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Conestoga Valley NOVEMBER 27, 2019

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SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954

VOL LV • NO 52

Sing For The Moment Schedules Seasonal Concert Quilting And Giving

By Ann Mead Ash

Working together with Candy Yingling at the Alzheimer’s Association Greater Pennsylvania Chapter, Faith Hoover, director of Adult Day Services and coordinator of the Memory Loss Support Group at Landis Homes, devised a way for area Alzheimer’s patients who have an interest in singing to rehearse together and present two yearly concerts at Landis Homes. Hoover asked Clair Leaman, conductor of the “Messiah” Sing-Alongs at Westminster Presbyterian in Lancaster and in Chester County, to work with the group, and Sing for the Moment held its first holiday concert in December 2018. This year’s concert will be held on Sunday, Dec. 1, at 2 p.m. at Landis Homes in the West Bethany Chapel, 1001 E. Oregon Road, Lititz. Admission

By Ann Mead Ash

Pianist Sandy Smoker (left) and conductor Clair Leaman (right) work with the Sing for the Moment choir at Landis Homes. The group will give its third concert on Dec. 1 at 2 p.m. in the Landis Homes West Bethany Chapel. is free, and the public is welcome to attend. The first part of the vocal concert

will include a variety of Christmas favorites, followed by a performance by See Concert pg 3

Back in 2005, May Kay Hymes founded a quilting group at Highland Presbyterian Church, 500 E. Roseville Road, Lancaster. Hymes has left the area, but she keeps in touch with the quilters by hosting yearly quilting retreats. The Highland Quilters still meet each Wednesday in Room 204 of the church, and they estimate they have completed approximately 35 quilts per year since the group began working together. In addition to quilts, members of the group make quilted items such as placemats, table runners, and quilted bowl holders that can be used in the microwave. Fran Stefany estimates she has made at least 2,000 quilted microwaveable bowl holders. See Highland Quilters pg 2

Red Rose Figure Skating Club Journey To Bethlehem Continues To Present “Bring It On” By Ann Mead Ash CON

Ursula Wolfer, director of the Red Rose Figure Skating Club’s December show, has chosen for this year’s presentation a storyline that will focus on the trials and tribulations of being a teenager. The show is called “Bring It On,” and Wolfer said that the script and skating will add a few twists and turns to the musicals and movies of the same name. “We use the musical as our base, but we spin off in many directions,” explained Wolfer. See Red Rose Skaters pg 3

The ninth Journey to Bethlehem, an interactive live Nativity presentation, will be held at Woodcrest Retreat Center, Ephrata, on Dec. 13, 14, 20, and 21. Members of the cast of the Red Rose Figure Skating Club’s December show, “Bring It On,” are preparing to stage the presentation on Saturday, Dec. 7, at 1 and 5 p.m. at the Lancaster Ice Rink.

By Ann Mead Ash

Adam Fox, summer camp director at Woodcrest Retreat, has been involved in the annual Journey to Bethlehem - an interactive Nativity held at the camp - for

six years, but some parts of the program still amaze him. “I still get that sense of awe when the angels appear, (even though) I know it’s going to happen,” said Fox of one of the six scenes witnessed by visitors who take the journey. See Journey To Bethlehem pg 6 Ephrata

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