Wednesday, August 14, 2013

It's Harp Music For Cast of Texas

"5 in musical’s cast die in Texas crash" Associated Press, August 14, 2013

AMARILLO, Texas — Alcohol was a possible factor in the deaths of five members of a popular summer musical production who were killed in an auto accident in the Texas Panhandle, an official said Tuesday.

Ban booze or ban cars per gun control philosophy.

Christopher Ray, a Texas Department of Public Safety spokesman, said members of the cast of ‘‘Texas’’ — a musical performed every year at Palo Duro Canyon State Park south of Amarillo — were returning from an end-of-the-year party Monday night when the accident occurred. Ray said alcohol is ‘‘just suspected at this time.’’

That's the end of the show.

Four of the dead were dancers while the fifth worked in the box office, according to the Texas Panhandle Heritage Foundation’s executive director, Kris Miller....

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