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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 1/17/05
"Smoke on the Mountain” Returns to the Factory Theatre
What
happens when you mix an overly-eager pastor, a musical family called
the Sanctified Sanders Singers, and a couple of pesky June bugs...? You
get an evening of chaotic comedy, soul-lifting joy in the Lord, and
some of the best bluegrass gospel music ever as Smoke on the Mountain returns to the Factory Theatre! Performances are Tuesday through Saturday, February 1 – 5 at 7:30 p.m.
Pastor
Mervin Oglethorpe has the opening-night jitters. It's the first-ever
Saturday Night Sing at Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church. His small
congregation is skeptical about the idea of ukuleles and guitars in the
church anyway, and now the Sanders Family Singers are thirty minutes
late! The Sanders arrive in a flurry of apologies, rattled pride, and
mussed hairdos. Amid the ukuleles, harmonicas, and spoons, and between
the strains of "Bringing in the Sheaves," "I'll Fly Away," and two
dozen other favorites, you'll hear hilarious but sincere testimonies of
faith from: Burl and Vera Sanders, the couple who oversees their
talented brood with love and pride; Dennis and Denise, their young
twins on the verge of leaving the nest; June, who doesn't sing but
"contributes in her own special way;” and Uncle Stanley, Burl's quiet
prodigal brother, recently returned to the fold.
Smoke on the Mountain was produced at the Factory Theatre six years
ago where the show enjoyed critical acclaim and sold-out performances.
The Factory Theatre's encore production this fall, directed by Cecelia
Ulmer, features faculty members and students of Greenville College.
Greenville residents are: Bill Ahern, Brian Hartley, Dale Martin, Tom
Morgan, Veronica Ross, Sandy Schmidt, and Louise Weiss.
We're expecting sold-out houses, so be sure to get your tickets for Smoke on the Mountain early
and hang on to your pew! The rafters will be shakin' and your toes will
be tappin'! Don't miss this hit at the Factory Theatre! Tickets are on
sale now for $6 at Watson's Drugstore and Jo's Java.
Greenville College is a four-year accredited Christian liberal
arts school with more than 1,200 traditional undergraduate, graduate,
and adult degree completion students. Founded in 1892 and affiliated
with the Free Methodist Church, the college is located in Greenville,
Ill., 45 miles east of St. Louis.
CONTACT:
Dr. Cecelia Ulmer
Greenville College
Communication Department
Phone: (618) 664-6550
E-mail:
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