TOURS

 Phases One, Two, Three and Four of Rimrock Opera’s annual school tour of The Night Harry Stopped Smoking visited 22,000 kids at 100 locations, some with several schools meeting in a single building, in communities across Montana and northern Wyoming. Special thanks to the dedicated cast of Phase Four:, Laura Twelves, Diedra Walker, Douglas Nagel, Dennis Rupp, Gennard Lombardozzi, Maria Day, Danielle Nichols; Sandi Rabas, accompanist. Phase Five cast is: Sandi Rabas, Douglas Nagel, Laura Loge, Dennis Rupp, Jess Munoz, Diedra Walker, Danille Nichols and Maria Day.

Rimrock Opera begins Phase 5 of its educational outreach school tour September 22 through October 3, 2008. There are still a few slots open, in Yellowstone County.

Schools interested in booking this show should contact Douglas Nagel, Tour Director     or call (406) 671-2214  

Thanks to the sponsors and financial underwriters who made the tour possible:

  • Benefis Foundation
  • Billings Junior Woman’s Club>
  • Billings School District 2 Safe and Drug Free Schools
  • Homer A. and Mildred S. Scott Foundation
  • Mary Alice Fortin Foundation for Youth Enrichment
  • PPL Montana
  • Rocky Mountain Health Network
  • Sheridan Arts Council

  • St. James Healthcare

  • St. Vincent’s Healthcare Foundation

  • West Billings Optimist Club

  • Yellowstone City-County Health Department

  • Yellowstone Surgery Center


 

 Rimrock Opera also thanks Laurel Ford, automobile provider; Treasure State Costumes; Barnett Opticians for exclusive eyewear; hotel sponsors, Best Western Sheridan Center, Great Falls Best Western Heritage Inn, Great Falls and Bozeman La Quinta Inn, Butte Red Lion, Great Falls Hampton Inn, Miles City Guest Inn; and for Billings housing, Fay Ellis and Gail Hein.

 

 At its conclusion, the spring and autumn segments of the 2006 tour of "The Night Harry Stopped Smoking" had reached 14,000 students in eight weeks. During Phase 3, we will tour 20 schools to help 4,000 students in Billings, Bozeman and northern Wyoming understand the risks of tobacco use.

The object of this tour is to educate young children to the dangers of nicotine addiction which is the direct result of smoking cigarettes.

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Local kids will join our professional cast to learn not only about the dangers of smoking but also the joys of musical theater.

Harry falls asleep in his chair one night with a cigarette in his hand. He wakes to find himself inside his own lung! He meets the crew trying to keep his body clean--nerve cells Fred and Ginger, ciliary cells Sid and Cilia, Pumper his Heart, and a whole bunch of lung sacs called Alveoli. Their message: his smoking is making them sick.

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ROC launches tour of region's schools

Douglas Nagel connects with kids in the same way Santa Claus does.

His jovial nature makes them want to cuddle up to him and tell them their secret wishes and dreams.

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A taste of opera for area kids

Opera has all the great stuff of life: tragedy, triumph, bliss, betrayal, revenge and death.

Area gradeschoolers are raving about a condensed version of 'Madama Butterfly', brainchild of Billings-born Doug Nagel, who detoured from a world-class opera career to return to his roots.

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