Bye Bye Birdie - November 20 - November 22, 2014
Chippewa Valley High School
Who's Who
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Mr. Marty Bufalini
Director
For more than 40 years Marty has been an actor, director and, radio and TV on-camera and voice-over talent and he has acted in many feature and independent films. He has had speaking roles in eight feature films including Gran Torino with Clint Eastwood, Conviction, with Hilary Swank, Trust with Clive Owen and Katherine Keener, Answer This with Christopher Gorham, Prayers for Bobby with Sigourney Weaver, Alleged with Brian Dennehy and Fred Thompson and, The Giant Mechanical Man with Jenna Fischer. Marty has either acted or directed at the Attic Theatre, the Jewish Ensemble Theatre, The Strand, and The Detroit Ensemble Theater among others. He also can be heard on WWJ.
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Mr. Don Bischoff
Choreographer
Don is legendary as a GPT choreographer and he has directed several shows in recent years including The Music Man and Oklahoma! He also directed and starred in GPT's production of White Christmas. Don is excited for his first production with CVHS and is thoroughly enjoying the process. He has belonged to GPT for 13 years and credits his wonderful and loving family (wife, Tracy, and his two sons, Owen and Kyle) for a great part of his success.
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Mr. James Pecar
Producer / Vocal Music Director
James Pecar is currently the Director of Choirs at Chippewa Valley High School. A native of Harper Woods, MI, James graduated in 2012 with a Bachelor’s of Music Education - Vocal, cum laude, from Steston University in DeLand, Florida. While there, James was the recipient of the “Outstanding Music Educator Award”, conducted several university ensembles, and was founding director of the award-winning Hat Trick, an a cappella men’s ensemble. James also started the A Cappella for Autism initiative which has allowed for multiple donations from Hat Trick to the Macomb Chapter of the Autism Society of America. He also served as president of the student ACDA Chapter. He has studied with Dr. Andrew Larson, Dr. Peter Durow, Dr. Shelby Milburn Price, and Dr. Alain Raines. He has coordinated tours for two international choral ensembles: The Imuka Singers and the Nairobi Chamber Chorus. He currently sings with the Grammy-Winning U of M Choral Union under Dr. Jerry Blackstone.
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