Daytime Soap Opera Stars Crane To Carowinds
Soap open fans can meet
three of daytime tele
vision’s biggest stan at
Carowinds during the
park’s Third Annual Soap
Opera Festival on Satur
day, July SB, and Sunday,
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Christopher Holder, who
plays Wade Matthews on
the ABC soap opera “All
My Children, ' Kind*
Hhghes, who plays Anna
Devane on ABC’s "General
Hospital,” and Christopher
Durham, otherwise known
as Dakota Smith on the
ABC soap opera “Ryan’s
Hope,’’ will meet audiences
in Carowinds’ Midway
Mode Hall at l:» and 4:30
p m during the two4ay
soap opera festival at the
77-acre theme nark.
Christopher Holder is no
stranger to daytime tele
vision fans. For three
years, 19S1-M, be played
Kevin Bancroft on “The
Young and the Restless.”
■ ; After leaving that show,
Holder, a California native,
landed roles on “Edge of
Night,” shortly before its
demise, and “Another
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Holder, who was singing^
and acting professionally
by the time he was 16, has
many stage performances
to Us name, inrhuBriff
‘Hollywood, Hoflywood/’
“Forty Carats,” and
“Orphans Revenge."
On film, he has been seen
in “Breakdance Station,”
“Deadly Intruder,” “Part
ners,” and “Fraternity
Row.”
Finola „ Hughes, who
plays Arina Devane, a
central figure in the
award-winning soap opera
“General Hospital,” was
born in London where she
studied ballet and was a
member at a professional
Her maqy credits include
the role of Victoria in the
London-based original
company of the musical
“Cats” and television
appearances in “The
Prime of Miss Jean
Bodie,” and “Grace
Kennedy *'
Actor-director Sylvester
Stallone cast Hughes in his
first motion picture,
“Stayin' Alive,” opposite
John Travolta and directed
by Stallone.
Chris Durham is the
handsome and ragged
young star of the AB&
Chris Darfeam
.Begn in “Capital"
Television Network's popu
lar daytime drama,
“Ryan’s Hope.’’
A starring role as Matt
McCandless in the CBS
daytime drama, “Capital,’’
took Durham to Hollywood
in early IMS where he
portrayed McCandless Tor
a year and a half before
moving on to new
Durham’s prime time
television dehut came at
the beginning of the 1984
1985 season with guest
starring roles on Aaron
Spelling’s “Glitter” and on
; “Facts of Life.” , . t
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The soap opera stars will
talk with fans about them
selves, their careers and
their story lines as well as
answer questions from the
audience when they appear
at the Carowinds Soap
Opera Festival July 26-27.
The festival is free to
Carowinds guests on a
first-come, first-seated
basis. Midway Music Hall
will open for seating IS
minutes before the 1:90 and
4:30 p.m. appearance
times
Carowinds is open
daily (except Fridays)
from 10 a.m. until 8 p.m.
The park is open until 10
p.m on summer Saturdays.
Carowinds is located at
Carowinds Blvd. off 1-77
(ext 74) approximately
10 miles south of Charlotte,
N.C. and u miles north of
Rode Hill, S.C.
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