Love of Film Will Unite Buffs at Red Rose Festival
BY JEFF FALK
Technically, films combine elements of images, motion, dialogue, ideas and music. It’s a combination of sensory stimuli that can evoke strong emotions and transport viewers to different places and times.
Ryan Shank, the founder of the Red Rose Film Festival, has been theatrically transported on many different
“(Films are) an escape,” said Shank. “I’ve always loved stories. I grew up on Ninja Turtles, and I also grew up on ‘Jaws.’ I love to laugh. It’s almost like therapy in a way. I’d rather listen to a story and relate to it than talk about
This year’s edition of Shank’s annual Red Rose Film Festival will
be staged on four days, from Thursday, Nov. 6, to Sunday, Nov. 9. The festival will include screenings of 60 films - feature-length movies, documentaries and shorts - from 20 countries, as well as a pair of formal gatherings.
On Nov. 6, the event will kick off with a welcome party from 5 to 9 p.m. at Zoetropolis Cinema
Stillhouse, 112 N. Water St., Lancaster. Then, on Saturday, Nov. 8, the local film festival will present special awards at a gala from 6 to 10 p.m. at Penn Cinema IMAX, 541 Airport Road, Lititz.
“The welcome party is just that,” said Shank, a 2004 graduate of Lancaster Catholic High School. “It’s a happy hour for filmmakers. You’re
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BY JEFF FALK
Open your mind and collect your thoughts on pipe organs. Now, take everything you thought you knew about organs and throw it out the window.
Frank Dodd is going to help you reorganize your ideas on organ music. It’s his version of Organ Transplants.
“It’s a play on words. It’s an organ
recital,” said Dodd, who’s been the organist and director of music at Westminster Presbyterian Church for seven years. “Most of the music is transplanted. We call them transcriptions. It was originally designed for music on different instruments and transcribed for playing on the organ.”
Dodd will present his interpretation of Organ Transplants at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 1, at Westminster
College Night Can Be Portal to Brighter Futures
BY JEFF FALK
It seems a lot to ask 17- and 18-year-olds to make highereducation decisions that will affect the rest of their lives, that will shape the directions of their existences. But College Night can help by providing options, clearing up misconceptions and sparking new possibilities.
An informed decision is a smart decision.
“It helps kids from all over Lancaster County and beyond to be able to have direct interaction with colleges, trade schools and the military,” said Barbara McDaniel, a counseling office administrative assistant at Conestoga Valley High School (CVHS) who’s been coordinating College Night for 27 years. “It gives them a little bit of the atmosphere of what college is like. It helps students decide which path is best for them.”
Located at 2110 Horseshoe Road, Lancaster, CVHS will host this year’s edition of its annual College Night inside Rill Gymnasium from 6 to 8 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 3. The event is free to attend and open to all high school students across Lancaster County.
“It’s so awesome,” said McDaniel. “Tables are set up in alphabetical order, and there are a lot of people. When I talk to parents and students, I get compliments about the flow. Students can see what a college represents or if they have the major they are interested in. It’s a busy night, but when six o’clock hits and I open the doors and see the students come in, that’s my favorite part.”
Viewers screen a presentation at last year’s Red Rose Film Festival. Music director Frank Dodd plays
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LBC To Present Fall Recital, Concert
Lancaster Bible College (LBC) students will present the fall 2025 Art Song Recital & String Orchestra Concert on Sunday, Nov. 2, at 3 p.m. at Highland Presbyterian Church, 500 E. Roseville Road, Lancaster.
Under the guidance of director of vocal studies Jeffrey Martin and director of instrumental studies Doris Hall-Gulati, LBC students will share sounds from storytellers across the ages. Six Music, Worship & Performing Arts student vocalists, as well as a trumpet per-
formance major, will be featured soloists, and a student composer will also premiere one of his own works.
Ben Burkholder, a composition major from Danville set to graduate in 2027, will debut his piece “The Florid Sword,” which is based off a character in Andrew Peterson’s fantasy series “The Wingfeather Saga.”
The pay-what-youwill concert is open to the public; seats may be reserved at www.lbc.edu/ events.
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Representatives from more than 125 colleges, universities, technical schools, business schools and branches of the armed forces will be present on College Night. The event will also offer a pair of informative, educational seminars titled “How To Choose a College” and “Financial Aid.”
“I don’t think (higher education) is for everybody,” said McDaniel. “I think times are changing. If you’re not ready to do it now, we have kids who take gap years. I think it’s important to at least come to College Night. It’s important to determine what’s the best road for you. It’s not wrong not to go to a four-year college. It’s a lot of money these days.”
“There are students who know exactly what they want to do,” she added. “For those who don’t, that’s why there are counselors; that’s why there are parents. There are counselors who can guide them toward their futures.”
More than 2,000 individuals from Lancaster County public and private high schools - students, parents and family members - are expected to attend College Night at CVHS. The event is designed for seniors, juniors and 10th-graders.
“They’re college-bound students,” said McDaniel. “They’re trade schoolbound students. We don’t just get the four-year college students. It’s a lot of juniors and some seniors who are on the fence. A lot
of parents come, too.”
“It’s the biggest (college fair) in the county,” added McDaniel. “Other schools participate, and they send their students to us. They love that we do it and everybody can come. We send (invitations) to all the schools in Lancaster County, public and private, indicating when it will be. We try to reach as far as we can go.”
Established in 1975, College Night at CVHS is celebrating 50 years of providing guide rails for the futures of thousands of Lancaster County high school students.
“It was probably on a lower scale when it first started and just got bigger and bigger,” said McDaniel. “I do think College Night sticks with what people know and with what people expect and with what works well. We keep it simple. We’ve seen different colleges come in, and some colleges come back every year. It’s a consistent fair, and I like it that way. I think we have a good reputation. When people walk in the door, things are easy to find.”
“College Night is a wonderful event,” McDaniel continued. “It’s not only for our community in Conestoga Valley; it’s for everyone in Lancaster County. It’s a way for students to interact with representatives from colleges and trade schools. It helps them get a feel for what colleges have to offer. It’s a quick interaction, but it’s a meaningful interaction.”
Bethany Presbyterian Church, 25 N. West End Ave., Lancaster, will hold its Christmas sale on Saturday, Nov. 1, from 8 a.m. to noon.
The sale will include Christmas decorations, garlands, collectibles, wrapping paper, bows, ribbon, artificial trees, and unique gift items.
Boy Scout Troop 4 will serve an all-you-can-eat breakfast during the sale in an adjoining room. The
menu will include eggs, sausage, toast, potatoes, orange juice, coffee, and milk. Different prices are set for adults and for children ages 6 to 10; children age 5 and under may eat for free. Proceeds from the sale and breakfast will support Troop 4’s programs. The sale is handicapped-accessible via the ramp at the rear of the church. Free parking is available in the lot behind the church.
Historic Rock Ford To Present “Persuasion”
Historic Rock Ford, 881 Rock Ford Road, Lancaster, will present “Persuasion” in the rooms of the General Hand Mansion on Fridays, Nov. 14 and 21, and Saturdays, Nov. 15 and 22, at 7 and 8:30 p.m. Performances with matinees will also take place on Sundays, Nov. 16 and 23, at 3 p.m.
The one-act play, inspired by scenes from Jane Austen’s novel, was adapted by Samuel Slaymaker and is intended to provide audiences with the flavor of Austen’s work and wit within the setting of a true Georgian mansion. The Actor’s School is the new creative team for this year’s production.
“Persuasion” relates the story of Anne Elliot, an aristocratic young lady
who declines marrying Captain Frederick Wentworth at a youthful age even though she deeply loves him. After a period of seven years, Anne and Wentworth meet again and must resolve their feelings through a series of encounters that are highlighted in the play. Each performance will be approximately an hour, with scenes taking place on the main floor of the General Hand Mansion. The production is not handicapped-accessible. Guests will be standing during the performance and following the characters from room to room. Performances are limited to 15 guests. To purchase tickets, visit www .historicrockford.org/ special-events.
Interested individuals interact with representatives of higher-education institutions at a past College Night at Conestoga Valley High School.
Mennonite Life Event To Focus on the Froschauer Bible
Mennonite Life, 2215 Millstream Road, Lancaster, will commemorate 500 years of Anabaptism at a Collections Feature showcasing centuries-old Froschauer Bibles on Thursday, Nov. 6, at 7 p.m. in the Mennonite Life Community Room.
The Froschauer Bible, completed in the year 1529, was the earliest complete Bible of the Protestant Reformation, as well as the first German-language Bible to be used widely by Anabaptists. Though it was not initially intended for an Anabaptist audience, the Froschauer Bible was quickly adopted by the movement in its early years. Some Plain Anabaptist communities still use the Froschauer Bible today.
At the Collections Feature, Mennonite Life
archivist and librarian Julia Wiker and guest speaker Isaac Lowry, curator at Washington County Mennonite Historical Library in Hagerstown, Md., will review the history of the Froschauer Bible’s multiple printings and showcase the unique traits of several Bibles owned by Mennonite Life.
A highlight of the event will be a rare, illustrated 1560 Meyer Family Froschauer Bible. This particular Bible features hand-colored images throughout the text.
The Collections Feature will not be recorded or livestreamed. The event is free, but registration is required at www.mennonitelife.org/ events.
Mennonite Life’s vision is diverse communities connecting across boundaries by knowing and valuing their own and each other’s stories of life, faith, cultures, and histories.
enjoying food, and you’re talking about your projects and your passion. The gala is held after all the films have been screened at least twice over the weekend. Do I call it a red-carpet event? Yes. Is it a black-tie event? No.”
“The highlight of the festival should be the works,” continued Shank. “But it will be the Lancaster businesses and filmmakers coming together. It’s really a networking event. The film industry, at its core, is collaborative.”
The 60 films that the Red Rose Film Festival will feature were selected from a group of 200 submissions. Each film was viewed by five judges from a panel of 50 and then was assigned a rating from 1 to 10 based on 10 criteria.
The majority of the films that will be screened at the festival received ratings of 8 or higher.
Among the movies that will be presented are a film called “Adamstown,” which was produced by Lancaster-based Rwandan filmmaker Andrew Bilindabagabo, and “Keep Quiet and Forgive,” which was produced and directed by Lancaster cinematographer Sarah McClure.
In 2023, it was estimated that 9,500 films were produced around the world.
“They’re thoughts and ideas that people have the courage to put on the
screen,” said Shank. “How many ideas are there? How many thoughts do you have in a day?”
“Lancaster and central Pennsylvania are underrepresented in the film community,” he added. “Our goal is to advocate for the filmmakers. But we’re more an extension of tourism than we are of just the arts.”
Over the festival’s four days, more than 1,000 people, mainly from the country’s northeast corridor - Pennsylvania, New York and Baltimore - are expected to attend the Red Rose Film Festival. Many of them will experience feelings of escape.
“Our biggest audiences are the filmmakers and their families,” said Shank, a resident of Marietta. “People who support the arts are typically 55 and older who want to send the elevator back down. They want to
have conversations with these filmmakers, and those conversations matter. That’s what this platform provides. This is why we’re here.”
Through his creative passion for films, Shank established the Red Rose Film Festival in 2019.
“We technically copied an idea for a film festival from Dubuque, Iowa,” said Shank. “The Julien Dubuque International Film Festival is one of the top-rated film festivals in the country. They focus more on tourism than filmmaking. I was like, ‘Why don’t we have this in Lancaster? Let’s take Lancaster’s love of Lancaster and create a film festival.’ Lancaster loves Lancaster.”
“It keeps me in proximity of an industry for which I chose Lancaster over Los Angeles,” Shank continued. “I didn’t want that life, and now I’m very fulfilled. I didn’t need fame to fulfill
Church Sets Soup Sale
Faith United Methodist Church, 1290 Fruitville Pike, Lititz, is accepting orders for quarts of Oregon Dairy soups. Orders and payment are due by Sunday, Nov. 2.
Vegetable beef, chicken corn, tomato bisque, creamy potato, chicken corn noodle, and ham and bean soup varieties are available at a set cost per
quart.
Orders will be ready for pickup at the church on Saturday, Nov. 22, from 10 a.m. to noon. Quarts will be available for walk-ins while supplies last.
To place an order, call the church at 717-5600321, email faithumc@ hotmail.com, or visit www.faithumc.us and click “Online Giving.”
my dream. The Red Rose Film Festival has become my platform. This is my way to be connected to artists and filmmakers.”
For additional information, go to https://redrose filmfestival.com.
Mennonite Life archivist and librarian Julia Wiker with a Froschauer Bible
Bazaar To Feature Assortment of Greek Food
Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church, 64 Hershey Ave., Lancaster, will host its Greek Food Bazaar on Saturday, Nov. 1, from 10:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. and on Sunday, Nov. 2, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. This year’s event will feature dine-in, drivethrough, and takeout options.
Drive-through and takeout options will include the traditional Greek platter, featuring Greek chicken, pastitsio, spinach pie, Greek salad, and a roll, plus Greek pastries,
including a variety box of baklava, finikia, kourambiethes, koulourakia, and loukoumathes (honey balls), and more. Inside the church, visitors will find even more Greek food choices and pastries, the Gourmet Room or Greek grocery store, and ethnic Greek dancing. Church and orthodox history tours will be offered every hour until one hour before closing.
Thirty-three percent of all proceeds will support the Lancaster community and other philanthropic
works. The Greek Food Bazaar has been in existence for 66 years.
Parking is free on-site or in the Manor Shopping
Center. For more information and to preorder, visit https://annunciation -greek-orthodox-church. square.site/.
Museum Plans “Trains & Troops” Event
The Red Rose Veterans Honor Guard will pres -
The Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania, 300 Gap Road, Strasburg, will host its 25th annual Trains & Troops weekend on Saturday, Nov. 1, and Sunday, Nov. 2. The event salutes American railroads and members of the United States military.
ent the colors at 11 a.m. on Nov. 1 and at 1 p.m. on Nov. 2. The Lampeter-Strasburg Community Band will perform a repertoire of Americana and
patriotic music on Nov. 1 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. The Victory Society will present a World War II period fashion show at 2 p.m. on Nov. 1.
During Trains & Troops, an array of military and military railroad service-related vehicles, uniforms, equipment, field gear, maps, books, photographs, memorabilia, and collectibles will be on display from exhibitors. Visitors also will encounter military, civilian, and railroader living history re-enactors from various eras in U.S. history throughout the museum. Museum director Patrick C. Morrison noted that the U.S. military used railroads in the American Civil War and World Wars I and II.
Groups and displays at the event will include the 1st Infantry Division; the 2nd Infantry Division Korean War re-enactors; the 8th Air Force; the 165th Medical Detachment of the 27th Infantry Division; Company L of the 110th Infantry Regiment of the 28th Infantry Division; the 45th Infantry Division; the 266th Engineer Combat Battalion of the 66th Infantry Division; Company C of the 505th Infantry Regiment of the 82nd Airborne Division; the 724th Railway Operating
Helpers showcase an assortment of treats at the 2023 Greek Food Bazaar.
The Greek Food Bazaar is a popular event each year.
Greek dancing sets the tone at the annual Greek Food Bazaar.
Delicious Greek food items are not in short supply at the annual bazaar.
Attorney Wins Lifetime Achievement Award
Haggerty Silverman & Justice P.C. recently announced that Samuel G. Encarnacion has been selected as a 2025 recipient of the A. Leon Higginbotham Jr. Lifetime Achievement Award, one of the most prestigious legal honors in Pennsylvania.
Named for the pioneering federal judge and civil rights leader, the A. Leon Higginbotham Jr. Award is presented every other year to a minority attorney or judge who has demonstrated lasting dedication to the legal profession and the minority community
through more than 15 years of service. Encarnacion has earned recognition as an accomplished trial attorney. Over a 31-year career as a trial lawyer and public defender, he built a reputation for excellence in the courtroom while mentoring and training the next generation of criminal defense advocates. His peers across the state supported his nomination. The Pennsylvania Bar Association will formally honor Encarnacion and fellow award recipients at a luncheon in Philadelphia this October.
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. Presbyterian Church, 2151 Oregon Pike, Lancaster. Dodd’s organ concert, which is part of Westminster’s six-event music series, is free and open to the public.
A freewill offering will be accepted, and proceeds will benefit the music series.
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“For me, the lines between performances and worship are really blurred, because every Sunday I perform as part of the worship service,” said Dodd. “God has given me these gifts, and I want to share them. But in a concert like this, with music like this, I have to leverage the organ to make it sound like an orchestra. It’s really fun.”
Organ Transplants will include 10 pieces of music selected by Dodd, and the recital will last about 90 minutes. An intermission will be included as part of the performance.
“The recital will not be livestreamed, partly because we believe there’s something magical about being at a live performance,” said Dodd, a resident of Manheim Township. “It’s one of those things you want to be at in
person. The acoustics at the church really lends itself to the playing of the organ. The organ is versatile as an instrument, and it can be very entertaining. That’s what this concert is setting out to do.”
Staged on the day after Halloween, Organ Transplants will open with Johann Sebastian Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in D Minor.
“It’s the quintessential spooky organ music,” said Dodd. “That’s going to set the mood for the whole night.”
“For me, the highlight is that I get to play music I can’t play on a Sunday morning,” continued Dodd. “It’s pieces from movies, musical theater, ballet and a Disney piece. There are three pieces back-to-backto-back from ‘Star Wars,’ ‘The Hunchback of Notre Dame’ and ‘The Phantom of the Opera’ that I really enjoy playing. These three transcripts of movie music aren’t your typical fare for a church organist.”
Several hundred individuals are expected to attend Dodd’s performance, including church members, music lovers, Dodd’s
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Battalion; the 83rd Infantry Division, Archbury Foundation; the Association of American Military Advisors in Vietnam; the Bethlehem Steel Arc Welder; Company L of the 109th Infantry Regiment of the 28th Infantry Division; USS Mullinix; East Coast W.A.V.E.S.; Fort Mott; the Historical Aviation Society; Larry Alexander, displaying military artifacts and books; medical trains; Miss Victory on the Homefront; Office of Strategic Services; Pennsylvania Railroad Truck; Quartermaster Corps Detachment K9; Railroad Operations on the Homefront; railway artil -
relatives and colleagues and members of the community.
“The organ originated a couple of centuries B.C. It’s that old,” said Dodd. “But it wasn’t until the Middle Ages that it made its way into churches and cathedrals. The organ has slowly become the instrument of choice in churches. In the early 1900s, there were many large organs installed in churches and large auditoriums.”
“It’s much easier to pay an organist to play Tchaikovsky than to pay an orchestra of 100 people,” Dodd continued. “That’s where the transcriptions began. The organ became this instrument to play classical pieces of music to a lot of folks. You just needed a big organ and a big auditorium. Some of what I’m playing is that.”
Dodd has been playing the organ - the boisterous musical cousin of the piano - for 28 years, since he was 10. He has reached a level of proficiency that has been fostered through the repetition of those God-given gifts.
“I grew up going to church, and I thought the
organ was the neatest thing,” said Dodd. “I was transformed as a kid. If I’m completely honest, I think (the proficiency) is 50% talent and 50% hard work. I’ve been working on this music since the beginning of the summer and most of these pieces I’ve never played before, so it’s going to be a challenge.”
The next concert in Westminster’s Music Series, Joy to the World, will be presented at the church at 6 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 7, followed by the New Jersey Chamber Orchestra at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 31; the Messiah University concert choir at 7 p.m. on Saturday, April 11; and Sandra McCracken, a ticketed event, at 7 p.m. on Saturday, May 9.
“In my seven years as director of music, this is the first organ concert I’ve done,” said Dodd. “The congregants have been asking. Up until now I’ve been telling them I do provide one, every Sunday morning at 11. To me, it was obvious that now was the time.”
For additional information, go to https://westpca.com/ church-events/#music.
lery, Army Ground Forces Association; Remembering the Korean War 75 Years Later; Rosie the Riveter; Stuart Tank Memorial Association; United States Army Air Force Aircraft Warning Service; U.S. Chaplain Corps; Victory Co-op; The Victory Society; and a World War II military knife display.
A 1940s swing dance, featuring the Moonlighters big band, will be held at the museum on Nov. 1 from 7 to 10 p.m. There is a separate admission fee, and swing dance tickets may be purchased online through www.eventbrite.com.
Additionally, the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania is accepting new and unwrapped toys, books, and games again this year on behalf of children who benefit from the U.S. Marine Corps Toys for Tots program.
For more information on the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania, visit www .rrmuseumpa.org or call 717-687-8628.
Brethren Disaster Relief Auction Announces Totals
The 47th annual Brethren Disaster Relief Auction, held at the Lebanon Valley Expo on Sept. 26 and 27, raised a total of $373,931.
Notable sales for the auctions were general auction, steak dinner for 10 people, $1,050; general auction, grape pie sold six times, $1,105; quilt auction, carpenter’s square quilt, $3,600; coin auction, half-ounce gold coin, $2,100; theme basket auction, on-the-go basket, $1,150; and sporting goods auction, spotting
scope, $650. The food sales at the auction totaled nearly $34,000. The auction, held in cooperation with the Atlantic Northeast and Southern Districts of the Church of the Brethren, began in 1977 and has provided more than $20 million for disaster relief to victims of natural disasters both in the U.S. and internationally. Funds raised by the auction not only pay for emergency supplies for disaster victims, but also support volunteer disaster relief trips throughout the year.
Holiday Bazaar Posted
Oregon Community United Methodist Church, located at 1214 Creek Road, Lititz, will hold its annual holiday bazaar on Saturday, Nov. 15, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.
The holiday bazaar will include local crafters, a silent auction, baked goods and soup to go, as well as household items,
books and more. Hot dogs, barbecue, baked goods and drinks will also be available for purchase. Those who would like to reserve a table space are asked to call 717-6567198 and leave a message. Proceeds from the event will help support continuing ministries of the church.
