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Monday, May 2, 2011
WDPR Young Talent Search names 7
Dayton classical music station WDPR-FM, 88.l, has chosen seven student musicians in its third annual Young Talent Search.
Besides being interviewed and spotlighted on the “Arts Focus” program (7:55 a.m. and 4:55 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays), they will perform at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, May 15, in a free public concert at the University of Dayton’s Sears Recital Hall.
Honorees and their instruments are: Valerie Ankeney, 15, French horn, a sophomore at Miamisburg High School; Damian Ballester, 17, cello, a home-schooled junior; Joshua Crosby, 17, violin, a junior at Centerville High School; Benjamin Fryxell, 17, cello; Max Lyman, 18, guitar, a senior at Miami Valley School; Elizabeth Wareham, 17, violin, a home-schooled junior; Yiran Zhang, 16, piano, a junior at Beavercreek High School.
For photos and more information about the winners, go to www.wdpr.org.
Victoria announces summer film lineup
The Victoria Theatre Association will screen 11 classic movies during its 2011 Michelob Ultra Cool Film Series in Dayton.
July 1-3: “West Side Story” (1961), 152 minutes.
July 8-10: “The Bridge on the River Kwai” (1957), 161 minutes.
July 15-17: “Some LIke It Hot” (1959), 120 minutes.
July 22-24: “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” (1975), 133 minutes.
July 29-31: Mel Brooks Weekend, including “Young Frankenstein” (1974), “Blazing Saddles” (1974) and “The Producers” (1968), one each day.
Aug. 5-7: “The Wizard of Oz” (1939), 101 minutes.
Aug. 12-14: “The African Queen” (1951), 101 minutes.
Aug. 19-21: “Rear Window” (1954), 101 minutes.
Aug. 26-28: “Grease” (1978), 110 minutes.
Selections were inspired by the VTA’s 2011-12 Miami Valley & Good Samaritan Hospitals Broadway Series, based on audience surveys conducted during last summer’s film series.
Tickets are $5, or $26 for a 10-ticket passbook (for renewing passbook subscribers) and $28 for new subscribers at the Schuster Center box office, Second and Main streets, by phone (888) 228-3630 or online at www.ticketcenterstage.com.
Single tickets will be sold at the door.
Times are 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, 3 p.m. Sundays at the Victoria Theatre, First and Main streets. Free popcorn and soda will be served in the lobby an hour before each show. A concert on the theater’s Mighty Wurlitzer organ will begin 30 minutes before the movie.
For more information, go to www.victoriatheatre.com/11-films-series.
