It takes an entire high school to put on a musical, and no one knows that better than Kevin Gratz and Kara Zink, directors of this weekend's Blufftton High School "Vaudenville Tonight."
Billed as a musical revue performances are at 7:30 p.m., Friday, April 13 and Saturday, April 14, and at 2 p.m., Sunday, April 15 on the Bluffton Middle School stage.
The musical is based upon the book by Joseph George Caruso and orchestration by Paul Curnow.
Bluffton seventh grader art students met Vincent Van Gogh this spring. Here's a close-up of one of his very famous paintings - recreated by seventh graders. For the background behind the project read the story below.
Do you want to be a movie star? Now's your chance. Paul Yoder (BHS grad, now a student at Taylor University) tells us he is producing a short film in Berne, Ind. He's looking for some warm bodies from Bluffton to help out.
Here's what he has shared with The Icon about the project:
Title: "Stranger" Tagline: The world's getting smaller and stranger.
Bluffton's next American Red Cross blood drive is from 11:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Thursday, April 26, at Bluffton University.
While walk-in donors are welcome, donors are encouraged to make appointments. To make an appointment, call 1-800-RED CROSS or go to www.redcrossblood.org.
Tickets are on sale for Bluffton University's May Day-weekend production of Meredith Willson's Tony Award-winning musical classic, "The Music Man."
Dr. Melissa Friesen, an associate professor and chair of communication and theatre at Bluffton, will direct the show, to be staged May 3-5 in Founders Hall. Drs. Crystal Sellers and Jon C. Peterson, each an assistant professor of music, are music director and conductor, respectively.
