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Honors Wind Ensemble to perform Saturday

The 2002 Southeast Missouri Honors Wind Ensemble will present a concert at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Academic Auditorium.

The group is composed of 50 high schools students chosen by audition from 60 Missouri school districts.

Dr. Robert Gifford, a professor of music and coordinator of winds and percussion at Southeast, will conduct the ensemble.

Members of the Southeast music faculty will present clinics on each instrument during the day Saturday.

Members of the ensemble from the Southeast Missouri region include:

From Cape Girardeau, Brittany Baldwin, clarinet; Jonathon Bernhardt, percussion; Michael Scienski, oboe.

From Dexter, Amanda Gibson, clarinet (contra).

From Fredericktown, Alicia Ballew, clarinet; Beckie Davis, clarinet (bass); Jamie Graham, French horn; Nick Nichols, trumpet; Ace Schanda, tuba; Amanda Shryock, alto saxophone; Trent Stafford, percussion; Lauren Wright, tuba.

From Frohna, Joshua Miesner, percussion.

From Hornersville, Josh Jones, tuba.

From Jackson, Jonathan Beasley, French horn; Anthony Brewer, percussion; Tara Craven, trombone; Todd Diebold, alto saxophone; Megan Dye, tenor saxophone; Carrie Golden, clarinet (bass); Laurie Heise, flute; Brandon Kremer, percussion; Sarah Luehrs, trumpet; Lee Strickert, trombone; Mark Strickert, bassoon; Bethany Tate, flute; Steffan Troxel, trumpet.

From Kennett, Amanda Hayes, flute.

From Perryville, Daniel Bert, clarinet; Andrew Fair, trumpet.

From Pocahontas, Hannah Gathman, oboe.

From Ste. Genevieve, Emily Grannemann, bassoon; Kelly Kirchmer, clarinet (alto); Lindsey Kohm, alto saxophone.

The concert is free.

Botanical Garden presenting programs

ST. LOUIS -- Programs at the Missouri Botanical Garden through the end of January include:

"Fruits of Decay: Mushrooms of the Midwest," a photographic exhibition presented from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. through Feb. 22 in the Ridgway Center.

Garden StoryTime, ages 4-10, "Herbology in the Muggle World: The Medicinal Uses of Plants." Botanist Sandy Knapp reads from Harry Potter and shares amazing faces about useful plants, 11 a.m. Jan. 19, Ridgway Center.

"Alfred Russel Wallace in the Amazon: The Making of a Naturalist," lecture and book signing by botanist Sandra Knapp from the Natural History Museum in London, 4 p.m. Jan. 23, Ridgway Center.

'Funny Girl' at SIU

CARBONDALE, Ill. -- "Funny Girl," the Broadway musical about the life of vaudeville comedienne Fanny Brice, will be presented Feb. 8 at Shryock Auditorium.

Brice debuted in "A Royal Slave" in 1910 and went on to perform in the Ziegfeld Follies for the next 24 years.

"Funny girl" ran for 1,348 performances on Broadway, starring Barbra Streisand in the original run. It includes such songs as "People," "Sadie Sadie" and "Don't Rain on My Parade."

For information, phone (618) 453-ARTS.

Circus Sunday at Arena Building

The SunShine Circus will be presented in two shows Sunday at the A.C. Brase Arena Building.

The circus features leopards, a comedy car, aerialists, acrobats, elephants, clowns and more.

Shows are at 2 p.m. and 6 p.m.

'Stars of the Dixie' Jan. 19 in New Madrid

NEW MADRID, Mo. -- The Dixie Players will present "Stars of the Dixie" at 7 p.m. Jan. 19.

The show at the Dixie Theatre will be a mixture of music and comedy for the entire family.

Admission is $4 for adults and $2 for children 12 and under.

Artists and song search offers $50,000 in prizes

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- The New Artist and Song Search sponsored by Embassy Music of Nashville will offer more than $50,000 in prizes, including a single song publishing contract for the grand-prize winning song.

The winning artist's single will be distributed nationwide to Christian radio.

Judges and panelists include Kent Coley of Forefront Records, Darwin Moody of Embassy Music, Rendy Lovelady of Rendy Lovelady Management, and Jill Wright of Mike Atkins Management.

All entries must be received no later than Feb. 8. Phone the Ultimate Helpline at (615) 345-2500 or go to the Web site, www.embassymusic.com.

-- From staff reports