{"id":2156390,"date":"2025-11-14T13:22:30","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T13:22:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2156390"},"modified":"2025-11-14T13:22:30","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T13:22:30","slug":"clp-music-department-presents-speed-dating-tonight-a-new-numbers-opera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/clp-music-department-presents-speed-dating-tonight-a-new-numbers-opera\/","title":{"rendered":"CLP: Music Department presents &#8216;Speed Dating Tonight&#8217; &#8211; a new numbers opera"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"post-40262\">\n\t\t\t<!-- Event featured image, but exclude link --><\/p>\n<div class=\"tribe-events-event-image\"><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t<!-- Event content --><\/p>\n<div class=\"tribe-events-single-event-description tribe-events-content\">\n<p>The Furman Department of Music presents a performance by the Sarah Reese Lyric Theatre Tuesday, Nov. 18, at 7:30 p.m. in Daniel Recital Hall. \u201cSpeed Dating Tonight!\u201d is open to the public and is part of Furman\u2019s Cultural Life Program. A donation of $5 is requested at the door.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_28700\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28700\" class=\"wp-image-28700 size-full lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/218\/2023\/10\/David-Gross.800x800-512x512-1-e1763049271193.jpg\" alt=\"A white man wears glasses and gray suit in an indoor photo. David Gross.\" width=\"350\" height=\"350\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 350px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 350\/350;\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-28700\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">David Gross, professor of piano, coordinator of collaborative piano.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>This \u201cnew numbers opera\u201d by Michael Ching is fast, funny and surprisingly moving. The story takes place in a local pub, where a group of daters shows up for an evening of quick connections. Each encounter turns into its own short musical moment\u2014some are silly, some heartfelt and some just plain hilarious. Together, they capture the awkwardness, the hope and the very human search for love.<\/p>\n<p>Furman\u2019s Grant Knox and David Gross sponsor the event.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t<!-- .tribe-events-single-event-description --><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<!-- Event meta --><\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.furman.edu \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Furman Department of Music presents a performance by the Sarah Reese Lyric Theatre Tuesday, Nov. 18, at 7:30 p.m. in Daniel Recital Hall. \u201cSpeed Dating Tonight!\u201d is open to the public and is part of Furman\u2019s Cultural Life Program. A donation of $5 is requested at the door. 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