Funds are currently being raised to establish a museum and theatre education center on the site where lyrics to Oklahoma! , The Sound of Music , and more were written.
Neshaminy School District’s residents and taxpayers heard about the $43 million Maple Point elementary school project at an Act 34 public hearing earlier this month.
Pierce student shares her gift of song
Grosse Pointe Park resident Charlotte Van Arragon was named as a semifinalist in the middle school level of the Hammerstein International Youth Vocal Solo Competition. The Pierce Middle School eighth grader performed “Make Believe” from the Hammerstein and Jerome Kern musical “Show Boat.”
Photo provided by Melody Van Arragon
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GROSSE POINTE PARK The legacy of Oscar Hammerstein the librettist and lyricist of Broadway favorites “The Sound Of Music,” “Carousel,” “South Pacific” and more is living on through a new international contest.
The Hammerstein International Youth Vocal Solo Competition was recently held for vocalists age 23 and younger, and it tapped into the talents of Grosse Pointe Park resident Charlotte Van Arragon.