Mena High School is in the midst of practices for The Wedding Singer, which will be performed at the Performing Arts Center on Saturday, November 22 at 7:30 pm and Sunday, November 23 at 2:30 pm. Admission for the show is $5. The Wedding Singer takes us back to a time when hair was big, greed was good, collars were up, and a wedding singer might just be the coolest guy in the room. Based on the hit Adam Sandler movie, The Wedding Singer’s Robbie Hart is New Jersey’s favorite wedding singer. He’s the life of the party, until his own fiancee leaves him at the altar. Shot through the heart, Robbie makes every wedding as disastrous as his own. Enter Julia, a winsome waitress who wins his affection. As luck would have it, Julia is about to be married to a Wall Street shark, and unless Robbie can pull off the performance of a decade, the girl of his dreams will be gone forever.
The cast is led by Zane Sherrer and Abi McPherson as the leads, Robbie and Julia. Seth Puckett and Brandon Zacarias are members of Robbie’s band, Sammy and George. Luke Bowser plays the Wall Street shark, Glen Gulia. The other principal roles are played by Kelsey Wiggins, Sarai Stockton, Natalie Ford, and Cece Metcalf. The ensemble roles are played by Ashton Bowser, Ian Cameron, Kendall Crutchfield, Kennedy Downen, Chris Ford, Payton Grant, Ariana Kelley, Ashley Philpot, Landon Stidmen, Amanda Wiggins, Bob Wilcox, and Kaylee Williams. Besides the stellar cast, we also have some great musicians to bring back the rockin’ 80s. Judy Kropp leads the band on the keys, with Ron Beckel on drums, Richie Owens on electric guitar, and Don Buttermilk on bass, Becky Austin and Payton Furr on keyboards, and Chase Fielder on clarinet and sax. Assistant Director Deedra Hooker and Choreographer Paulette Sherrer brought the students out to the Mena Arts Festival this weekend and performed the opening number called, “It’s Your Wedding Day.” Jessica Kropp, the director, says, “You don’t want to miss this! Abi and Zane will blow you away with their beautiful vocals. We are also blessed to have some musicians that were professional artists in the ‘80s. They rock it out. Mark your calendars and get ready to be transported to 1985!”
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