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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.
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