The Wizard of Oz production was a huge success! We’re now getting ready to move on to bigger and better things with the next production scheduled to be “Annie Warbucks”.

The production is scheduled for February, the exact dates will be announced soon.

Join us as we link arms and skip down the Yellow Brick Road to Oz! We’ll taste the apples and maneuver our way through the Witches Forest as we make our way to deliver the witches broomstick to the Great and Powerful Wizard of Oz.

So come and smell the Poppies! Auditions are August 15, 16, 17, 2011 at 7:00 pm at the Playhouse! ~~Bring all conflicts with you to the audition~~

Do YOU want to be Lillington’s Voice? Will our Coaches turn their chairs for you? We’re holding a second round of Blind Auditions. Join us at the Playhouse and we’ll see if you have what it takes! From there you’ll go to the Finals where our Coaches will provide vocal coaching to help you to the next round. Two of our coaches are Jerrod Godwin and Catherine Kelly.

Jerrod Godwin has performed as a member of the 2008 National Youth Choir, the 2010 American Choral Director’s Association (ACDA) Southern Division Men’s Choir in Memphis, Tennessee, and performed both as a vocalist and accompanist of the National Youth Choir under the direction of American conductor, Dr. Eph Ely at Carnegie Hall in April of 2010. Pursuing degrees in History and Political Science from East Carolina University, he studies piano under Keiko Sekino.

Catherine Kelly is a Dunn native and a senior Vocal Performance major at Campbell University. Over the course of her undergraduate studies, she has sung the role of Susanna in W.A. Mozart’s “The Marriage of Figaro” and the role of Pamina in Mozart’s “The Magic Flute” with the American Singers’ Opera Project in Winston-Salem. Catherine also had the honor of being a part of Campbell University’s first opera production, Gian Carlo Menotti’s “The Telephone,” in which she sang the role of Lucy. Last fall, she placed first in the North Carolina chapter of the National Association of Teachers of Singing competition in the Junior-Senior College Women Musical Theater Division. In addition to singing, she also enjoys playing violin. She has been teaching private violin lessons for the past five years. Future plans include graduate study in vocal performance.

Come and let us hear you ‘sing out’!

Did you know ‘The Voice’ is based on ‘The Voice of Holland’, a reality singing competition? It was initially named ‘The Voice of America’ but the name was shorterned after audition locations were announced. Hosted by Carson Daly and social media correspondent, Alison Haislip, the competition series consists of three phases:

1. Blind audition- Four judges/coaches, consisting of Christina Aguilera, Cee Lo Green, Adam Levine and Blake Shelton, choose teams of contestants through a blind audition process. Each judge has the full length of the auditioner’s performance, typically one minute, to make a decision if he or she wants that singer on his or her team. Frequently two or more judges want the same singer and the singer has the final choice of coach.
2. Battle Phase-  Each team of singers is mentored and developed by its respective coach. During this stage the coaches have two of their team members battle against each other directly by singing the same song together, with the coach choosing which team member to advance from each of four individual ‘battles’ into the first live round. The four singers that survive in that first live round compete head to head, with public votes determining one of the two acts from each team that will advance to the final eight, while the coach chooses which of the remaining three acts comprises the other performer remaining on the team.
3. Live Performance Shows- During this phase the final eight contestants remaining compete against each other in live broadcasts. The television audience and the coaches have equal say 50/50 in deciding who moves on to the final four phase. With one team member remaining for each coach, the final four contestants compete against each other in the finale with the outcome decided solely by public vote.

‘Voice’  winner Javier Colon received $100,000 and a recording contract with Universal Republic!

‘Lillington’s Voice’ is based loosely off ‘The Voice’. The first round Blind Auditions has ocurred and if you were selected you’re secured a spot. Once the second round of Blind Auditions is complete you will move into the final round where our Coaches will provide vocal coaching and tips to each performer. Performers will then ‘sing out’ where the audience will have a vote on who should be ‘Lillington’s Voice’!