Cimarron-Memorial grad tours with Army musical

Dick Benoit

Thursday, Aug. 1, 2002 | 8:30 a.m.

Army Sgt. Timora Green, Cimarron-Memorial High School class of 1998, is one of 25 soldiers in the cast and crew of the 2002 U.S. Army Soldier Show.

The show is a high-energy, MTV-style 90-minute live musical review showcasing the talents of active duty and reserve soldiers who have been selected through personal auditions. This year the singing and dancing extravaganza features a freedom theme.

Green, the daughter of Orine Boyd of Las Vegas, is a voice interceptor with the 110th Military Intelligence Battalion at Fort Drum, Watertown, N.Y.

The cast serves as its own road crew. Members set up stage trusses and audio, visual, lighting and special effects equipment.

Green believes the audiences appreciate the double duty of the performers.

"I think they're getting motivation more than anything," she said. "When the soldiers see us soldiers come out there and do something this big after all the rehearsal we've done, after all the practice we've gone through, after setting up the stage and tearing it down and moving from place to place and still coming out here putting on a show for them, it inspires them to get out there and do what they have to do to get the job done."

The troupe will perform 98 shows for soldiers and their families at 54 military installations in 20 states, Germany and Italy, with planned stops in the Balkans and the Middle East.

The show is an Army Entertainment Division production in the tradition of "entertainment for the soldier, by the soldier" which was originated during World War I by Sgt. Irving Berlin.

It is one of many Army morale, welfare and recreation programs that allow soldiers to perform and demonstrate their artistic talents before live audiences.

The Army Soldier Show will be performing at Ft Irwin, Calif., on Aug. 19. That's as close as the troupe will come to Las Vegas during Green's tenure.

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