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Eastview High School Performing Arts Center

Welcome to the 2008-2009 Eastview High School Fine and Performing Arts season. We are extremely excited to open our twelfth year of outstanding concerts, shows and performances. Our Fine and Performing Arts programs offer our students an enriching balance between academics and the arts. This year we will bring a variety of performances to the stage that are sure to entertain our audiences. We invite you to come and enjoy many of the fantastic opportunities that will be offered this year in the Eastview High School Performing Arts Center.

We will open our season in October with "The Kentucky Cycle"Winner of the 1992 Pulitzer Prize, The Kentucky Cycle is a series of nine plays spanning over 200 years of American history in a small portion of eastern Kentucky.
Eastview Theatre will present two plays from The Kentucky Cycle, “Tall Tales” and “Fire in the Hole.” Both plays detail the lives, loves, and losses of the Rowens. A storyteller arrives suddenly and fills the dusty home of Jed Rowen with visions of greater wealth and prosperity. Like many American tales, however, this story does not reveal to whom the wealth and prosperity will belong. Thirty years later, as coal tipples have replaced trees, a small community tries to fight big coal and win back the land of their ancestors.
Admission is $7 for adults, $5 for senior citizens and students.

In December we will present the musical "The Music Man". The Music Man follows fast-talking traveling salesman Harold Hill as he cons the people of River City, Iowa into buying instruments and uniforms for a boys’ band he vows to organize – this despite the fact he doesn’t know a trombone from a treble clef. His plans to skip town with the cash are foiled when he falls for Marian the librarian.
This award-winning, critically acclaimed Broadway classic is an all-American institution, thanks to is quirky characters, charmingly dramatic situations, and one-of-a-kind, nostalgic score of rousing marches, barbershop quartets and sentimental ballads. Among the memorable numbers are “Ya Got Trouble,” “Seventy-Six Trombones,” “Till There Was You,” and “Gary, Indiana.” This musical is funny, warm, romantic, and touching, “The Music Man” is family entertainment at its best. Admission is $9 for adults, $7 for senior citizens and $5 for students.

In the month of January, the Minnesota State High School League will host the One-Act Play competition. This contest provides an opportunity for students to perform against area schools in a competitive theatrical environment.

In April, our speech team will highlight their season at “SPOTLIGHT,” our annual speech showcase. This show features the wonderful speeches that our students have performed in competition throughout the year. Join us and enjoy the excellence and dedication of the Eastview High School Fine and Performing Arts students. We look forward to offering you the opportunity to enjoy some great entertainment.

In April/May, we will present BRAVO! 2009 “A New York State of Mind." Our talented cast of singers, dancers and the EVHS Jazz Band as we travel to the “Big Apple” to enjoy the sounds of Broadway, Jazz, Blues and American Classics. Admission is $9 for adults, $7 for senior citizens and $5 for students.

We will close the Performing Arts season in June with our annual showcase of dance. This show is sure to thrill the audience, featuring many student choreographed dance routines combined with fascinating lights, sound and music. In addition to our drama and dance opportunities, we will host a variety of wonderful vocal and instrumental concerts. Listen to many wonderful selections as our bands and choirs perform a variety of songs from a wide range of musical styles.

On with the shows!

Robert Franchino
Assistant Principal for Fine and Performing Arts

Dr. Randall Peterson
Principal