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THE LYRIC CHAMBER ENSEMBLE
presents

THE BRIDGE ENSEMBLE

One of America's fastest rising chamber groups
- bridging the cultures of Russia and America through music -

talent in the building, we had to 13, from Abbott, has a greater ap-
at least try," Jury recounted. "Just preciation of how theater means
the experience of auditioning working together.
Ashley Bellet is also an eighth-
would be important. The students
are learning a lot beyond staging, grader at Abbott. Although she
choreography and music. They're attends Interlochen and has sung
learning how to manage their with the choir at Congregation
Beth Abraham Hillel Moses, she's
time and develop camaraderie."
Haines has noticed an in- not working toward a stage career
creased sense of pride, more at- and considers this a once-in-a-life-
tention to personal discipline and time opportunity.
Like 9-year-old Kelley Hirsch,
growing friendships among
youngsters from different schools. a fourth-grader at Roeper, most
"They have not expressed to me of the youngsters plan to save
they are stressed out or haven't most of the money they will be
been able to get their homework earning from the show.
Blair Teeple, 11, a sixth-grad-
done," Killer said. "They all love
singing first of all, and they like er at Greenfield will use some of
learning about putting together a the money to get a TV for her
room. Abbott eighth-grader
major production."
Jessica Rodnick, 13, an eighth- Rachel Cantor, who has appeared
grader at Abbott who attends fine- in community theater, has her eye
arts camp and appears in com- on professional photos to advance
munity theater productions, be- her stage career.
But 10-year-old Rachel Grim-
lieves this experience has helped
stein, a fifth-grader at Greenfield,
her pay attention more closely.
While Kate Matlen, 10, a fifth- gets right down to the crux of the
grader at Roeper, thinks the ex- excitement: "It's going to be real-
perience is a good test of ly cool because we're going to meet
responsibility, Erica Silverstein, Donny Osmond." ❑

Mikhail Schmidt (violin), Susan Gulkis (viola), David Tonkonogui (cello), Karen Sigers (piano)

IN CONCERT

Sunday, December 3, 1995 - 3:30 p.m. Temple Beth El (Telegraph at 14 Mile)

MUSIC BY BRAHMS, MAHLER, SCHNITTKE

Donny's Technicolor Nightmare

Admission: Adults $18 Students/Seniors $15 Children 16 and under - $9
Groups of 10 or more - $12/person

GARY GRAFF SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS

W

ho knew?
When we first glimpsed
Donny Osmond, he was
6 years old and belting
out "You Are My Sunshine" on the
"Andy Williams Show." A cute-kid
act, sure, but hardly a candidate
to become king — or even a
pharaoh's right-hand man.
But 32 years later, the kid stars
in Joseph and the Amazing Tech-
nicolor Dreamcoat, the latest peak
in a career that's notched 24 gold
records and 28 Top 40 hits -- not
to mention TV shows, commercials
and other show-biz successes.
During much of this time, Os-
mond was the butt of many jokes
— as the epitome of mass-market
blandness.
To understand why Joseph is
such a triumph for Osmond, let's
review those dubious distinctions
of the previous years:
*Three songs: "Puppy Love,"
"Go Away Little Girl" and "One
Bad Apple."
*Four seasons of Donny and
Marie on TV. Good riddance — ex-
cept it left us with Marie's own TV
series.
*Too many Hawaiian Punch
commercials.
*One Donny and Marie feature
film, Goin' Coconuts.
*A first theatrical endeavor —
a Broadway revival ofLittle John-
ny Jones — that closed after just
one performance.
*A 1976 single that was actual-
ly called "Discotrain."
*A non sequitur cameo in a
video for "Ambitious," a song by ex-
ceedingly cool rock guitarist Jeff
Beck.
*A 1989 comeback built on . one
hit single, "Soldier of Love," and

an image straight out of the
George Michael school of torn-
jeans fashion.
*A rival: Soap-opera star
Michael Damian's "Rock On" kept
"Soldier of Love" out of the No. 1
spot.
*A "Most Unwelcome Come-
back" vote in Rolling Stone maga-
zine's 1989 music awards.
*A collaboration with Frank
Zappa to protest music censorship
at legislative hearings in Wash-
ington, D.C., and Arizona. He
didn't, however, learn the har-
monies to Zappa's song "Jewish
Princess."
*A collaboration with Frank's
son Dweezil on a new rendition of
the Bee Gees' "Stayin' Alive.
*One fight, a boxing match in
which Partridge Family co-star
turned talk-show host Danny
Bonaduce battered our hero. No
technicolor here; the blood was a
monochromatic red. ❑

Performances

What Joseph And The
Amazing Technicolor
Dreamcoat
Where: Masonic Temple
Theatre, Detroit
When: Nov. 29 through
Jan. 28
Showtimes: Wednesday, 1
and 8 p.m.; Thursday, 8
p.m.; Friday, 8 p.m.; Satur-
day, 2 and 8 p.m.; Sunday, 1
and 5:30 p.m.
Tickets: (810) 645-6666; for
groups (313) 871-1132, ask
f°17.AIPY.

CALL 810-357-1111 FOR TICKETS AND INFORMATION

Lyric Chamber Ensemble, 3000 Town Ctr., Ste. 408, Southfield, MI 48075

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