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Right out of college, he began work as a Head Start teacher at Gatewood Baptist Church in Slayden, Miss.

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Right out of college, he began work as a Head Start teacher at Gatewood Baptist Church in Slayden, Miss.

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"I've actually grown very attached to them, so I'm adopting the birds," Slayden says.

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In real life, Slayden adds, "Frank actually does sing 'If I Only Had a Brain' [the tune, not the words], but he doesn't do it on cue ... and he does also bark like a dog."

Backstage at Theater Alliance with co-founder Paul Douglas Michnewicz Jane Horwitz 2010

The joke is that the cockatiel "is supposed to sing, but of course he doesn't," Slayden says.

Backstage at Theater Alliance with co-founder Paul Douglas Michnewicz Jane Horwitz 2010

"You should be making some noise," said David Slayden, executive director of the Boulder Digital Works learning program at the University of Colorado.

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Ford's production assistant Martita Slayden explains that in the 1950s-era play, Frank will portray a bird named for French entertainer Maurice Chevalier and will be carried onstage in an ornate cage by actress Susan Heyward as the title character.

Backstage at Theater Alliance with co-founder Paul Douglas Michnewicz Jane Horwitz 2010

South Carolina starter Gary Bell (10-3) was pulled after allowing a leadoff single to Victor Menocal and walking Jeremy Slayden to start the fifth.

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Jeremy Slayden and Brandon Braggs each had two hits and two RBI for Georgia Tech (47-14).

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HBP -- by Lumsden (Patterson, Slayden), by PPerry (Schmidt).

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