font>Singer Bessie Smith</span></b></div>
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<div style="color: black; text-indent: 0.5in; font-family: arial, helvetica; font-size: 10pt;" class="yiv1193463583MsoNormal" sab="1343"><span style="color: black;" sab="1344">Want to spend an exhilarating,</span><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" sab="1345">‘</span><span style="color: black;" sab="1346">jumpin’ & jivin’ evening of ‘down home’ storytelling and soul-stirring blues music?</span></div>
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<div style="color: black; text-indent: 0.5in; font-family: arial, helvetica; font-size: 10pt;" class="yiv1193463583MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" sab="1348"><span style="color: black;" sab="1349"> </span><font color="black" sab="1350"><span style="color: black;" sab="1351">Then, make time to go see Miche Braden as Bessie Smith in<b sab="1352">“The DEVIL’S MUSIC: The Life and Blues of Bessie Smith”</b> </span><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" sab="1353"><font color="black" sab="1354">as she</font></span><span style="color: black;" sab="1355"><font color="black" sab="1356"> </font>recounts much of </span><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" sab="1357"><font color="black" sab="1358">Bessie’s</font></span><span style="color: black;" sab="1359"> life tale of ‘wonder and woe,’ while belting out the classic songs she was famous for, such “I Ain’t Got Nobody,” and “Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out.”</span></font></div>
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<div style="color: black; font-family: arial, helvetica; font-size: 10pt;" class="yiv1193463583MsoNormal" sab="1361"><font color="black" sab="1362"><span style="color: black;" sab="1363"> </span></font><font color="black" sab="1364"><span style="color: black;" sab="1365">Bessie’s story does ‘take you back’ if you’re old enough to remember, or heard your older relatives talk</span><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" sab="1366"></span><span style="color: black;" sab="1367">about,</span><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" sab="1368"> </span><span style="color: black;" sab="1369">“Hooch” and “Rent Parties.” Bessie intersperses her personal, performance and traveling experiences with her band, Jim Hankins as “Pickle,” on bass, George Caldwell</span><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" sab="1370"> <font color="black" sab="1371">on </font></span><span style="color: black;" sab="1372">piano, and Keith Loftis on saxophone. (And
you won’t believe what he and Bessie do with that sax. It brings the house down.)</span></font></div>
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<div style="color: black; font-family: arial, helvetica; font-size: 10pt;" sab="1374"><font color="black" sab="1375"><span style="color: black;" sab="1376"> As a creative actor, playwright, or musician, you would do well to see, and learn</span><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" sab="1377"></span><span style="color: black;" sab="1378">how Miche, along with Joe Brancato</span><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" sab="1379"> (</span><span style="color: black;" sab="1380">Director</span><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" sab="1381">)</span><span style="color: black;" sab="1382">, Angelo Parra</span><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" sab="1383"> (</span><span style="color: black;" sab="1384">Playwright), and Miche</span><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" sab="1385"> (</span><span style="color: black;" sab="1386">Music Director and Arranger</span><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" sab="1387">)</span><span style="color: black;"
sab="1388">, bring the Bessie Smith story concept to life in a dynamic, 90-minute one-woman show, worthy of its standing ovation performance.</span></font></div>
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<div style="color: black; font-family: arial, helvetica; font-size: 10pt;" sab="1404"><font color="black" sab="1405"><span style="color: black;" sab="1406">February 15 – March 10</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;" sab="1407"></span></font></div>
<div style="color: black; font-family: arial, helvetica; font-size: 10pt;" sab="1408"><font color="black" sab="1409"><span style="color: black;" sab="1410">Tickets: Call </span><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" sab="1411"></span><span style="color: black;" sab="1412">216-241-6000</span><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" sab="1413"> o</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;" sab="1414">r visit <a href="http://www.clevelandplayhouse.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" sab="1415">http://www.clevelandplayhouse.com/</a></span><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" sab="1416"></span></font></div>
<div style="color: black; font-family: arial, helvetica; font-size: 10pt;" sab="1417"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" sab="1418"><font color="black" sab="1419">Ticket prices range from $15 (for students) to $69</font></span></div>
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<div style="color: black; font-family: arial, helvetica; font-size: 10pt;" sab="1445">-----Original Message-----<br sab="1446">From: Lester H. Bryant, Sr. <lesterbryantsr@gmail.com><br sab="1447">To: Sue Johnson <wakeup4664@aol.com>; Sue Johnson <wakeupandlives@gmail.com>; George Thomas Thomas <georgethomas845@gmail.com>; Joyce meadows <Meadowsjoycem@aol.com>; Michelle Fay <p.r.e.p.oration@gmail.com><br sab="1448">Sent: Sun, Mar 3, 2013 11:42 am<br sab="1449">Subject: Wake Up with Miche Braden<br sab="1450"><br sab="1451">
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