Kids’ summer musical to be this weekend

The first Marion recreation program summer musical in 16 years will be presented Saturday and Sunday.

“Rock Around the Block” will be performed at 7 p.m. Saturday and 4 p.m. Sunday in the ballroom in Marion City Hall.

The musical is about friends planning a dance at Louise’s Luncheonette in Livermore, program director Megan Jones said.

The musical is set in 1950.

Featured will be 18 elementary and middle school students. Seven high school students are helping in one way or another with the play.

It is expected to run between an hour and a half and two hours. It includes a 10 minute intermission.

Songs will include “Nifty Fifties,” “Rock Around the Block,” “Oh Baby,” “Bop a Lu Bop,” “Rebel With a Cause,” “Teen Queen,” “Hippity Hop,” “Oh Baby Reprise,” and “Nifty Fifties Reprise.”