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COMMUNITY NEWS
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I THE BAYTOWN SUN
Wednesday, Aug. 5,1998
Lola, played by. Jennifer Kuhlman, tries to tempt dedicated baseball
fan Joe Hardy; played by Luke Hales, in the musical, 'Damn Yan-
kees,’ the season finale performance of the Baytown Little Theater.
The show opens Friday.
Folk-country ensemble
concert set for Friday
The concert and the refresh- .This concert wi 11 mark the
ments will be free as the Lee Col-
lege folk-country ensemble,
directed by Kevin Hardin,per-
forms from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Friday
at the John Sylvester Gazebo on
the Lee College main campus.
Concertgoers are invited to
enter the campus fron; the Gulf
Street entrance and park near the
Lee College Library.
Chairs will be set up on the
Moler Hall lawn, or if preferable,
concertgoers may sit on the grass
or bring blankets to sit on.
In case of rain, the event will
move to Randall Auditorium.
release of a compact disc of 10
original songs, written and per-
formed by students taught by
Kevin Hardin, music instructor at
Lee College.
The CD will be available for
$10 at the concert. Proceeds will
benefit the folk-country ensemble
area of the Lee College Music
Department.
The CD willinciude “Baytown
is Home to Me.” Written and
recorded by Hardin, it is the offi-
cial song of the SOth anniversary
of Baytown.
‘Yankees’ to mark season’s end
The Baytown Little Theater is
producing the musical “Damn
Yankees,” as its season finale this
summer.
Featuring such well-known
tunes as “You Gotta Have Heart”
and “Whatever Lola Wants, Lola
Gets,” the show is the mythical
tale of a dedicated baseball fan,
Joe Boyd, whose dream of seeing
his favorite team, the Washington
Senators, defeat the almighty
New York Yankees, is in danger
of eternal frustration.
After a particularly annoying
loss, Joe proclaims that he would
sell his soul “for one long-ball hit-
ter” to help his beloved Senators
snatch the league pennant from
the ever-victorious Yankees.
This exclamation is heard by
Applegate, a mysteriously clever
ne’er-do-well with a talent for
playing with fire. He offers to
make Joe the greatest player base-
ball has ever seen, and all for the
measly price of his soul. Joe finds
■ the temptation too attractive to
refuse, and he is transformed into
Joe Hardy, a hitting and fielding
phenomenon like none ever seen
in the game.
The skills of the young Hardy
turn the Washington Senators
around, and they appear ready to
take the championship from those
despised Yankees, but Jpebegins
'to miss his wife.
In an effort to distract his pro-
tege Applegate brings in an assis-
tant, the tempting Lola, who,
while trying to turn Joe’s thoughts
away from the wholesomeness of
his life at home, becomes a fan
herself.
How Joe Hardy regains the
peaceful life with his wife and
home, while seeing his dream of
success for his team realized, is
told with light-hearted fun, and a
sincere fondness for oldfashioned
virtues that all Americans enjoy
revisiting from time to time.
The BLT casts features such
Piano player Jeremy Meekins, right of the Lee College folk-coun-
try ensemble shows drummer Rusty Fuller a thing or two about
■ percussion during rehearsal for the ensemble's outdoor concert
this Friday at the college.
veterans as Marc Campbell, Luke
Hales, Jennifer Kuhlman, John
Meiners, Dian Rosier, Mackey
Skinner, Susan Stock, Jim
Wadzinski and Joshua Weiss.
Other cast members returning
to the BLT stage include Marc
Campbell, Sarah Dawson, Jen-
nifer Laubaugh, Ryan Martin,
Alice & Brian & Alyssa McCoy,
Patti Meiners, Allison Page, Katie
Spence, Sarah Stock, and Wayne
Wilson.
Newcomer cast members
include Shonda Cottrell, Heather
Edwards, Fernando Garcia, Scott
Griffin, Alicia McReynolds, Todd
Sturm and Sterling Wadzinski.
Headed by director and design-
er Kim Martin, the production
staff includes Stage Manager
Sylvia Wilson-Wadzinski, Chore-
ographer Vanessa Durst, Pianist
Becky Kinder, Costume Mistress
Linda Kuhlman, Costumers Jan
Herring-Seeley and Carla Start,
Lighting Designer Matt Poole,
Lighting Operator Ron Knapp,
and Set Construction workers
Shonda Cottrell, Sarah Dawson, ,
Kelly Martin, John & Patty Mein-
ers, and Mackey Skinner.
“Damn Yankees” opens Friday,
with 8 p.m. performances contin-
uing on Aug. 8, 14,15,21,22,
and a 2:30 p.m. Sunday matinee
on Aug. 16. Tickets are $8.
Advance reservations may be
made by calling the BLT Box I
Office at (281)424-7617, L
between 2 p.m. and 5 p.m., Mon-
day through Saturday.
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RYAN
HARRISON
Son of Dr. & Mrs. Blake
Harrison of Tyler, celebrated
his 11th birthday on July 27
at a party given by his par-
ents and sister at the Sho-
Gun Restaurant in Tyler. He
has three sisters, Jessica,
Vanessa and Julia.
Grandparents are Mrs
Barbara Harrison of
Baytown, Mr. Victor Davis
and Mrs. Ursula Reckner,
both of Pasadena. Great-
grandparents are Mrs. Jennie
Richards and Mrs. Dorothy
Tyrell Harrison both of
Baytown. Dr. & Mrs. Blake
Harrison and their children
just recently moved to Tyler
where Dr. Harrison is a part-
ner in the East Texas
Vascular Association.
CARLY RUTH
ABONZA
Daughter of Alfredo &
Amanda of Baytown, cele-
brated her 1st birthday on
July 29. Grandparents are
Ciriaco & Adulfa Abonza of
Baytown and Bob & Brenda
Carrington of Jasper.
VANESSA
HARRISON
Daughter of Dr. & Mrs. Blake
Harrison of Tyler, celebrated
her 5th birthday on July 28
with a party given by her par-
ents. She has one brother,
Ryan, and two sisters,
Jessica, and Julia.
Grandparents are Mrs.
Barbara Harrison of
Baytown, Mr. Victor Davis
and Mrs. Ursula Reckner,
both of Pasadena. Great-
grandparents are Mrs. Jennie
Richards and Mrs. Dorothy
Tyrell Harrison, both of
Baytown. Dr. & Mrs. Blake
Harrison and their children
just recently moved to Tyler
where Dr. Harrison is a part-
ner in the East Texas
Vascular Association.
■ GILLAIN NICOLE £
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■ Daughter of Holly & Mark Pinkston of Baytown, celebrates her 2nd
■ birthday on August 9. She has a sister or a brother bn the way.
~ Grandparents are Betty Peterson & Leonard Owens, of Baytown,
the late Richard Peterson; Debi & Jim Wilkinson of Baytown and
Buddy & Linda Pinkston of Bryan. Great-grandparents are Wayne
& Lynn Bagent of Highlands; Evelyn & Morris Reeves of Huntsville;
Alfred Pinkston of Fort Worth; Gordon & Annie Toone of Virginia
and Dick & Chris Spradlin of Houston. Great-Great-grandparents
are Jeannie Marie Harper of Silsbee and the late Leona Bagent.
KOBY LEE
CLARK
Son of Jeff & Elli Clark of
Baytown, celebrated his 1st
birthday on August 4.
Grandparents are John &
Linda Chaney of, Baytown
and Kendon & Genie Clark of
Cove. Great-grandmother is
Mae Chaney of Dallas.
JAMES MICHAEL
FRANCO
Son of Liz Cantu & Franco
Franco of Baytown, celebrat-
ed his ,4th birthday on August
1. Grandparents are Mr. &
Mrs. Abel Cantu and Mr. &
Mrs. Rudy Franco, all of
Baytown. Great-grandmoth-
ers are Mrs. Trinidad Cantu
of Monterrey, Mexico and
Mrs. Pure Cantu of Bravo,
N.I. Mexico.
KEVIN MIKOL
SCHIMA
Son of Jerry & Keri Schima
of Pasadena, celebrated his
7th birthday on July 5. He
has two sisters. Keli Ridge &
Kaelyn Ridge. Grandparents
are Clarence & Evelyn *
Schima of Woodville, TX and 2
Kelly & Bobbie Elliott of
Houston. Great-grandmother
is Letha Gee of Overton, TX.
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Himes of St. Croix, U.S.V.I.
celebrates his 6th birthday on
August 8. Grandparents are
Mr. & Mrs. Calvin G. Evans,
of Baytown and Mrs. Edith
Himes of Harrisburg, VA.
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Members of the Baytown A&M Mother's Club will sponsor a sundae
party this Sunday for area Aggies and their mothers. Pictured from
left are Allison Gunn, Cindy Creel, Casey Creel, Doug Cox, Shirley
Cox, Glenda Trawhon, Allison Hanna, Jane Hanna, Ettie Hurst and
Billy Prewitt. For more information, call (281) 420-2345.
The Baytown A&M Mother’s
Club will host a “Howdy” party
to honor new Aggies and their
mothers in the Baytown area.
Hie event will be held from 2 to
4 p.m. Sunday in the Meeting
Room of the Bay town Communi-
ty Center.
Glenda Trawhon, first vice
president and chair of the event,
says the sundae party will offer an
opportunity for Aggies and their
mothers to get acquainted with
one another.
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Dobbs, Gary. The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 76, No. 238, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 5, 1998, newspaper, August 5, 1998; Baytown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1176138/m1/5/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.