Youth ensemble stages 'High School Musical'

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• The Fox Valley Repertory Youth Ensemble will continue its production of "High School Musical" through Aug. 5 at Pheasant Run in St. Charles. The show is presented at 10:30 a.m. July 27, 10:30 a.m. Saturdays, 2 p.m. Sundays, and at 7 p.m. Aug. 3. Tickets are $15. The show features Mack Rivara as Troy and Carly Stanton as Gabriella. The production is directed by Carly Churchey. For more information, call 630-584-6342.


• Congratulations to the Geneva Cultural Arts Commission and the members of the Midsummer Theater Troupe for staging a fine performance of "The Merry Wives of Windsor" for Shakespeare on the Street, July 21. The partnership staged the production on south Third Street in downtown Geneva. It was the commission's 14th annual presentation of its popular Shakespeare in the Park program, but a renovation project at Geneva's River Park forced this year's show to be relocated to Third Street. Several hundred theater fans attended the production.

The DuPage County Fair opens July 25 and includes animal contests.

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•The annual DuPage County Fair will open July 25 and continue through July 29. This year's fair will include musical entertainment, exhibits, contests, a demo derby, food and many other traditional festival attractions. The fair takes place at the DuPage County Fairgrounds, 2015 Manchester Road, Wheaton. 


• Overcast skies July 20 through July 22 provided some relief from the hot, dry weather that has dominated the region this summer and attracted visitors to the annual Kane County Fair, according to a report in the Kane County Chronicle. About 73,000 visitors attended the fair, which started July 18 and concluded July 22. About 10,000 more visitors attended the fair in 2012 than in 2011, the report stated. 


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