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<div style="color: black; font-family: arial,helvetica; font-size: 10pt;"><strong><font size="5">at </font><font size="3">The Chagrin Valley Little Theatre</font></strong></div>
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<div align="center" style="color: black; font-family: arial,helvetica; font-size: 10pt;"><font size="4"><strong><em>Three major musical groups in the Cleveland area will join forces and present Gilbert and Sullivan's </em><font face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif" size="6">H.M.S.PINAFORE</font></strong></font></div>
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<div style="color: black; font-family: arial,helvetica; font-size: 10pt;"><strong><font size="4">The Chagrin Falls Studio Orchestra</font></strong>, under the direction of </div>
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<div style="color: black; font-family: arial,helvetica; font-size: 10pt;">Stephen A. Eva ( Also musical director of The Hermit Club.)</div>
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<div style="color: black; font-family: arial,helvetica; font-size: 10pt;"><font size="4"><strong>Western Reserve Chorale </strong></font>under the direction of David Gilson</div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span class="header1"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family:;"><font face="Courier New, Courier, mono"><font size="3"><strong>Chagrin Studio Orchestra, Opera Per Tutti and Western Reserve Chorale Collaborate to present HMS Pinafore</strong></font></font></span></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><font face="Courier New, Courier, mono"><font size="3"><strong><span class="header1"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family:;"><font face="Courier New, Courier, mono" size="3"><strong>Conductor, Stephen Eva and the Chagrin Studio Orchestra will once again collaborate with Director, Scott Skiba and Opera per Tutti along with David Gilson and the Western Reserve Chorale to present</strong> </font></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Gilbert and Sullivan’s</span></strong></font></font></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><font face="Courier New, Courier, mono"><font size="3"><strong><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><font size="5"> HMS Pinafore….</font> a hilarious and timeless comic Operetta and considered to be the most popular of all the G&S shows.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The show is presented as a staged concert version. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The actors will be in full costume and are joined by the orchestra on stage along with the Chorus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The show comes to life through the <font size="2">music</font> with much of the dialogue abbreviated.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></strong></font></font></div>
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<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><font face="Courier New, Courier, mono"><font size="3"><strong>The show features an “all star” cast including world renowned<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>tenor, Benjamin Bunsold, as Ralph Rackstraw and fabulous soprano, Maribeth Crawford as Josephine, the Captain’s Daughter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></strong></font></font></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><font face="Courier New, Courier, mono" size="3"><strong>Only three performances:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Friday, August 23 and Saturday August 24 at 8:00 at The Chagrin Valley Little Theater and Sunday, August 25 at 7:00 at Solon Center for the Arts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Tickets for CVLT production are available via </strong></font></span><a href="http://www.cvlt.org/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><font color="#0000ff" face="Courier New, Courier, mono" size="3"><strong>www.cvlt.org</strong></font></span></a><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><font face="Courier New, Courier, mono"><font size="3"><strong> or through the box office (440) 247-8955.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Tickets for the Solon show can be purchased on the Studio Orchestra Website.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></strong></font></font></span><a href="http://www.chagrinfallsstudioorchestra.org/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><font color="#0000ff" face="Courier New, Courier, mono" size="3"><strong>www.chagrinfallsstudioorchestra.org</strong></font></span></a><font face="Courier New, Courier, mono"><font size="3"><strong>.<span style="font-size: 14pt;"> Tickets are $25 adult, $15 student.</span></strong></font></font></div>
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<div style="color: black; font-family: arial,helvetica; font-size: 10pt;"><font size="5">Call 440-247-8955 or buy on line </font><a href="http://www.cvlt.org/" target="_blank"><font size="5">www.cvlt.org</font></a></div>
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