By DAVID DUPONT
BG Independent News
Pemberville’s Live! In The House Concert Series will present its annual Silent Movie Night featuring “The Circus” starring Charlie Chaplin and featuring piano accompaniment by Lynne Long on Saturday, Jan. 4 at 7:30 p.m. in the historic Pemberville Opera House.
Tickets are available for $12 at Beeker’s General Store, at the door or by contacting Carol Bailey at 419-287-4848, carol@pembervilleoperahouse.org or by visiting www.pembervilleoperahouse.org
The Tramp finds himself at a circus where he is promptly chased around by the police who think he is a pickpocket. Running into the Big Top, he is an accidental sensation with his hilarious efforts to elude the police.
The circus owner immediately hires him, but soon discovers that the Tramp cannot be funny on purpose, so he takes advantage of the situation by making the Tramp a janitor who just happens to always be in the Big Top at showtime. Of course the Tramp falls for the owner’s lovely acrobatic stepdaughter, and his chances seem good, until a dashing rival comes in whom Charlie feels he has to compete with him.
Pianist Lynne E. Long resides in Grand Rapids, Ohio. A cum laude graduate of BGSU in piano performance, she has maintained a private piano studio in her home since the early ‘70’s and currently teaches 28 students. She has been a member of the Ohio Music Teachers Association for many years and now serves as secretary of the Wood-Ottawa chapter.
Lynne performs in churches and presents programs that range from classical to ragtime in a variety of venues, and she enjoys being a collaborative pianist at BGSU. Long enjoys providing music for silent movies in Pemberville, Grand Rapids, Fayette, and Suttons Bay, Michigan.
Lynne was a charter member of the Grand Rapids Arts Council, and now serves as president of that organization. She is a trustee of the Grand Rapids Historical Society, and coordinates the summer outdoor musical series, Rhythm on the River.
