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On stage: A 'magic carpet ride' through Disney music classics
Rollercoaster of memories for generations
during The Music of Disney: A Legacy of Song

By Kevin Spradlin
PhDispatch.com
FROSTBURG, April 2 -- Aryana Briner, 10, and her 5-year-old brother, Antonio, couldn't decide during intermission of The Music of Disney: A Legacy of Song presentation which song or dance had been their favorite of the evening.

Turns out, the Cumberland siblings liked all of them. And so did, it seemed, every other member of the intimate but appreciative crowd on Saturday's musical and dance revue at Mountain Ridge High School. The event was coordinated by Front & Centre Stage Productions Inc. Proceeds are to be used to benefit the agency's 2011 on-stage schedule.

The two-act production spanned approximately two hours with a brief intermission. Few left their seats, however, as the show transitioned seamlessly from one song and dance to the next - aided, at least in part, by the comical duo of Kimberli Rowley, artistic director, and co-host Shane Riggs. The presentation covered music new and old, from the 1950 classic "Cinderella" to the more modern "The Nightmare Before Christmas" (1993) and the animated "Tarzan" (1999).

Act One*
Let's Dance
Frostburg Dance Academy students Macey Wagoner, 5, LaVale; Liliana Zembower, 6, Cumberland; Kendall Kirkwood, 6, Frostburg; Skai Shelton, 6, Frostburg; Gini Breedlove, 6, Keyser; Kylie Sipple, 7, Meyersdale, Pa.; Cyrrah Fisher, 7, Frostburg.

Part of Your World - The Little Mermaid
Angela Merrithew, LaVale

Under the Sea - The Little Mermaid
Nick Cummings, Keyser High School

Follow Me - Alice in Wonderland
Chorevo: Danny Durr, Cumberland; Jordan Shupfer, Cumberland

Out There - The Hunchbach of Notre Dame
Jordan Kline, Frostburg State University

Real Wild Child - Radio Disney
Frostburg Dance Academy student Gini Breedlove, 6, of Keyser.

A Dream Is A Wish - Cinderella
Victoria Mann, Allegany High School

Sally's Song - The Nightmare Before Christmas
Savannah Humbertson, Allegany High School

This Is Halloween - The Nightmare Before Christmas
Chorevo: Danny Durr, Bethany Sine, Jackie Masse (all of Cumberland) and Jessica Seminerio of Frostburg

Reflection - Mulan
Erin Langan, Bishop Walsh School

Almost There
Kimberli Rowley, Cumberland

Act Two
A Whole New World - Aladdin
Jordan Kline, Frostburg State University and Heidi Gardner, Keyser

Trashin' the Camp - Tarzan
Chorevo: Danny Durr, Bethany Sine, Jessica Seminerio

Belle
Frostburg Dance Academy student Cyrrah Fisher, 7, of Frostburg.

* Not all numbers are listed. Not all numbers were videotaped.