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INNISFAIL - It was a royal wedding for the ages.

MADAGASCAR - What did I know about Madagascar? Not much. Yes, I had seen those hilarious movies with unique animals romping across the screen. Like lemurs with round popped-out eyes and ears much too large for their small faces.

Forty-eight grade 5 and 6 École Deer Meadow School drama club students will be performing Beauty and the Beast as adapted by Kathryn Schultz Miller. The drama students have been preparing for their production since their auditions in September.

Members of the Peak Theatre Players rehearse on May 15 at the Sundre Arts Centre for the group's upcoming production of Aspirin and Elephants, a romantic comedy about family, love, marriage and change.

DIDSBURY - A couple of upcoming house concerts are set to rock Didsbury in the next few weeks.

Local hairstylist Lee Cenaiko of Zebedeez Hair Design is competing on team Canada in a hairstyling competition in Paris in September. Cenaiko is excited, humbled and nervous about being able to represent her country in a huge competition.

A benefit dance for local injured Humboldt Broncos player Graysen Cameron and members of the Olds and District Special Olympics (ODSO) was a success, an organizer says.

Canadian country artist Michelle Wright is coming to the TransCanada Theatre. Wright will be performing there May 16, 7:30 p.m., as part of the Grand Olds Opry, presented by the Olds Kiwanis Performing Arts Society.

Up and coming Canadian country music artist Scotty Kipfer is on a road trip to promote his first album “Taking My Time” and stopped in Olds en route.

More than two dozen artists displayed about 150 paintings during the Sundre Art Society’s show and sale. “We had 28 artists who entered their work,” said society president Lila Weiss, adding that is pretty consistent with previous years.