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  Summer stock theatre - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Summer Stock is also the title of a 1950 musical motion picture starring Judy Garland.
A summer stock theatre is a theater that generally produces plays only in the summertime.
Summer stock theatres frequently take advantage of better weather by having their productions outdoors.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Summer_stock   (171 words)

  
 summer stock   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Summer stock theaters are generally theaters that produce only in the summertime.
The name "stock" comes from the tradition of putting on the same shows year to year and using and re-sing the same "stock" scenery and costumes.
While some smaller theaters still continue this tradition, many summer stock theaters have become highly-egarded summer festivals producing new plays, musicals and operas and employing high-profile performers and large staffs.
www.yourencyclopedia.net /Summer_stock.html   (138 words)

  
 Summer stock theatre -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Summer Stock is also the title of a 1950 (A play or film whose action and dialogue is interspersed with singing and dancing) musical motion picture starring (United States singer and film actress (1922-1969)) Judy Garland.
The name combines the seasonal aspect with a tradition of putting on the same shows each year and reusing "stock" scenery and (The attire worn in a play or at a fancy dress ball) costumes.
Some smaller theaters still continue this tradition, and a few summer stock theaters have become highly-regarded (Click link for more info and facts about theatre festival) theatre festivals.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/s/su/summer_stock_theatre.htm   (122 words)

  
 WDFW -- Summer Chum Salmon Conservation Initiative
Summer chum salmon are the earliest returning chum salmon stocks in the Hood Canal and Strait of Juan de Fuca region.
Summer chum salmon populations in the eastern Strait of Juan de Fuca occur in Snow and Salmon creeks in Discovery Bay, in Jimmycomelately Creek in Sequim Bay, and have been reported in Chimacum Creek.
The summer chum salmon conservation initiative is intended to be an integrated plan, with each element contributing in concert with the other elements, leading to a successful outcome in restoring these summer chum populations.
www.wdfw.wa.gov /fish/chum/chum.htm   (6231 words)

  
 PerformInk Online
The very term "summer stock" may bridle the prideful actor; "stock" refers to the pool of performers who are assembled on site and then plunked into various and assorted roles, ideally based on talent, but sometimes on necessity.
Summer stock is not all Oklahoma and The Odd Couple, but it is a lot of musicals, old standards, and Shakespeare.
It’s considered poor form in the summer stock circuit to be overly concerned with anything outside of the summer stock season, which is fine for some people because the season is very exciting.
www.performink.com /Archives/specialissues/summerstockactor.html   (1342 words)

  
 Nat' Academies Press, Summary Review of the Summer Flounder Stock Assessments: Letter Report (2000)
The committee fully reviewed the summer flounder stock assessments of 1997 and 1999 and held public meetings to hear the concerns of commercial fishermen, recreational fishermen, and environmental advocacy groups related to those summer flounder assessments.
First, the summer flounder data were evaluated using different stock assessment models: the ADAPT model, a Virtual Population Analysis (VPA) model, and a CAGEAN-like model implemented using Fournier ’s AutoDifferentiation Model Builder software.2 Second, sensitivity analyses were conducted using a VPA model to test a number of the assumptions used in the assessments.
Stock assessment scientists responsible for summer flounder should investigate how differences among model results arise and whether such differences indicate changes needed in the models or assumptions used.
www.nap.edu /books/NI000222/html/1.html   (2508 words)

  
 Summer Stock 2000   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Summer Stock is an excellent opportunity for fully qualified boat crew members.
Personnel with previous Summer Stock experience are particularly desired and will be placed at the station where they previously served, if possible.
Summer Stock point of contact is YN2 Patricia Feeney, D9 (osr) at (216) 902-6116.
www.uscg.mil /RESERVE/magazine/mag1999/dec1999/summerstk.htm   (223 words)

  
 Summer's stock | The San Diego Union-Tribune
Finding summer camps and child care requires finesse, forethought, healthy cash reserves and strategizing that would test the skills of a military planner.
Summer camp is a major investment for many families.
Nicholson says her daughter felt awkward at a sports camp last summer in which she was one of just a handful of girls.
www.signonsandiego.com /uniontrib/20040403/news_lz1c3stock.html   (534 words)

  
 Variety.com - Reviews - Summer Stock: An American Theatrical Phenomenon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Though the first summer theater opened in 1890, the 1920s gave summer stock its classic shape: a theater in a rural location featuring a resident company that performed a different play (primarily undemanding, vacation-friendly fare such as light comedy and melodrama) each week from June to September.
Costs were kept down by reusing "stock" scenery, props and costumes, and by utilizing the unpaid labor of apprentices, who theoretically were receiving an education in theater craft.
Charming though her appreciative history is, it's hard to avoid the conclusion that true summer stock is a thing of the past.
www.variety.com /av_result.asp?articleid=VE1117927294&nid=2582   (700 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Summer stock theatre
For other usages see Theatre (disambiguation) Theater (American English) or Theatre (British English and widespread usage among theatre professionals in the US) is that branch of the performing arts concerned with acting out stories in front of an audience using combinations of speech, gesture, music, dance, sound and spectacle — indeed...
A play is a common form of literature, usually consisting chiefly of dialog between characters, and usually intended for performance rather than reading.
Summer is a season, defined by convention in meteorology as the whole months of June, July and August in the Northern hemisphere and the whole months of December, January and February in the Southern hemisphere.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Summer-stock-theatre   (459 words)

  
 My Life is Beer!: Shiner Summer Stock - Spoetzl Brewery   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Take an evening run in the summer heat and swallow a bottle of this upon your return and just try to tell me you're not in heaven.
unlike the light beer, summer stock is clunky and full of wheaty taste that makes this a clumsy beer.
I love shiner summer stock, I am trying to find the shiner summer stock tap handle if anyone has an idea where I can get one please let me know.
www.mylifeisbeer.com /beer/bottles/bottledetail/450   (252 words)

  
 Summer Stock
It is imperative that the Summer Stock planners know as early as possible that you are willing to serve.
I am a reservist in the Eighth District and though I have always been aware of Summer Stock, I have never been in a position to either contribute to or benefit from the program _ until this past summer.
I am aware that the usual commitment for Summer Stock personnel is 90 days; my family and I sincerely appreciate the exception you made for our benefit.
www.uscg.mil /HQ/RESERVE/magazine/mag1998/dec1998/sust.htm   (693 words)

  
 MAFMC Immediate Release - JCAA News (July 2003)
Based on the 2003 Summer Flounder Advisory Report issued by the Stock Assessment Workshop (SAW) Southern Demersal Working Group this week, the summer flounder stock is no longer overfished and overfishing is no longer occurring.
Spawning stock biomass has steadily increased each year since 1993 when Amendment 2 regulations were first implemented.
Total stock biomass as of January 1, 2003 was estimated to be 124 million pounds (56,100 mt), which is above the biomass threshold of 117 million pounds (53,200 mt).
www.jcaa.org /JCNL0307/MAFMRelease.htm   (272 words)

  
 Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Shiner Summer Stock at Epinions.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
I've had some excellent kolsch beers at brewpubs around the country, and here in Texas, one of the surest signs of summer is finding the refreshing flavor of Shiner Summer Stock in every town in the Lone Star State.
Shiner claims that their Summer Stock is an "authentic" German-style Kolsch, so let's give them the benefit of the doubt and display it like a German brewer would pour a real Kolsch...
If there is a difference between Shiner Summer Stock and a genuine Koelsch from Cologne, it would be that Shiner lets the malt shine through more brightly than do the German masters, who favor an even lighter, softer flavor in their beers than this.
www.epinions.com /content_63567793796   (1286 words)

  
 Battle of the summer beers :: RAXTavern :: Last outpost in the land of west Raxhavia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The first thing I noticed about the Summer Stock was the fruity flavor of the beer, as well the carbonation content which formed a nice full head.
The taste of the Summer Ale was a bit more subdued, and after a bit hardly had any taste at all.
Overall, I would have to say that the Summer Stock was more refreshing as a summer beer than the Summer Ale was.
www.raxhaven.com /modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=182&POSTNUKESID=bdd5fb32fedc051ea471181b7e977f78   (512 words)

  
 SuperModels -- Slaying the myth of the summer stock slump - MSN Money   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
For it was in the third week of July last year, and in 1998, that all three major stock market indexes topped out for the summer.
So far in the summer of 2000, the Nasdaq is up 4% -- putting the odds in favor of more sunny weather ahead for tech stocks.
Using the measurements that I introduced in a June 21 column ("My new stock stat: The Slug-to-Whiff Ratio"), it gave shareholders 16 days of 10% or better performance in the past year, vs. six days of -10% or worse performance en route to a handsome 1.03% average daily gain.
moneycentral.msn.com /articles/invest/models/5591.asp   (1876 words)

  
 Grand Rapids Civic Theatre - Summer Stock
This is her first Summer Stock production, but she has been involved with classes at the School of Theatre Arts for many years.
This summer she appeared in Mossy Cape at Circle Theatre and will be a member of the Romeo and Juliet ensemble in GRCT’s first production of the 2002-03 season.
In addition to Summer Stock, Kristi will be a Theatre Assistant for Theatre Arts Day Camp this summer after returning from a two-week trip to France.
www.grct.org /seasons/summerstock_2002/summerstock2002.html   (2507 words)

  
 The Record - Entertainment - 07/28/2004 - Fort Salem epitome of summer stock theater   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
But that the two should converge in running a summer stock theater was largely a matter of happenstance.
As businesses go, summer stock theaters are largely labors of love, squeezed between the tightening stream of revenue from ticket sales to audiences that are shrinking and aging, and rising costs for everything from performers' salaries to royalties.
The bill of fare at stock theaters is mostly musicals and light comedies suitable for a summer family audience.
www.troyrecord.com /site/news.cfm?newsid=12522821&BRD=1170&PAG=461&dept_id=32272&rfi=6   (1356 words)

  
 The buzz on booze, beach and barbecue stocks. - Jun. 3, 2004
The stock was pretty flat in the summer of 1999, and declined 30 percent in the summer of 2002, falling in tune with the broader market.
A look at the stock's performance over the last ten years showed no great rallies in summer or any other time of the year, with little volatility in the stock overall.
The stock showed little summer promise in 2000 and 2001, when it declined with the rest of the market.
money.cnn.com /2004/05/26/markets/summerstocks   (1073 words)

  
 Judy Garland Database film review: "Summer Stock"   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Though it's called Summer Stock, this marvelous "let's put on a show" musical - the final one that showcased the peerless pair of Judy Garland and Gene Kelly - is a delight for all seasons.
Since Summer Stock is Garland's last MGM movie, this special cassette program also includes her first for the studio, the "minimusical" Every Sunday.
"Summer Stock, no great shakes as a cinemusical, serves nonetheless as a welcome reminder of Judy Garland's unerring way with a song.
www.jgdb.com /sumstock.htm   (560 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Summer Stock! : An American Theatrical Phenomenon: Books   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Summer stock theatres developed to fulfill the dual needs for art and entertainment at the new vacationlands of the 1920s.
I know now that summer stock existed to entertain the newly minted upper middle class families who could for the first time afford an extended summer vacation.
She outlines the changes that went into effect once the actors became unionized, and what happened when a star travelled with his or her own company of repertory players, perhaps adding one or two locals to fill in, badly rehearsed if rehearsed at all, with the visiting actors.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1403965420?v=glance   (1352 words)

  
 Three Movie Buffs Review Summer Stock (1950) Starring: Judy Garland, Gene Kelly, Eddie Bracken
The musical Summer Stock stars Judy Garland and Gene Kelly and is the last movie Garland made for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
In a man’s tuxedo coat and fedora she incorporates tin-pan-alley, Broadway, jazz, and pop music in one magical fusion, in the process creating one of the single most iconic moments of 20th Century entertainment.
Summer Stock has two saving graces, Judy Garland and Gene Kelly, who were each at different points in their careers.
www.threemoviebuffs.com /review.php?movieID=summerstock   (613 words)

  
 Richard Kiley : From Summer Stock to Broadway   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
We played the better theaters in the stock circuit and the pay was consummately better, about $125; that was for two weeks, one of which one was rehearsal (no pay for that), usually in a rented dance rehearsal room in New York City.
The upscale stock theaters were where people had big country vacation houses.
While a Washington hatchet committee of congressmen was investigating the red scare in Hollywood that summer for all the publicity they could squeeze out of it, the studio figured to get Clark out of town for a few months.
www.scrapbooksofmymind.com /richard_kiley_summer_stock_to_broadyway.htm   (598 words)

  
 Fool.com: Ford Plays Summer Stock [Foolish Four] June 21, 2000
This chartshows that the Ford stock price has dropped about 17% during the last two years, compared with about a 31% rise in the S&P 500.
Yet the stock price remains stuck in reverse, the trailing P/E ratio is a measly 7, and the price-to-sales ratio is a minuscule 0.3 -- compared to 7.6 for the S&P 500 stocks as a whole, and about 30 for market darling Cisco Systems.
Nonetheless, Delphi's stock price,following the fortunes of the auto manufacturers, has taken a road trip south since the spin-off in February 1999, down about 17% versus a gain of 20% for the S&P 500.
www.fool.com /ddow/2000/ddow000621.htm   (1229 words)

  
 Summer Stock (1950)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
In the canon of MGM musicals of the Golden Age, "Summer Stock" is an overlooked and underrated pleasure.
As relaxed as a summer day spent on a farm like the one in the film, this soft shoe of a musical doesn't aim for greatness, though it very nearly reaches it on one or two occasions.
With sarcastic assist by Phil Silvers, Kelly sets about convincing a skeptical Garland that one hand can wash the other: if she consents to the barn being used as a theatre, the troupe will help save her foundering farm by performing the daily chores and harvest planting.
us.imdb.com /Title?0043012   (680 words)

  
 Mail Tribune News - Teens take stock of summer
Nichole is among a handful of former South students who have come back to school for the summer stock program.
Being a director in summer stock, she says, demands diverse skills.
For Spin, a junior, the summer program is giving him his first chance to act.
www.mailtribune.com /archive/99/july99/72299n7.htm   (627 words)

  
 Wired News: Summer Interns Weigh Options
As the summer internship application season approaches, students seeking dot-com jobs say that offers of stock options will be a big factor in choosing a position.
Instead, she took a lower-paying job with stock options at Web start-up PrintNation.com, an e-commerce site for the commercial printing industry.
Still, if the company -- which now employs about 60 people -- ever does go public, Sunden estimates her summer stock options could be worth between $20,000 and $30,000 -- a nice payout for a summer job.
www.wired.com /news/business/0,1367,33065,00.html?tw=wn19991227   (565 words)

  
 Summer Stock
This family can’t afford summer camps or regular vacations, but we manage to stay as busy as we want to be and have fun.
The Local Newspaper often prints a schedule of summer events at the beginning of the season.
Recreation Centers, (such as the YMCA), Community Colleges and Higher Education Centers publish schedules of summer or shorter session classes and programs for adults, children, and families.
www.suite101.com /article.cfm/domestic_bliss/40588   (412 words)

  
 Brian's Belly - The Beer Belly: Shiner Summer Stock
For me, I'll be pushing the barleywines and imperial stouts to the back of the beer fridge and loading it up with more weizens and some lighter styles of beer -- like the soft, subtle, gentle flavors of Koelsch.
Well, it means that if you like throwing back a six pack when Miller Time rolls around, you could easily switch the Miller for this beer and be in for no surprise other than a little more flavor than you're used to.
Summer Stock might seem no different from mainstream beers, but to the beer geek who knows and loves the subtle differences that make kolsch not a pale lager, this beer will stand out as one of the finest summer offerings to come from a mainstream (non-craft) brewery.
www.briansbelly.com /beerbelly/shinersummer.shtml   (1470 words)

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