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The Albany News
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Thursday, May 8, 2008
Summer rehearsals to start May 20
Square dancing and Huppi Hi
practices for the 2008 70th anni-
versary performances of the Fort
Griffin Fandangle will get under-
way May 20 rather than next week,
according to Fandangle director
Betsy Parsons.
"We had intended to start May
14, but we're going to have to wait
until after the LBJ Sampler," said
Parsons. "There's just too much to
do before we leave on May 16."
More than 100 Fandangle cast
and crew members will pack up
costumes and several large props,
as well as livestock, to make the
trip to the LBJ National Histori-
cal Park near Johnson City, where
they were invited to present a sam-
pler on May 17.
The performance will be part of
the park's historical recreation of
the barbecue President and Mrs.
Johnson hosted on the ranch for
members of the Organization of
American States in 1967, when a
Fandangle sampler was also pre-
sented.
Rehearsal Details
Once the LBJ event is over, the
Fandangle cast and crew will begin
concentrating on preparing for the
summer season, which opens on
Thursday, June 19.
The first rehearsal for the 70th
anniversary show will be on Tues-
day, May 20 for can-can dancers,
who will practice in the Albany
High School auditorium, starting
at 8:00 p.m.
Then on Wednesday, May 21,
square dancers from age three up
should gather promptly at 8:00
p.m. at the Prairie Theater. Huppi
Hi practice will follow at 9:00 p.m.
for teenage dancers currently in ju-
nior high and high school.
The first general rehearsal will
start at 8:00 p.m. on Thursday,
May 22. Everyone who wants to be
in the summer production should
make plans to come to that prac-
tice session, Parsons said.
"We will only have four weeks
from that point to get ready for
opening night," said Fandangle di-
rector Betsy Parsons, "so everyone
needs to be there and be ready to
work hard."
Anniversary Plans
Fandangle office manager Su-
san Waller announced this week
that she is ordering name tags to
be worn by all current and former
Fandangle cast members in cel-
ebration of the 70th anniversary of
the local production.
"These tags will be for everyone
who has ever been in the show,"
said Waller. "Hopefiilly, we will
have hundreds of people walking
around Albany with Fandangle
name tags on."
She explained that temporary
tags will be available in local stores
and at the Prairie Theater for for-
mer cast members who are visiting
Albany during the Fandangle sea-
son.
Local residents, however, are
asked to call or come by the Fan-
dangle office starting June 1 for a
plastic-covered tag that will last
throughout the two-week produc-
tion.
"You can start wearing your pin
when you get it, but we especially
want you to wear it on show days,"
she stated.
For more information, contact
the Fandangle office at 762-3838.
Ticket Sales
There are still good tickets left
on each night of the six-night sum-
mer run of the Fandangle, but
Waller is urging local residents to
get their orders for the 2008 show
in as quickly as possible.
Sales opened to the general pub-
lic on May 1, with orders coming
in steadily and picking up as the
summer dates near. f
The 2008 performance dates are
June 19-21 and June 26-28.
Ticket prices for the show range
from $7 to $20 for box seats. Waller
reported that box seats for several
performances are nearly sold out,
and seats in the center section are
already getting scarcer on some
nights. However, there are still
plenty of good seats left at this
point, she said.
For ticket information, call 762-
3838.
Membership Information
Even though ticket sales have
already opened to the public, mem-
berships are still available and are
always needed by the association in
Melinoa Lucas / Albany News
Sara Head (I), along with Leigh Lowe (c) and Missy Willen (r), per-
form the popular "Pink Ladies" sequence during the Fandangle
membership sampler last month. The scene will also be part of the
sampler to be presented at the LBJ Ranch May 17.
order to support the outdoor show.
Several levels of memberships
are available, according to Waller.
Several Fandangle supporters
have signed up as Platinum Pa-
trons with gifts of $2,500.
Donations of $1,000 are recog-
nized as Gold Patrons, while those
who give $500 are Silver Patrons
and those who donate $250 are
known as Bronze Patrons.
Regular patron memberships
are available for $150 or more.
Patron members receive spe-
cial parking permits which entitle
them to reserved parking at the
Prairie Theater.
Longhorn memberships can be
obtained for a donation of $40 or
more, and pioneer memberships
are available to persons 65 and
older for $10.
There are also corporate mem-
berships for contributions of $5,000,
with several benefits thrown in.
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Hwy. 180 pickup changed
Trash company
makes changes
City workers learned of
another change in the way
Albany's trash ia being picked
up when Allied Waste Service
employees informed them
that even residents along
Hwy. 180 are now being asked
to place their poly carts curb-
side instead of in the alleys.
City secretary Cindy New
reported this week that the
Allied driver said that he is
still unable to negotiate most
local alleys, even for those
customers who had in earlier
weeks been told to leave their
containers in the alleys, spe-
cifically along Hwy. 180.
However, New said
Wednesday morning that City
Manager Bobby Russell has
asked for a meeting with the
Allied supervisor on Monday,
when they will again review
the alley situation.
"For now, the driver is mov-
ing the carts to the streets
when he picks them up to
show people where to put
them each week," said New,
who admitted that the week-
ly changes are very confusing
for local customers.
There are, at this time,
only a few exceptions to alley
pickup, she continued.
Small businesses in the
downtown block who utilize
poly carts instead of bulk
containers should place their
containers in the alleys for
Friday pickup. New specified
that this pertains only to the
businesses facing Main Street
between South 1st and South
3rd streets, the downtown
blocks on either side of the
traffic light.
Also, the alley between
South 3rd and'South 4th
Emergency team to practice
Members of several local
emergency teams will have
special meetings in the next
few weeks, with the first one
coming up on Tuesday.
First Responders for Al-
bany, Moran and Shackelford
County are asked to attend
a session on May 13 in the
Shackelford County Rural
Fire Station, starting at 7:00
p.m.
According to County Emer-
gency Management Coordi-
nator Tbm Hart, the meeting
will cover dynamic changes
planned by the Federal Com-
munications Commission and
Homeland Security that will
affect the future of local wire-
less radio communications.
"These chahges will impact
all users of hand held, mobile
and base station radios," said
Hart.
Representatives from Mo-
torola and Kenwood will be
present to answer brand spe-
cific questions, he added.
Pandemic Flu Meeting
Those involved with the
Local Emergency Planning
Committee (LEPC), which in-
cludes a range of occupations
from law enforcement to cler-
gymen, should make plans to
be present for a major exer-
cise at the EMS Station on
Thursday, May 22, from 8:30
a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
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Courthouse Square, will also
be serviced by the new side-
load truck.
City employees are still
working to cut down trees and
improve the clearance in local
alleyways in order to hope-
fully change the trash pickup
from curbside to alleys, New
said.
Homeowners will be noti-
fied individually when they
should begin placing their
containers back in the alleys
instead of on the streets.
Roll-off Back Again
Another roll-off for bulk
trash items will be put into
place near the Albany Visitors
Center this Thursday morn-
ing, May 8, for free disposal of
larger pieces.
The roll-offs will be made
available each Thursday for
at least five more weeks until
June 5, according to local of-
ficials.
The practice stems from
the round table discussion
held last November about
the possibility of an influenza
pandemic sometime in the
future.
The exercise is planned
by the Department of State
Health Services and the Tex-
as A&M School of Rural Pub-
lic Health Office of Special
Programs, with at least one
facilitator on site to assist
and guide the participants.
A primary emphasis of the
activity will be communica-
tion, said Claudia Skiles, an
LEPC member who is help-
ing coordinate the May 22
exercise.
DAT Session
Later that same day,
Skiles added, will be a meet-
ing of the Red Cross Disaster
Action Tbam (DAT), a group
of local citizens who were
trained several months ago
to help in the event of a local
disaster.
The DAT meeting will
be held at the Shackelford
County Community Resource
Center, starting at 4:00 p.m.
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