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North Iowa Area Community College and Alliant Energy are honored to present Arthur Live! Arthur Live will take the North Iowa Community Auditorium stage on Wednesday, February 13, at 6:30 p.m. as a part of the 2007-2008 NIACC Performing Arts Series. Tickets are on sale now and cost $16 in advance and $20 at the door.

For more than 30 years, children have enjoyed reading Arthur Adventure™, the award-winning book series by Marc Brown, that has sold more than 60 million books worldwide.  PBS TV began airing the Arthur television series just over a decade ago, and it continues to be one of the top children’s shows, as merited by winning a Peabody and five Emmy Awards.  Now children and their families can enjoy Arthur LIVE! as part of the NIACC Performing Arts Series as he comes to life to celebrate over 30 years of educating and entertaining young children.

Arthur the Aardvark and his friends from Elwood City explore real issues that face real kids in this all-new musical production of Arthur LIVE! on the North Iowa Community Auditorium stage.  The LIVE! show will be 90 minutes long including a 20-minute intermission.

For tickets to Arthur Live, call the NIACC Box Office at 1-888-466-4222, ext.4188.  Special group discounts are available for groups of 20 or more.

Arthur LIVE! stresses the values of teamwork, learning and the joys of being a kid. In this musical adventure – based on the award-winning book series by Marc Brown, and the top-rated PBS TV series – D.W. is jealous when her big brother Arthur loses a tooth and gets a visit from the Tooth Fairy. Arthur explains that the Tooth Fairy comes only when you lose a tooth and put it under your pillow at night, so D.W. dreams up some hilarious (but unsuccessful) plans to trick the Tooth Fairy into coming. Finally, Arthur decides to reward D.W.'s efforts by helping the Tooth Fairy!

Featuring a dozen original songs -- including ”Good and Ready,” “The Loose Tooth Wiggle” and "T-Rex Rocks," Arthur LIVE! keeps the audience engaged and tapping their toes. The show includes our favorite cast of characters:  the lovable, intrepid Arthur, his feisty sister DW, his good buddies Buster and Brain, his nemesis Francine – and new stars including the warm, wise and wacky Tooth Fairy.  An innovative, page-turning pop-up storybook set and special-effects move the story through Elwood City, Arthur’s House, Mr. Ratburn’s Classroom, the Dentist Office and the Dinosaur Museum.  To learn more about Arthur visit www.pbskids.org.

Platinum sponsors for the 2007-2008 series include NIACC, Globe Gazette Elizabeth Muse Norris Charitable Fund; the Globe Gazette; Alliant Energy; Community National Bank; Henkel Construction; and Principal Financial Group.  Gold sponsors include David and Cathy Beck; First Citizens National Bank; First State Bank of Belmond; Kraft; Mercy Medical Center – North Iowa; Martin, Cooney, MacNider & Cooney, Financial Consultants of Raymond James and Associates, Inc.; Sukup Manufacturing; and UBS Wealth Management.  In kind sponsors include Hanford Inn; KIMT; and Pepsi.

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