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Marcia Cope-Hart

Duo

A night of music
Amphitheater filled with classy music, Elvis and Marilyn

(September 28) The Marcia Cope-Hart and Friends concert drew an audience of about 300 to Lake Clementia Amphitheater Saturday evening to enjoy selections ranging from opera to parody in a fun-filled production that appealed to all ages. Cope-Hart and Michael Taylor, left, her colleague from the San Francisco production of "The Phantom of the Opera," performed a duet from that show and offered solo arias from the "Marriage of Figaro" and "La Boheme." The concert was presented by the Kiwanis Club and the Entertainment, Theatre and Culture group.

Children were serenaded with Disney tunes at Saturday's concert, above, and several chimed in at Marcia Cope-Hart’s invitation. Others, including daughter Haleyann, shared the stage with her for a song or two. The show was Marcia Cope-Hart's annual appearance in the community, where she is a resident. Her husband, Steve Hart, did a show-stopping turn as Elvis, right, and Cope-Hart followed him as Marilyn Monroe singing “Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend,” right. Cope-Hart sang true torch songs like “Can’t Help Loving That Man,” but delighted the audience by changing “Making Whoopee” into an ode to fast-food called“Making Whoppers.” Jazz clarinetist and sax player Charlie Hull, below, accompanied by pianist Parmys Weinberg, performed a sophisticated and polished set that included vocals on such classics as “Sentimental Gentleman from Georgia” and “Is It True What They Say About Dixie?” That song was dedicated to Rancho Murieta women named Dixie, a not inconsiderable number, who have formed their own club.

Elvis

Hull


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