Sparta Community Chorus, Inc. is proud to present…

</element><element id="paragraph-1" type="body"><![CDATA[It's time once again for the annual Sparta Community Chorus Winter Play. This year, the chorus is presenting Peril on the High Seas.

All aboard the H.M.S. Majestic for a riotous adventure in this melodrama set in the Roaring Twenties, Peril on the High Seas! Little does our heroine, the heiress Merry Ann Sweet, know that she is the intended victim of the villainous Snively Swine's kidnapping plot. With his partner, the slinky and exotic Aracnia Webb, Swine disguises himself as Sir Reginald Rottentot, a British nobleman, in order to gain the confidence of Merry Ann and her flapper friends, Mitzi, Ritzy and Ditzy. But Merry Ann falls for the handsome waiter, Cary De Mille. Poor Cary - he loves Merry too, but ship policy says he can't get involved with a passenger. Must these two ships pass in the night? Not if Merry Ann's flapper friends can help it! Together they transform Merry Ann from a shy young lady into a red-hot jazz baby. Meanwhile, Swine launches his kidnap scheme. It's sink or swim for Cary. Can he save Merry Ann and stay out of Aracnia's clutches? It's up to the passengers - movie star Mary Pickaxe, gossip columnist Hedda Hooper, detective Willy Ketchum and more - to help Cary put the damper on Swine.

As an added bonus, the cast will be performing a show-stopping Olio (song and dance) of some of your favorite Nautical-themed songs such as Rock the Boat, Come Sail Away, Sea Cruise and more!

Peril on the High Seas will be performed at the Sparta Community Playhouse within the Showtime Cinema Complex at 1351 Sparta Center Drive in Sparta.

February 25, 26 & March 4, 5 at 7:30 p.m.

February 27 & March 6 at 2:00 p.m.

Tickets are $9 for opening night, $10 for all other performances.

To order tickets, please call Connie Wolter at (618) 282-3000. She will be more than happy to take your order. You may reserve your tickets and pay for them at the door via cash or check payable to Sparta Community Chorus.

"What a joy it has been directing such a talented group of people. We have a wonderful cast, brilliant musicians, an incredible crew, and we always have a whole lot of fun! We're sure you will too!" Director, Erica Goodwin