Charleston Alley Theatre Prepares for Production

Eastern Illinois University The Keep January 2007 1-19-2007 Daily Eastern News: January 19, 2007 Eastern Illinois University Follow this and additional works at: http://thekeep.eiu.edu/den_2007_jan Recommended Citation Eastern Illinois University, "Daily Eastern News: January 19, 2007" (2007). January. 8. http://thekeep.eiu.edu/den_2007_jan/8 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the 2007 at The Keep. It has been accepted for inclusion in January by an authorized administrator of The Keep. For more information, please contact [email protected]. "TELL THE TRUTH AND DON'T BE AFRAID." W\NVV.DENNEWS.COM ROBERT "BOB" LEE HILLS CITY I CHARLESTON ALLEY THEATER 1938-2007 'The music was born in him' Retired Eastern music professor dies at 68 By Marco Santana Staff Reporter From the time Bob Hills was a child, music was a big part of his life. Having heard Chopin's "Polonaise" in a movie when he was 4 years old, Hills ran home and played the piece on the piano. In the summers, he ERICHILTNER I THE DAILY EASTERN NEWS and his aunt, Sharon Meghan McCall auditions for a ro le in the Charleston Alley Theatre production of "The Love of Three Oranges." "I haven't done any Daughhetee, entered acting or theater since I was in high school, and I really want to get back into it," she said. singing contests and won. When he joined his sister, Patricia, in singing contests later on, they Bob Hills won those as well. Retired Eastern Charleston Alley Theatre ''lhe music was born professor in him," Daughhetee and Eastern said. graduate This was the died Jan . 3 in upbringing that led to Indianapolis. Hills' future: a music prepares for production professor who had an effect on the lives of hundreds of students and people who got to know him. Auditions completed, help needed to perform well if she wanted to get and the names of those selected for the play Robert "Bob" Lee Hills, who retired needed to build sets for the part. will be posted today with which part they in 1999 from teaching at Eastern, was McCall, a junior major in early childhood have earned. diagnosed with melanoma late last year and " The Love of Three Oranges" development at Eastern, admitted to being McCall will be waiting for those results. died at University Hospital in Indianapolis nervous before the audition, since it was the "''d really take anything," she said about on Jan. 3. Hills was 68 years old. Editor's note: lhis story originalf:r ran on first play for which she has ever auditioned. what role she prefers. "He just meant so much to people Dennews.com on Tuesday. She was hoping for a role in the Charleston The cast call sheet asked for eight male more than just music," Daughhetee said. Alley Theatre's version of Carlo Gozzi's "The and eight female speaking roles and eight "Bob wasn't just a teacher within a school By Adam Tedder Love of Three Oranges." non-speaking roles. The minimum amount environment, but a teacher of life." Online News Ed~or "I haven't done any acting or theater since of performers is 13, although Production I was in high school, and I really want to get Director Jeri Hughes said she wants more. 'He left his mark here' Meghan McCall walked up in front of back into it," McCall said. Hills graduated from Eastern in 1960. her peers Monday night knowing that she Auditions were held Monday and Tuesday, n SEE THEATER, PAGE 10 He also taught at Eastern from 1985 until his retirement. Prior to that, he taught at Western CITY I BUSINESSES Illinois University, Cary-Grove High School and Paxton High School. At Western, he began the Newcomers Walgreens could make a move across E Street Swing Choir, many members of which sang at his funeral on Jan. 7 in Martinsville High School's gymnasium. By Rob Siebert the country, and this land will allow them to "I don't look for that to stay empty for too During his time at Eastern, he re Senior City Reporter realize that vision in Charleston. long." established the Collegian Music Group. If the project is approved, Gateway Liquor Though the empty space might offer But that isn't the only thing he is This spring, the Charleston Walgreens may would be moving to the other side of Lincoln potential possibilities for the County Market remembered for at Eastern. be moving, though it won't have to travel far. Avenue on the ground that currently houses to expand, there are no plans for it to do so. "Hills was a lot of fun to be around," The city has preliminary approval for a new an old Long John Silver's building. "It's a little preliminary to say that there's said Jerry Daniels, an Eastern professor who Walgreens at the corner of Lincoln Avenue The old building would be demolished anything in the works right now," said Jerry had an office next to Hills. "He was just and E Street, on the ground that currently and a new liquor store would be built. Kettler, consumer affairs director. fun to be with. He was never down about houses Gateway Liquors, the Varsity Inn Both the Varsity Inn and an extension Taylor said that this past November, the anything." Motel and a local medical center. of the Sarah Bush Lincoln Medical Center city council approved variances for the new A strong personality and a very Preliminary approval is now needed from would be demolished, Taylor said. Walgreens' drive-up window, which would demanding but encouraging instructor, Walgreen's corporate for the project to be Pediatrician Dr. Roza Ioffe and foot be a bit closer to the curb than is normally ''lhe Music Man," as he was known in finalized. specialist Dr. Martin Nead would both move allowed. Martinsville, often kept in touch with his Land broker Bob Taylor estimates that their practices to alternate locations, said Inyart said that moving Walgreens across students after they graduated. if approved, construction would begin in landlord Max Coughill. E Street would assist the city in a "cleansing" "He left his mark here," said Marilyn March or April. The original Walgreens location would be process for certain structures that have outlived Coles, a music professor at Eastern who A two-store strip center may also be placed left vacant, though Inyart doesn't expect it to their usefulness, and then redeveloping those was a colleague of Hills' from 1988 until his on the land. remain that way for long. properties. retirement. "We could always count on him Mayor John Inyart said that Walgreens "I imagine someone will utilize that space Such a process would also help the city in for entertainment." has had a vision of stand-alone outlets across to some degree," Inyart said. terms of tax base. n SEE HILLS, PAGE Z newsstaff Production staff About The Daily Eastern News The Daily Eastern News is produced the students Night dlief .............................................. Nora Maberry 17t of Eastern Illinois Universitj( k is publislled daily Lead Designer ....................................... 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