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Octorara FEBRUARY 21, 2024

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Octorara Drama Club to stage “Annie”

OWA sets annual photography contest BY FRANCINE FULTON

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Amateur photographers of all ages who have snapped scenic photos within the Octoraro Watershed are invited to participate in the Octoraro Watershed Association’s (OWA) third annual photography contest. The goal of the annual event is

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he Drama Club at Octorara Junior-Senior High School will present “Annie” as its spring musical. Performances will take place at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Feb. 29, March 1 and March 2. There will also be a matinee at 2 p.m. on March 2. This year, the play at Octorara will feature student actors of all ages. “Students in grades seven to 12 are the main characters, and we are actually have students from grades two through six who are guest starring,” said Octorara music teacher Joe Lynch, assistant director. “It’s been a lot of

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“It’s so familiar. Everyone will be able to engage and enjoy the show.” fun working with the little ones and engaging them with the big kids. We are using them to support the (cast of) older kids.” Auditions were held right after Thanskgiving, and rehearsals began soon after. “We had two days of rehearsals. They had to sing and dance and perform a cold read, (which is) reading a little bit from the script (as part) of their audition.” Lynch noted that the performance at Octorara is the actual Broadway version of the play. Based on the Depression-era comic strip “Little Orphan Annie” by Harold Gray, the musical follows the title character on her journey from an orphanage on the Lower East Side in New York to a mansion on Fifth Avenue.

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