{"id":41298,"date":"2017-12-11T09:50:14","date_gmt":"2017-12-11T14:50:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/huntsville.dopperonline.ca\/?p=41298"},"modified":"2017-12-11T09:50:14","modified_gmt":"2017-12-11T14:50:14","slug":"rock-of-ages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/rock-of-ages\/","title":{"rendered":"Rock of Ages: big hair, big sound, big hit!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Huntsville High School (HHS) production of Rock of Ages wrapped up last week garnering a standing ovation from the \u2018small town\u2019 crowd each night.<\/p>\n<div style=\"float: left; margin-right: 14px;\"><strong><broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45658\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone><\/strong><\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe got a standing ovation every night and usually the standing ovation started even before they had the bows,\u201d said Ian McTavish, HHS teacher and co-director of Rock of Ages. \u201cIt was just wonderful to see the audience reaction to it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The audience&#8217;s enthusiasm for the musical was reflected in the ticket sales as well. Although the final numbers aren\u2019t available yet, McTavish says they have covered all their production costs and have enough money left over to continue to finance the Leadership in the Arts scholarship for the next two years.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the 35-member student cast and the five-person stage band, many people worked behind the scenes to bring the show to the stage. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Final-Rock-of-Ages-program.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The program, which you can see here<\/a><\/span><strong>,<\/strong> lists the many, many talented people who volunteered their time and expertise. McTavish would also like to thank hairstylist, Tanya Blain from Crimson Dawn, for styling the big &#8217;80s hair for the production.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_41343\" style=\"width: 717px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-41343\" class=\"size-full wp-image-41343\" src=\"https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2017\/12\/Rock-of-Ages-2.jpg\" alt=\"Couper Ebbs-Picken (on stage at back)  as Lonny Barnett (Photo: Wilf McQuinn)\" width=\"707\" height=\"471\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2017\/12\/Rock-of-Ages-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2017\/12\/Rock-of-Ages-2.jpg 707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 707px) 100vw, 707px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-41343\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Couper Ebbs-Picken (on stage at back) as Lonny Barnett (Photo: Wilf McQuinn)<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_41342\" style=\"width: 717px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-41342\" class=\"size-full wp-image-41342\" src=\"https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2017\/12\/Rock-of-Ages-1.jpg\" alt=\"Colin Welsh (foreground) as Stacee Jaxx (Photo: Wilf McQuinn)\" width=\"707\" height=\"471\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2017\/12\/Rock-of-Ages-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2017\/12\/Rock-of-Ages-1.jpg 707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 707px) 100vw, 707px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-41342\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Colin Welsh (foreground) as Stacee Jaxx (Photo: Wilf McQuinn)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>What can we look forward to next? McTavish isn\u2019t giving much information in that regard. The group won\u2019t mount another large musical until 2019 so McTavish has some time to decide.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have some ideas of musicals I am going to check out,\u201d he said. \u201cWhat I try to do is listen to the sound track and whatever musical I end up falling in love with that\u2019s it. I\u2019ve got a couple of shows I am going to try to see some productions of to see what I really like. I keep it secret until I figure it out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Photos courtesy of Wilf McQuinn<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Don\u2019t miss out on Doppler! Sign up for our free newsletter <u><a href=\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/dont-miss-out-on-doppler\/\">here<\/a><\/u>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45657\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Huntsville High School (HHS) production of Rock of Ages wrapped up last week garnering a standing ovation from the \u2018small town\u2019 crowd each night. \u201cWe got a standing ovation [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1903,"featured_media":41344,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1187],"tags":[26,1547],"class_list":["post-41298","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-breaking","tag-rock-of-ages"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Rock of Ages: big hair, big sound, big hit! 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