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Parma Symphony Orchestra Concert next Sunday, December 6th
by Lin Flor via NEohioPAL 27 Nov '15

27 Nov '15

The Parma Symphony Orchestra will perform a concert on Sunday, December 6, 2015 at 3:00 PM at Valley Forge High School Auditorium located at 9999 Independence Boulevard in Parma Heights. Music Director Dr. Randolph P. Laycock will feature Andrew Sords, violin & Sawyer Thomson, cello performing: Brahms Double Concerto in A minor, Op. 102 and a selection of Holiday Favorites The orchestra, in its 47th season consists of 75 members of all walks of life from all over the entire Greater Cleveland area. They meet weekly for rehearsals and present at least four concerts annually. General admission is $10 for adults and $5 for students and senior citizens. Family passes of $20 are available for families of up to 2 adults and their children. All tickets are available at the door beginning at 2:30 PM. The Parma Symphony Orchestra is a self-supporting community orchestra in cooperation with the Parma City Schools. For more information can be found on Facebook, web-site www.parmasymphony.org or calling Business Manager Joe Germana 440-882-2012. American violinist Andrew Sords is recognized internationally for his performances combining visceral virtuosity and ravishing tone. Hailed in the press as “a fully formed artist” (Kalisz-Poland News), “utterly radiant” (Canada’s Arts Forum), and “exceptionally heartfelt and soulful” (St. Maarten’s Daily Herald), Sords has received numerous awards and distinctions reflecting his career trajectory, including the Pittsburgh Concert Society’s Career Grant and the NFMC Young Artist Award.Born in Newark, Delaware, Sords began piano lessons at the age of 5, followed shortly by violin studies with Liza Grossman. Sords became a pupil of Linda Cerone, David Russell, and Chee-Yun Kim at the Cleveland Institute of Music and Southern Methodist University, and a series of international invitations helped catapult a solo career that has since spanned 4 continents and over 200 orchestras.Andrew Sords has appeared regularly with celebrated orchestras and conductors. In recent seasons, concerto collaborations have included the Oakland Symphony, Windsor Symphony, Kalisz Philharmonic, Chattanooga Symphony, Cleveland Philharmonic, Boulder Chamber Orchestra, North State Symphony, Toronto Philharmonia, Gulf Coast Symphony and Melbourne Chamber Symphony, among numerous others. Sords has appeared regularly as a guest on the festival circuit including summer appearances in Fairbanks, Minneapolis, Pittsburgh, and the Republic of Georgia with Liana Isakadze's World Virtuosi. With Ms. Isakadze's ensemble, Sords appears in Carnegie Hall's Zankel Hall. A man of diverse interests, Sords competed in the charity fundraiser “Pittsburgh’s Dancing With The Stars” as the first classical artist to do so. Sords has performed numerous times for GLBT outreach, including return appearances with the Minnesota Philharmonic, Atlanta Philharmonic, and on Sirius XM’s Derek and Romaine Show. Additionally, Sords performed the National Anthem for ESPN2’s WNBA Pride Game (2014). Inspired by living composers, Sords is dedicated to introducing works of our times including Joan Tower, Evan Fein, and Stephen Feigenbaum. Sords' recent collaboration with Sean Christopher on the New-Age album “Transcendence” has been a commercial and critical success, with reviews stating: “much of this is owed to the gorgeous and precise playing of Andrew Sords, whose violin adds a thrumming undercurrent of pure life throughout the album’s stainless steel structure.” This album is available on iTunes, Amazon.com, and CDBaby. Sords is represented by EMC Artists, Ltd., and makes his home in Shaker Heights, Ohio. American cellist SAWYER THOMSON has garnered accolades as a performer equally at home in concerto appearances, chamber music, and the orchestral literature. From performances in the United States and Canada to honing his knowledge of fine instruments at J&A Beare Rare Violins (London), Mr. Thomson has established himself as a versatile artist. A native of Dover, Ohio, Mr. Thomson began cello lessons with Keith Robinson, and recently earned his Bachelor of Music degree from the Cleveland Institute of Music (CIM) as a student of Sharon Robinson. While at CIM, Mr. Thomson regularly served as principal cellist for the orchestra and was selected to participate in the Advanced Piano Trio Program. Summers spent at the Kent/Blossom music festival included performances alongside The Cleveland Orchestra under such conductors as Christoph von Dohnányi, Stéphane Denève, and David Zinman. Mr. Thomson made his concerto debut as a winner of the Akron Youth Symphony competition in a performance of the Elgar concerto. Shortly thereafter, he appeared as soloist with the Tuscarawas Philharmonic (Dvorak), and in 2014 he made his debut on the Trinity Cathedral Series (Cleveland, Ohio). Upcoming appearances include the Brahms double concerto with the Parma Symphony (Ohio) and the Mendelssohn piano trios at respected Canadian venues in Toronto, Guelph, Durham, and Kitchener-Waterloo. Mr. Thomson performs on a rare Italian cello crafted by Giovanni Grancino in 1690, and makes his home in Cleveland, Ohio.

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Crew for White Christmas at TrueNorth
by Rick Fortney via NEohioPAL 27 Nov '15

27 Nov '15

We are in need of additional crew members for White Christmas ranging from spot light ops to dressers back stage. If interested, please contact Artistic Director Rick Fortney at rfortney(a)tncarts.org<mailto:rfortney@tncarts.org>. Rick Fortney Cultural Arts Manager | Lorain County MetroParks<http://www.metroparks.cc/> Artistic Director | TrueNorth Cultural Arts<http://www.tncarts.org/> W: 440.949.5200 Ext 229 C: 440.724.7189 Come join us! [https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/pHx7qcq2Z4jfk3vNg0iby5IouyQA7OvutyGuPYkaC…]<https://www.facebook.com/TNCarts>[https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/MmLx0Xl3GYC119GUiIX1OKyFS7be2SqqaA_4DxrqZ…]<https://twitter.com/tncarts> [https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/XzYyyazmqDa89g_tWamm7HQLfe43uThdQU9acLVII…]<https://goo.gl/maps/WyGc9>[https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/Jc5ZdCLG9vx9DUVcRhzMj6_X1ip3RCQcQxYoRPg9I…]<http://sa1.seatadvisor.com/sabo/servlets/EventSearch?presenter=TRUENORTH> ... Transforming lives through engagement in the arts

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Shop Equipment / Piano's for Sale @ Huntington Playhouse
by Thomas Meyrose via NEohioPAL 27 Nov '15

27 Nov '15

Huntington Playhouse is selling a Ridgid table saw and a Craftsman Radial Arm saw. Both are three years old. There is also a Kimball Piano and a Petrof Piano for sale. Both are uprights. Contact me at thomasmeyrose(a)gmail.com for info and photos. Huntington Playhouse is located at 28601 Lake Road in Bay Village, Ohio

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Correction to: Celebrate the coming season with "WinterWords" at WordStage
by Tim Tavcar via NEohioPAL 27 Nov '15

27 Nov '15

WordStage Literary Concerts presents - "WinterWords" - at Lakewood's Wright Chapel - Friday, December 4th at 7:30 PM “Thy breath be rude," William Shakespeare famously told winter in “As You Like It,” invoking a common complaint about the season: winter is cold, windy, bleak, awful. Five centuries later, poets have much the same complaints. Winter’s metaphors often include its stillness, its sense of silence and darkness, a season of hibernation, a season where everything dies a little. The falling snow is a “poem of the air," wrote Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, where the “troubled sky reveals the grief it feels.” Although the long, freezing winter nights and the crisp winter days tend to inspire harsh feelings among the people who endure them, not all poets see winter as a bleak and lifeless season. In Robert Frost’s “Dust of Snow," a crow’s movements cause snow to dust the speaker passing under a tree, and this dust “Has given my heart / A change of mood / And saved some part / Of a day I had rued.” For other poets, the severe winter weather is a chance to speak in defiance of nature. Winter weather also provides many poets with an excuse to turn away from outdoor pastimes and instead to concentrate on renewing and affirming their human relationships. The poem “Now winter nights enlarge” by Thomas Campion, for example, celebrates human warmth amidst chilly weather. Many poets see winter as a fact of the landscape they call home, infusing it with nostalgia. Still others celebrate winter and the joys of the holidays and good cheer it brings. WordStage’s “WinterWords” is a pastiche of all these and more by some of our greatest poets: from Robert Frost, Thomas Hardy, the Emilys Bronte and Dickinson, Robert Louis Stevenson, Walt Whitman and many more – as well as Folk Tales from the Inuit, Native American, Norwegian and Russian Traditions. These texts will be augmented with glittering musical selections the season inspires. Join WordStage Company Members Readers Marci Paolucci and Tim Tavcar, Violinist Mary Beth Ions and Pianist Patrick Wickliffe for an evening of poetry, folk tales and music that will ease you into a wonderful winter season. The Wright Chapel is located in the Lakewood Presbyterian Church - 14502 Detroit Avenue at Marlowe in Downtown Lakewood. Admission is by Free Will Donation. An informal holiday reception will follow the performance. The Wright Chapel is ADA accessible. For more information of this program and other events and presentations being booked for 2016 - please visit our website at www.wordstageoh.com or call us at 216-712-6926. Tim Tavcar

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Small Business Saturday $100.00 Giveaway Live 24-hour Subscribeathon!
by Ramahn Jemahl via NEohioPAL 27 Nov '15

27 Nov '15

Join The What’s Really? Good! Show for our LIVE 24-hour Subscribeathon! Showtime is Friday 11/27/15 @ 7pm EST through Saturday 11/ 28/15 ending at 7pm. Click this link on 11/27/15 @ 7pm EST to view the show: http:// www.whatsreallygoodshow.com/ Our goal is to gain subscribers and spotlight local businesses, organizations, models, actors, and entrepreneurs. Help us kick-off Small Business Saturday on November 28th by promoting your products, goods and services on our show. We will be giving away $100.00 in gift cards. In addition, we would like you to contribute to the giveaway with a coupon/certificate/item to help showcase your business. Please contact us by email at reallygoody(a)gmail.com or by phone at 724-964-6631 to take advantage of this advertising opportunity. ••• We hope you join us and are looking forward to the show! Please Subscribe by going to: https://www.youtube.com/user/RamahnJ Small Business Saturday $100.00 Giveaway Live 24-hour Subscribeathon Promo and Bloopers! :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NExkeWlvrQE “Let’s find out what’s really good in our world today!” :) whatsreallygoodshow.com <http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwhatsreallygoodshow.com%2F&h=UAQ…> #ShopSmall <https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/shopsmall> #SmallBizSat <https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/smallbizsat> -- Ramahn Jemahl P: 724-964-6631 C: 330-631-9115 ReallyGoodyStudios.com <http://reallygoodystudios.com> ------------------------------------------------------------------- CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail and any attached files contain information intended for the exclusive use of the individual or entity to whom or which it is addressed and may contain information that is proprietary, privileged, confidential or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient, you should not copy it, re-transmit it, use it, or disclose its contents. Please advise the sender by reply e-mail or telephone that it was misaddressed, and then delete the copy you received. Thank you for your cooperation. --------------------------------------------------------------------

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LEASING/PROPERTY PRESERVATION/GROUNDSKEEPING/TURNING APARTMENTS
by Bill Greene via NEohioPAL 27 Nov '15

27 Nov '15

I am available for work in property preservation, groundskeeping and leasing (plus turning over apartments) in Property Management. I have years of leasing experience, plus know how to supervise turning apartments (have my own freelance renovations staff) and maintaining properties through preservation. I can offer 50 hours a week as a groundskeeper and leasing agent (which can include turning apartments and monitoring property, as well as property preservation for homes). In exchange I am asking free rent on the grounds or near the grounds. I could be on site for unlimited hours and on call at your convenience. I'm open to any arrangement, and can be available 80 hours a week (or 24/7) on a barter-partial salary split. Please email me at bill_greene(a)yahoo.com ASAP if interested and provide contact number.

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"Murder on the Nile" Auditions, Coach House Theatre
by Nancy Cates via NEohioPAL 27 Nov '15

27 Nov '15

Coach House Theatre Announces Auditions for Agatha Christie's Murder on the Nile Always the audience favorite of the season, Coach House Theatre's annual Agatha Christie will be Murder on the Nile, running January 28 to February 21, with performances Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings at 8pm, and Sundays at 2:30pm. Coach House Artistic Director Nancy Cates seeks a multi-cultural cast of seven men, and six women, ages 20's to 70's. (The nationalities of various cast members include virtually all of Europe, as well as most of the Middle East and Africa.) Audition Times: 6pm, Sunday, December 13 7pm, Monday, December 14 Coach House Theatre, 732 W. Exchange St., Akron, OH 44302 (in the back of the parking lot, at the intersection of W. Exchange St. and N. Portage Path) Auditioners will be asked to read from the script. Please be familiar with the roles for which you would like to be considered. Please reply to this email if you would like to schedule an (optional) appointment, or if you need further information. We look forward to seeing you!

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Into The Woods - Aurora Community Theatre
by Marc Howard via NEohioPAL 27 Nov '15

27 Nov '15

AUDITIONS Aurora Community Theatre’s Production of *INTO THE WOODS * Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim Book by James Lapine Directed and Staged by Marc C. Howard Musical Direction by D. Keith Stiver Produced by Marianne Paul Stage Managed by Ann Nyenhuis Set Design by Wes Shofner *Auditions * · When: Sunday March 13th & Monday March 14th , 2016 @ 7 pm · Where: Aurora Community Theatre, 115 E. Pioneer Trail, Aurora, OH 44202 · What to Prepare: Initial auditions will consist of singing only. No appointment necessary. Please bring with you the following: o A resume and current headshot o Sheet music in your key. 32 bars of a song not from the show. (preferably not in a book, and prepared for an accompanist). No acappella singing. o Your conflicts from April 17th to July 1st , 2016 *Callbacks (by invitation only)* · When: Sunday March 20th & Monday March 21st , 2016 @ 7 pm · Where: Aurora Community Theatre, 115 E. Pioneer Trail, Aurora, OH 44202 · What to Prepare: You will be given material before the callback dates. ** *** PLEASE NOTE** * If invited for a callback, you *MUST* be able attend both callback dates from 7-9 pm to be considered for a role in this production. *Rehearsals* Rehearsals (4-5 per week, days determined after casting) will commence on April 17th, 2016 *Performances *(6 with the possibility of additional if warranted) * Friday & Saturday evenings @ 8 pm* * July 1st to July 16th 2016* *Casting Requirements - *(character ages listed) *FEMALE ROLES: * · *Baker’s Wife **- 20-45 *- Mezzo: G3/F5 - Determined and bright. Romantic at heart, but materialistic at times. Plenty of good solos. Strong actor/singer. · *Witch - **20-50 *- Mezzo or Soprano: F3/F5 - Outwardly: self-serving, possessive, sarcastic, vain, charismatic. Inwardly: insecure & lonely. Strong actor/singer. · *Cinderella - **20-35 *- Soprano: G3/G5 - Earnest, pretty, warm-hearted, kind, trying to find her place in the world. Survivor. Strong actor/singer. · *Little Red Riding Hood -* *14-20 *- Bright belter: B3/F5 - Spoiled, clever, vain, and sarcastic. Seeks approval in place of love, of which she is profoundly lacking. Fun character. · *Rapunzel - 20-35 *- Soprano: A3/A#5 - Loopy-but-lovely maiden, completely innocent of worldly matters. Needs strong vocal control in legit soprano range/style. · *Jack’s Mother - 40-50 *- Soprano: B3/F#5 - Single mother, a fighter, working hard and doing her best to make good life for her hapless son. Good mid-range needed. Strong willed mature female desired. · *Cinderella’s Stepmother - 40-50 *Mezzo: A#3 - F5 Mean-spirited, greedy, demanding. Superb character part. · *Lucinda - 20-35 *- Mezzo: C4/E5 - Cinderella’s stepsister, lovely but black of heart. Loud, energetic. Good character role. · *Florinda -20-35* - Mezzo: C4/E5 - Cinderella’s stepsister, lovely but black of heart. Loud, energetic. Good character role. · *Cinderella’s Mother - 40-50 *Soprano: G3/ Ab5 - Nurturing, loving. The spirit of the departed mother dispenses useful advice. Must have strong legit singing voice. (May double w/other role) · *Granny - 50-65 *- Vocal Open - Red Riding Hood’s feisty, bitter, vindictive grandmother, good comic timing. No solo singing, (May double w/other role) · *Snow White - 20-30 - *Vocal Open - Cameo role, no solo singing, only in ensemble. (May double w/other minor role) · *Sleeping Beauty -**20-30 *- Vocal Open* - *Cameo role, no solo singing, (May double w/other role) · *Giant - **40-65 *- Vocal Open - Female: loud, angry, offstage voice only. No singing. (May double w/other role) *MALE ROLES:* · *Baker - **20-45 *- Baritone: A2/G4 - Average “every working man”, warm hearted, determined but insecure, has never faced his fears. Loads of singing! Strong actor/singer. · *Jack **- 14-20 *- Tenor: A2/A5 - The feckless giant killer. Eager to please, genuine/sincere, impulsive, a little slow of learning and misled by his lack of self-knowledge. High overall singing range requires lovely lyric tenor quality. · *Cinderella’s Prince** - 25**-35* - Baritone: Bb2/Gb4 - Vain, gorgeous, self-dramatizing and endlessly confident. Womanizer: “I was raised to be charming, not sincere.” Very legit baritone quality. (Can be selected to double as the Wolf.) · *Rapunzel’s Prince** - 20-30 *- Baritone: C#3/Gb4 - Younger brother of the above, and also of the same flawed character. Striving to beat his brother. Very legit baritone quality. · *Wolf** - 25-40 *- Baritone: B2/Gb4 - Hungry, insatiable, seductive. Great comedic role…only two scenes but he could easily steal both! Must be strong singer/character actor. · *Mysterious Man** - 40-60 *- Baritone: G3/E4 - Mischievous vagrant with a secret. Mostly an acting role, but with one big musical number. Best if he is older. (Can be selected to double as Narrator) · *Narrator** - 40-65 *- Baritone: G3/Eb4 - Intellectual, pleasant. Good storyteller who relates directly to the audience. Mainly spoken role with some singing lines. · *Steward - **30-40 *- Vocal Open* - *Surly, bureaucratic, full of self-importance. No solo singing, only ensemble. Plenty of good lines. · *Cinderella’s Father - **40-50 *- Vocal Open* - *Ineffectual, out of touch with family, but harmless and well-meaning. *MALE or FEMALE:* · *Milky White - **Any Age *- Silky white cow. Flexibility and physical movement a requirement. · *Possibility of Additional Fairy Tale Characters* *For further information or questions, please contact the director at marc.c.howard(a)gmail.com <marc.c.howard(a)gmail.com>* .

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Saturday Open House free performance
by Cleveland City Dance via NEohioPAL 27 Nov '15

27 Nov '15

CLEVELAND CITY DANCE ANNOUNCES FREE THANKSGIVING OPEN HOUSE PERFORMANCES… �� Cleveland City Dance located at 13108 Shaker Square, Cleveland, Oh 44120 announces the annual Thanksgiving open house with two free performances.� The City Ballet of Cleveland, formerly Cleveland City Dance Company, along with students from Cleveland City Dance and other area schools will perform excerpts from our original production of “The Uniquely Cleveland Nutcracker”. The free performances are Saturday, November 28, 2015 at 3:30 pm. Come early to shop our boutique, and register for the next semester this weekend to receive a $20 discount toward tuition! The full production of “The Uniquely Cleveland Nutcracker” will take place December 5th at 7:00 pm and December 6th at 2:00 pm at Tri-C’s Eastern Campus through the generous support from Cuyahoga Arts & Council available for purchase at this time by visiting www.cityballetofcleveland.org For further information please contact the studio at 216-848-9088 or visit our website . Cleveland City Dance, Home to City Ballet of Cleveland � � � 13108 Shaker Square Cleveland, OH 44120 www.clevelandcitydance.com / 216-295-2222

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Play reading on Saturday promises to be a mind-blower!
by Joseph Bauer via NEohioPAL 27 Nov '15

27 Nov '15

"TEEN STAR TELLS ALL," a play by Joey Bauer, will be read at the Houde School of Acting (1777 Coventry Rd., Cleveland Heights 44118) on this Sat. (11/28), beginning at 9 a.m. sharp. Come one, come all, but there is limited seating of 25. So, don't be left standing. There is public parking on Coventry, one block from the building. This dark comedy, which is strictly for the adults in the room, focuses on an intense interview between a crafty writer for Vanity Fair, played by Megan Turner, and an egotistical TV teen idol, played by Shawn Dell. He has a skeleton in his closet, a horde of eager beaver hotties chasing him and a Porsche Carrera in his garage. She is truly a J.W.A. - (Journalist with an Attitude) - and sucker punches the unsuspecting Golden Boy: She puts it like this: "I put out. I'm an Aries; I'm a vegan; and I'm a B.S.S. - (bold soul sister). Buckle up because it's a wild ride.

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