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Cool music, hot shows NSU’s River City Music Show and Downtown Country are spectacular summer entertainment. By RENEE FITEPress Special Writer And it’s a country show, he added.
“The familiarity of songs draws people in,” he said. His favorite song he performs is, “If You’re Reading This” by Tim McGraw. “It’s one of the first songs on ‘Turn Your Radio On,’ and it has a patriotic feel,” he said. Rozell, 23, is an NSU senior who graduated from Tahlequah High School. She is also majoring in hospitality and tourism management. This is her third, and probably last season with the troupe. She does the choreography for Downtown Country. “It gives me a place to sing other than in church,” Rozell said. “I’ve made a lot of friends, and it’s the ideal summer job.” “Don’t It Make You Want to Dance,” by Bonnie Raitt, is her favorite number. “We have a lot of talented people and it’s a fast-paced show, like what you would see in Branson,” she said. Rozell has gone from being the youngest cast member to the oldest. “With some new cast members, it’s a new, action-packed, show each year, with pretty girls, fun songs and all your favorites from yesterday and today,” she said. “With the ‘Turn Your Radio On’ show, we’ll use deejays instead of traditional emcees.” It’s the 10th season for Kelli Doolen Farmer, director of the Downtown Country show and director of country music for NSU. “The Radio Show idea came from the Country Music Theater Production class brainstorming,” she said. Extensive Internet res-earch goes into song selection, she said. And she also lets cast members suggest their favorite song wish list. “Two hours goes by quick when it’s a great show,” Farmer said, “and this is going to be one of our best ever. Our band is smokin’ this year.” Arielle Christie, 18, is a Keys High School graduate and will be a freshman at NSU in the fall. This is her first season. 
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