Choo Choo Kids Performance Set For Oct. 2

Wednesday, September 12, 2012
The Choo Choo Kids will perform Nothin' But a Good Time on Oct. 2.
The Choo Choo Kids will perform Nothin' But a Good Time on Oct. 2.

Center for Creative Arts will present its annual Choo Choo Kids/Carrabbas Italian Grill Night on Tuesday, Oct. 2, in the school’s Commons and Auditorium.  Dinner will begin at 6 p.m., and the show will start at 7:30.   

The performance, Nothin' But a Good Time, will include selections from the musicals Jersey Boys, Newsies, and Movin’ On.   Jason Whitehead is director and Lindsay Fussell is choreographer.   

Tickets are $20 and may be purchased by calling Debbie Kerr at 209-5929.  The deadline for dinner reservations is Friday, Sept. 28.   For the performance only, a limited number of general admission tickets will be available at the door for $5.  

For information, contact Don Andrews, Fine Arts Chair at Center for Creative Arts, at 209-5942 or andrews_d@hcde.org


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