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Still Too Hot, Happy B-day Mandela, Opera House Players Auditions on July 29

Five Things for Wednesday

 

1. Welcome to Wednesday, it will be cooler, if you can call 92 degrees cool. Anyway, according to The Weather Channel, the high temperature will be 92 degrees with a chance for afternoon thunderstorms. Tonight will have a low temperature of 67 degrees and scattered thunderstorms.

2. Today is Nelson Mandela’s 94th birthday. Rather than celebrate the day, Mandela has asked that in recognition of the 67 years he has spent in public service, people spend 67 minutes doing something to help their community.

3. On This Day in: 0064, the Great Fire of Rome began; 1927, Ty Cobb set a major league baseball record by getting his 4,000th career hit. He hit 4,191 before he retired in 1928;
1936 - The first Oscar Meyer Wienermobile rolled out of General Body Company’s factory in Chicago; 1947, President Harry Truman signed the Presidential Succession Act, which placed the Speaker of the House and the Senate President Pro Tempore next in the line of succession after the vice president; and 1964, Pete Rose (Cincinnati Reds) hit the only grand slam home run of his career.

4. An amendment to the Plan of Conservation and Development that will incorporate the Windsor Locks Main Street Study is being proposed by the Planning & Zoning Commission. See the Town of Windsor Locks website for more details.

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5. Opera House Players, Inc., is having auditions for the musical You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown. Auditions will be held at the , 107 Main Street, Broad Brook, on from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. July 29 and 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., July 31 (followed by callbacks).

Be prepared to sing 16-32 bars (not from the show), Broadway standards (not rock) are suggested. Bring sheet music, accompanist will be provided. Auditions will include cold readings from the script with a possible movement portion as well (dress appropriately). Directors are looking for actors age 16-40 (no younger, please). Email the director at
ohpcharliebrown@me.com with any questions.

The show will be directed by Brett Gottheimer, with musical direction by John Pike, and choreography by Chelsea Neville. Performances are Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays from November 9 through 25. For additional information, including directions to the Broad Brook Opera House, visit www.operahouseplayers.org.

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