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Second City troupe to perform in Canton
Celebrating a tradition that is
thousands of years old, the
Canton Commission for Culture
Arts and Heritage Multicultural
Committee will host the 2018
Chinese Spring Festival at The
Village Theater at Cherry Hill at
7 p.m. Saturday, March 17.
Entertainment will include
choral performances by: the
Michigan Chinese Choir, the
Canton Philharmonic Choir,
March Wind Choir, and the Choir
of the Michigan Chinese Art
Troupe. The Ann Hua Chinese
School Children's Chorus will
also perform and this year the
children will present a group
recitation of “Enlightenment of
Rhythm.” The work describes the
rhyme of poetry in ancient China
and is used to teach about writing
children's poems, couplets, and
mastering the rhyme. This piece
also promotes Chinese language
learning and will be performed
along with Chinese classical
backgroundmusic.
Also scheduled are duets and
small group performances by
Yangtze Melody Group, Canton
Philharmonic Men's Chorus, and
the Heart Melody Group.
Additional main stage perform-
ances will include a dynamic
Erhu solo by Wei Xiaodong and a
Pipa solo by Angela Bolon. Pipa
and Erhu are both ancient
Chinese instruments, along with
the Guzheng, which will be
played by Troy Chinese Classic
Music Guzheng Team. All of these
instruments will give audience
members a rare glimpse the
musical past of China.
This musical evening will
include a special guest perform-
ance by Shuping Ma, an opera
singerwho has performed in both
China and theU.S., who is a grad-
uate of Sichuan Music College in
China. She has performed at the
Detroit Opera House, and
throughout China and the U.S.
and is the director for three area
Chinese Choirs. She will perform
“Vissi d'arte” from Puccini's
Tosca.
The art of traditional Chinese
folk and classical dances will be
shared by Ann Hua Little Angels,
Shihui Dance Group, Anna Ballet
& Dance, Ann Hua Adult Dance
Team, Hua-Ching, Northville
Dance, Ann Hua Waist Drum
Team, students of Tibet Folk
Dance, Canton Summit Dance
Team, and Inner-action Dance
China Doll and Blooming Teams.
In addition, the Marshall Arts
Chinese Kongfu group perform,
along with a special Chen Taiji
Spear performance by Djuini
Zen.
Event-goers can also enjoy a
free reception starting at 6 p.m.
Displays from three area Chinese
schools will be available in the
Village Theater lobby. The theme
of the history of Chinese clothing
will be featured not only in static
displays, but also on live models
who will be donning clothing and
costumes from various regions
and time periods throughout
Chinese history as they mingle
with audience members during
the reception. Photo opportuni-
ties will also be available with a
majestic lion head, a strolling
panda, and some photo back-
drops.
Tickets to this special Chinese
celebration are just $5 per person
(Main Stage, reserved seating).
All patrons will require a ticket to
attend this special performance,
including childrenheld on laps.
Tickets can be purchased, and
printed at home or held in will
call, anytime online at
-
tonvillagetheater.org - at no extra
charge. The box office is open
from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. weekdays.
Tickets can also be ordered by
calling (734) 394-5300 x3, with a
Visa or MasterCard weekdays
between the hours of 10 a.m. - 2
p.m. If tickets are available, they
can also be purchased 1 hour
prior to programtime.
The Village Theater at Cherry
Hill is located at 50400 Cherry
Hill Road, Canton.
The legendary sketch and improvisation-
al comedy touring company, The Second
City, will return to The Village Theater at
Cherry Hill beginning at 7:30 p.m. March 31
to performLookBothWaysBeforeTalking.
Edgy, thought-provoking and always
spectacularly funny, The SecondCity is cele-
brating nearly six decades of producing cut-
ting-edge satirical revues and launching the
careers of generation after generation of
comedy's best and brightest including
Stephen Colbert (Colbert Report, The Late
Show) , Steve Carrell (The Office, Battle of
the Sexes), Tim Meadows (Mean Girls, The
Goldbergs) and countless other comedy leg-
ends.
"Look Both Ways Before Talking" is an
improvised revue show, which is a mix of
semi-improvised and scripted scenes with
new material developed during unscripted
improv sessions after the second act, where
scenes are created based on audience sug-
gestions.
"The Second City has been enormously
successful in the genre of comedy because
of improv's ability to immediately bring rele-
vant topics of the everyday person directly
to the audience," said Canton Performing
Arts Coordinator Joe Kvoriak. "Improv is
always fresh, funny and timely. The best
part is you never know what to expect so
creates a high-level of engagement from the
audience that keeps everyone, actors, and
audience, on their toes."
Tickets are $35 for adults and $32 for sen-
iors and available online at
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lagetheater.org or by calling (734) 394-5300.
Tickets can also be purchased at The
Village Theater Box Office one hour prior to
show time.
The Village Theater at Cherry Hill is
located at 50400CherryHill Road, Canton.
Mother charged in shooting
An Inkster mother is facing felony
charges in a shooting that left her 16-
year-old son in critical condition.
The incident, investigated by the
Inkster Police with assistance from the
Michigan State Police, began with an
argument between Ebonie Schofield, 37,
andher son.
According to police reports of the
incident, Inkster police contacted detec-
tives fromMichigan State Police Second
District Special Investigation Section at
about 8:45 a.m. March 8 with reports of a
domestic shooting at an apartment on
the 630 block of Tobin in Inkster.
Witnesses told the investigators that
the 16-year-old victim and his mother
had been involved in a heated argument
regarding family matters. The argument,
witnesses said, escalated into shoving
between the pair and the woman threat-
ened the teen with a handgun telling
him to leave the area. The victim did
walk outside the apartment building,
investigators learned, but then came
back and began banging on the outside
door. According to the office of Wayne
County Prosecutor Kym Worthy, the
woman came out of the apartment and
shot her son in the left shoulder with a
handgun.
A neighbor assisted the teen who was
transported to a local hospital where his
conditionwas reported as critical.
Thewomanwas taken into police cus-
tody at the scene and charges were filed
against herFriday, March 9.
Schofield has been charged with
assault with intent to do great bodily
harm, careless discharge of a weapon
causing Injury or death and felony
firearm. She was arraigned on the
charges at the 34th District Court in
Romulus March 10. Schofield has been
charged with Assault with Intent to do
Great Bodily Harm. She received a
$500,000/10 percent bond and if she is
released she must wear a GPS tether
and have no contact with her son. She
will have a probable cause conference
onMarch 21 and a preliminary examina-
tion March 28 before Judge Sabrina
Johnson at the 22nd District Court in
Inkster.
Celebration of Chinese Spring is Saturday
Canton Philharmonic Choir and Choir of the Michigan Chinese Art Troupe
