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Middletown NOVEMBER 28, 2018
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL XXXIV • NO 40
OPEN HOUSE
Caitlin’s Smiles, 3303 N. Sixth St., Harrisburg, will host a holiday open house on Thursday, Dec. 6, from 5 to 8 p.m. The annual event will celebrate the holidays and a successful year. The public is invited to attend. Visit www.caitlins-smiles.org.
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COOKIE SALE
St. Nicholas Serbian Orthodox Church, 601 S. Harrisburg St., Oberlin, will hold a Christmas cookie sale on Friday, Dec. 14, from 6 to 7 p.m. or until sold out. The cookies include filled kifles, vanilla kifles, cutouts, vanilla wreaths, tea balls, Sonja Henies, and other Serbian cookies. Cookies will be sold in a three-dozen box. No presale orders will be accepted. For more details, visit www.stnicholassteelton.org or call 717-939-3872. CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION
Capital City Polka Dancers Association will hold its Christmas dinner and dance on Saturday, Dec. 8, at the Monaghan Township Fire Hall, 245 W. Siddonsburg Road, Dillsburg, from 5 to 9 p.m. The PA Villagers will perform. All are welcome. There is a cost per person, and reservations are required by Friday, Nov. 30. Attendees are asked to bring an appetizer or dessert to share. For tickets, call Shirley at 717-458-5286. HOLIDAY EVENT
will begin at 3:30 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 30, at the corner of Fisher Avenue and Wiley Road, near the C-130 cargo plane static display at Fort Indiantown Gap. The public is invited to visit the Fort Indiantown Gap Community Club, 9-65 Fisher Ave., Annville, at 4 p.m. following the tree lighting ceremony for a visit with Santa as well as complimentary refreshments. Santa will be available for photos and interaction until 4:30 p.m. Holiday music will be played by a brass quintet of the Air National Guard Band. Call 717-861-2450 or visit www.gapmwr.com. LESSONS AND CAROLS
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Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet (CPYB) will present the annual holiday tradition of the region’s only production of George Balanchine’s “The Nutcracker” on local stages. Performances will take place at Whitaker Center, 222 Market St., Harrisburg, on Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 15 and 16, as well as at Hershey Theatre, 15 E. Caracas Ave., Hershey, on Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 22 and 23. Saturday performances will be at 1 and 5 p.m., with Sunday performances at 2 p.m. The dancers of CPYB will bring Balanchine’s winter classic to life with larger-than-life sets and costumes set to the music of Tchaikovsky. Two casts totaling 175 students will perform. CPYB will present Story Telling Through Movement, a free,
interactive pre-performance reading where attendees can learn “The Nutcracker” story, meet the characters, and dance. The event will take place at Whitaker Center on Dec. 15 at 12:15 p.m. and Dec. 16 at 1:15 p.m. Maestro Stuart Malina will lead the Harrisburg Symphony Orchestra’s live performances of the score at all three Hershey Theatre performances. CPYB is the only central Pennsylvania organization licensed to perform the Balanchine version of “The Nutcracker.” CPYB is known to be the only school to receive license from The George Balanchine Trust to perform the work since 1991. To purchase tickets, readers may visit www.CPYB.org/ Performances.
Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet will perform “The Nutcracker” at Whitaker Center on Dec. 15 and 16 and at Hershey Theatre on Dec. 22 and 23.
Club Meeting Features K-9 Unit “All Shook Up” Auditions Slated The Lenker Manor Paxtang Women’s Club’s November program featured the Swatara Township Police Department K-9 unit. Officer Scott Gibson and Kix were joined by Cpl. Tim Bloss and J.T. The officers explained the work, training, and value of the dogs for narcotics searches, article searches, and building searches as well as the extensive training required for developing tracking skills. The K-9 unit has been activated for more than 100 incidents since the program was reintroduced in late spring. Donations to support the K-9 unit are appreciated. To donate, readers may visit www.gofundme.com/Swatara PoliceK9.
Harrisburg Christian Performing Arts Center, 1000 S. Eisenhower Blvd., Middletown, will hold open auditions for performers in fifth grade through adults for the Broadway hit “All Shook Up.” Auditions will be held at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 29; at 9:30 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 1; and at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 3. The performance will feature the music of Elvis Presley.
Performers should plan on attending one of the three audition dates, when they will act, sing, and dance to scenes from the show. There is no need to prepare anything for the audition. Everyone who auditions will be cast in the show. For more details, readers may visit www.thehcpac.org. Performances will take place on Friday, Feb. 15, through Sunday, Feb. 17, 2019.
Gamut Theatre Plans Christmas Show Swatara Township Police Department Cpl. Tim Bloss (left) with J.T. and Officer Scott Gibson with Kix recently spoke at the November meeting of Lenker Manor Paxtang Women’s Club.
Gamut Theatre Group will continue its 26th season with “Every Christmas Story Ever Told (and Then Some!)” The show will open on Friday, Dec. 7, at Gamut Theatre, 15 N. Fourth St., Harrisburg. Artistic director Clark Nicholson, executive director Melissa Nicholson and associate artistic director Thomas Weaver will present a comic adventure.
The box office will open at 6:30 p.m., and the performance will begin at 7:30 p.m. Following the opening night performance, a reception will provide an opportunity for guests to meet the director, cast and crew. The show will continue through Sunday, Dec. 23, with performances on Fridays and Saturdays at 6:30 p.m. and See Christmas Show pg 9
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350 St. John’s Church Road, Camp Hill, will host the annual service of Lessons and Carols on Sunday, Dec. 2, at 3 p.m. In addition to Scripture lessons and singing of carols, prelude music will be provided on the 1807 Conrad Doll organ. Visit www.historicpeace church.org or call 717-571-5189.
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