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08052024 Adeline Galinski adjusts her microphone backstage as cast members for Mecca Productions presentation of The Lion King Jr. get ready prior to their dress rehearsal for the musical at the Western Manitoba Centennial Auditorium on Wednesday evening. The musical opens today with three performances. Two casts totalling 160 kids will put on eight performances between today and Saturday. The kids, from grades three through 12, began rehearsals with their first script read through in late January. The Lion King Jr. is Mecca Productions 10th All Kids Musical. (Tim Smith/The Brandon Sun)