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IN THIS ISSUE: DONEGAL POSTS HOLIDAY CONCERTS page 3
DECEMBER 4, 2019
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LX • NO 48
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Chester and Berks counties •Holiday Lights at Gring’s Mill, Reading - Thursdays through Sundays through Dec. 29 •Christmas at Langoma, St. Mary of Providence, Elverson Dec. 14 Dauphin and Lebanon counties •“The Homecoming” at Hershey Area Playhouse - select dates from Dec. 5 to 15 •Wreaths Across America ceremony at Indiantown Gap National Cemetery - Dec. 14
Servant Stage Slates “Joy To The World” pg 3 Model Railroad Open House Scheduled pg 11
SSC To Debut “A Children’s Christmas Carol” By Chelsea Peifer
Director Jim Johnson wanted to be sure that Susquehanna Stage Company (SSC) performed something unique for its first major children’s production in the Eater Theater at Marietta Center for the Arts, 133 W. Market St., Marietta. Instead of performing a show that was pegged outright for youths, he opted for an adaptation of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol.” SSC board member Asher Johnson, who is also Jim’s son and regularly appears in SSC productions, wrote the original adaptation, “A Children’s Christmas Carol,” which is filled with Christmas carols and songs. “It’s pretty true to the Charles Dickens version and has the same characters, but we wanted something that was more tailored for younger kids,” commented Asher. A beloved holiday favorite, the tale follows embittered Ebenezer Scrooge, played by
Brayton Alkinburgh, as he clings to his miserly ways and declares the joys of Christmas to be “Bah! Humbug!” Scrooge’s disheartened mentality is shaken up through the course of several events, including encounters with the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future - portrayed by Emma Witman, Anastasia Hess, and Teresa Moore, respectively. Zac Snyder will play Bob Cratchit, Scrooge’s employee. “I get to be the happiness of the show and spread cheer with my family,” said Zac, who lives in Columbia and attends Lancaster Catholic High School. This will be his fifth performance with SSC. Mrs. Cratchit will be portrayed by Julia Bono, who is making her SSC debut. “I love this show, and I was really interested in playing a character who is a lot older than me and who has kids,” shared Julia, a Lampeter resident and student at Lancaster Country Susquehanna Stage Company will perform “A Children’s Christmas Day School. Carol” at the Marietta Center for the Arts on the weekends of See Susquehanna Stage pg 6 Dec. 6 to 8 and Dec. 13 to 15.
Display Space To Expand For Folk Art Show
•Gifts That Give Hope Lancaster Alternative Gift Fair, The Junction Center, Manheim Dec. 7
York County •Christmas Magic - A Festival of Lights, Rocky Ridge County Park, York - through Dec. 31 •Winter walks at Gifford Pinchot State Park, Lewisberry select dates starting Dec. 20
MSMJ Winterfest Planned For Dec. 7 Get into the holiday spirit this weekend at Winterfest in Mount Joy! Main Street Mount Joy (MSMJ) will present the 22nd annual event on Saturday, Dec. 7. Winterfest is scheduled to run from 4 to 7 p.m. and is a free public event. Winterfest will be located along Main Street between Delta Street and Barbara Avenue.
Music on the main stage is set to start at 4:15 p.m. and continue through 6:45 p.m. Music acts include Mary Mother of the Church Children’s Choir, Donegal School District Rhythm Singers, Johnny Presto, and Donegal High School Alumni Band. St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Mount Joy is providing a walking choir, which will also See Winterfest pg 6
Chiques UMC Celebrates 60th Anniversary Manheim Historical Society president Susan Williams (third from right) and exhibiting artists, including (from left) Doug Shaw, Dan Barthold, Mike Brown, Karen Hurd, and Cynthia Baker, invite the public to the annual Christmas Folk Art Show on Dec. 13 and 14 at the Manheim Historical Society Railroad Station. By Chelsea Peifer
Local and regional artists will have even more display space at this year’s Christmas Folk Art Show, as the Manheim
Historical Society has invited exhibitors to expand throughout the entire first floor of the Manheim Historical Society Railroad Station, 210 S. Charlotte St., Manheim, where the annual event See Folk Art Show pg 6
Chiques United Methodist Church (UMC), 1215 E. Main St., Mount Joy, celebrated its 60-year anniversary on Nov. 3 with an anniversary banquet at The Gathering Place in Mount Joy. The anniversary celebration began with a worship service at 9:45 a.m. with a morning message by the Rev. Dr. Reid S. Thomas Jr. At the noontime banquet, Michael Byrd, the current pastor at Chiques,
provided the welcome and invocation. The dinner was then served family style, with the menu including fruit cup, baked ham, stuffed chicken breast, mashed potatoes, baked corn, cauliflower, broccoli, carrots, dinner rolls, pie and ice cream, and coffee, hot tea, iced tea, lemonade, and milk. The Chiques theme song, “To God Be the Glory,” was then performed. A time of recognition followed, with Jay See Anniversary pg 7
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•Performance of Handel’s “Messiah,” Memorial United Methodist Church, Quarryville Dec. 15
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