Press Room

Yellow Brick Road Stops at MCGHealth Children’s Medical Center

May 6, 2008

Augusta, GA--

The Cowardly Lion, Glenda the Good Witch, the Tin Man, the Scarecrow and Dorothy from the Augusta Players’ adaptation of the Wizard of Oz, recently visited and gave short performances for patients at the MCGHealth Children’s Medical Center.

Wizard of Oz cast

Photo Caption for Brian, Dorothy and Lion: Patient Brian Mitchell, 10, of Augusta, laughs as Dorothy and the Cowardly Lion from the Augusta Players’ performance of the Wizard of Oz talk to him - in character - about life in Kansas and their trip to Oz during a recent visit to the MCGHealth Children’s Medical Center.

Wizard of Oz cast

Photo Caption for Oz Cast and Sierra: The Tin Man, Cowardly Lion, Scarecrow, Dorothy and Glenda the Good Witch from the Augusta Players’ adaptation of the Wizard of Oz, recently visited and performed for patients at the MCGHealth Children’s Medical Center, including Sierra Henry, 11, of Swainsboro, Ga.

MCG Health, Inc. (d/b/a MCGHealth) is a not-for-profit corporation operating the MCGHealth Medical Center, MCGHealth Children’s Medical Center, the Georgia Radiation Therapy Center, and related outpatient facilities and services throughout the state. For more information, please visit mcghealth.org.

For more information, contact:

M. Denise Parrish
Media Relations Manager
MCG Health, Inc.
706-721-9566
mparrish@mail.mcg.edu

Last Modified On: 05/8/2008