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The Beaver Island Radio Players take to the air this Sunday evening at 7:00. For their debut show they have a nifty little thriller from the radio program Lights Out, a series that aired from 1934 until 1947 and eventually became a television show. It tells the tale of a rather domineering woman, her husband and her habit of throwing rather wild dinner parties where bizarre things happen. Itâ??s story that could never happen on Beaver Island--so be sure to take advantage of the opportunity to hear Ghost Story on WVBI--Sunday night at 7:00.
But wait, there's more. Also on deck this weekend are:
+ a new Top Ten + Five with a Grammy countdown (Saturday morning at 10:00)
+ a new Rockin' the Boat with Mark Beltaire (Saturday & Sunday evenings at 9:00)
+ Country Classics with Sheri Timsak (Saturday evening from 5 to 7)
+ Sunday Night Oldies with a special surprise guest host in for Phil Becker
+ our normal line-up of special music shows (the Midnight Special, Celtic Connections, the International Americana Music Show, Full Moon Hacksaw and Collector's Corner); and
+ our Saturday and Sunday morning information programs (Worldlink, Inside Europe and Living Planet).
The Beaver Island Radio Players premier presentation of Ghost Story from the series Lights Out is coming up at 7:00 on WVBI. Set your radio dial (or computer) so you are ready! While you wait, you can enjoy the Sunday Night Oldies show with Phil Becker's mystery guest host. On WVBI. 100.1 FM and www.wvbi.net.
Thank you! The play was directed by Jacque LaFreniere. Kevin Boyle and Riley Williamson did the sound effects and produced the finished product. Ann Partridge helped us with the Community Center technology. The actors were: Cynthia Johnson, Diane Sowa, Phil Becker, Patrick McGinnity and myself. We welcome new players, whether adults or students. Maybe some of your ELA students would like to put on a radio play? We use free public-domain scripts off the internet.
Thank you, Kyle! That is high praise, indeed. We did work hard and are very lucky to have highly technical experts to help us. Kevin Boyle and Ann Partridge at the Community Center and WVBI are highly skilled, talented and gracious about contributing huge chunks of time to projects like this.
The players were also grateful to Riley Williamson for working with us to provide sound effects.
We would love to have more participants to continue producing radio shows throughout the year.
Thanks to everyone who listened in! I was told by one listener that they actually got a chill up their spine when listening to the final minutes of the broadcast.
It was great fun, and not hard to perform. Rehearsal times are flexible and not at all as involved as a stage play is.
There will be more radio plays performed from many different genres; comedy, drama, maybe even a little sci-fi. Find out from a cast member or our director how you can be included in one of the next productions.
