Elizabethtown DECEMBER 4, 2019
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Elizabethtown Fair Members To Host Drive To Collect Food, Winter Clothing By Chelsea Peifer
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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 •Gifts That Give Hope Lancaster Alternative Gift Fair, The Junction Center, Manheim Dec. 7 •Performance of Handel’s “Messiah,” Memorial United Methodist Church, Quarryville Dec. 15 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
See Donation Drive pg 4
Elizabethtown Fair volunteers (from left) Steve Laughlin, Bev Laughlin, and Haley Laughlin invite the community to donate new or gently used winter coats, jackets, gloves, and hats, as well as nonperishable food items, for area residents in need. Donations will be accepted from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Dec. 14 at the Elizabethtown Fairgrounds.
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 perform Christmas carols at the tree lighting. Ukulele Uprising will lead Christmas carols through the crowd. See Winterfest pg 2
Display Space To Expand For Folk Art Show SSC To Debut “A Children’s Christmas Carol” By Chelsea Peifer
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 takes place. This year’s event is scheduled for 3 to 8 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 13, and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 14. Admission is free, and complimentary refreshments will be available. Woodcarver Doug Shaw, who has participated in the event since its inception more than two decades ago, explained that in the past artists were See Folk Art Show pg 10
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.
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 Susquehanna Stage Company will perform “A Chilfor an adaptation of dren’s Christmas Carol” at the Marietta Center for the Charles Dickens’ “A Arts on the weekends of Dec. 6 to 8 and Dec. 13 to 15. Christmas Carol.” SSC board member Asher Johnson, Christmas carols and songs. “It’s pretty who is also Jim’s son and regularly true to the Charles Dickens version and appears in SSC productions, wrote the has the same characters, but we wanted original adaptation, “A Children’s something that was more tailored for Christmas Carol,” which is filled with younger kids,” commented Asher. See Susquehanna Stage pg 2
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On Saturday, Dec. 14, members of the Elizabethtown Fair will be collecting donations of new or gently used winter coats, jackets, gloves, and hats for the United Churches Elizabethtown Area (UCEA) Clothing Bank, as well as nonperishable food items for the winter shelter at Elizabethtown Community Housing and Outreach Services (ECHOS). The community is invited to drop off items from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Dec. 14 at the Elizabethtown Fairgrounds, 900 E. High St. Signs will be posted directing individuals where to go. Members of the Elizabethtown Fair and students in the Elizabethtown Area High School (EAHS) PAWS & Think club will
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