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After only two weeks of rehearsal on a Broadway-level of intensity, the Sitka Fine Arts Camp will stage the musical Bye Bye Birdie this weekend (7 PM Fri Jul 27, 2 PM & 7 PM Sat Jul 28, Sitka Performing Arts Center; Tickets $20 at Old Harbor Books). Conductor and vocal director Andrew Hames, instrument director Ed Littlefield, rehearsal pianist Susan Wingrove, and performers Gavin Struempler and Ben Gordon discuss the show’s intense schedule.
To learn what’s really happening at the Sitka Fine Arts Camp, visit their Facebook page.


LIGHT RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL
AMOUNTS AROUND ONE TENTH OF AN INCH. SOUTHEAST WIND 10 TO 15 MPH.
The Tongass Futures Roundtable is shutting down. The organization tried to resolve Southeast Alaska forest-issue conflicts.