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FEBRUARY 28, 2024
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
Octorara Drama Club to stage “Annie” BY FRANCINE FULTON
VOL XXXIII • NO 52
Sportsman Event to feature dinner, guest speaker and prizes BY FRANCINE FULTON
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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
The 14th annual Sportsman Event, featuring dinner, a guest speaker and an opportunity to win prizes, will be presented by the Outdoorsman Ministry Group at the Christian Life Center (CLC) on Saturday, March 9. Doors will open at 3:30 p.m., during which time attendees can view silent auction items and displays by vendors, including sports memorabilia, taxidermy and wildlife displays by various local outdoor groups. “We will have a lot more vendors this year, including a fly fishing outfitter and a dog tracking vendor who will talk about drones and how they are used in recovering (lost pets),” said Steve Shuster, event organizer. The program will begin at 5 p.m. in the church sanctuary with introductions, and dinner
“Everyone will be able to engage and enjoy the show.”
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will follow at 5:15 p.m. The dinner will be catered by PureBread Catering. “They will cater a great meal,” said Shuster. “There will be pulled pork, red potatoes, coleslaw, salad and many desserts.” The silent auction will also open at 5:15 p.m. Participants will be able to bid on a variety of
director. “It’s been a lot of 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. The musical,
Junior Grange plans Italian dinner BY FRANCINE FULTON
Cast members are busy rehearsing for the production.
which includes the well-known Tony Award for Best Musical. songs “It’s the Hard-Knock Life” “It’s so familiar. Everyone will and “Tomorrow,” was brought to be able to engage and enjoy the Broadway in 1977, where it won the show,” said Lynch.
Russellville Junior Grange will host an all-you-can-eat Italian dinner fundraiser on Saturday, March 2, from 4 p.m. until sold out at the Russellville Grange, 2 4 5 O ld L imestone R oad, Oxford. T he menu will include a choice of spaghetti, rigatoni, fettuccini or spaghetti squash with A lfredo, mar inara or Bolognese sauce. The meal will also include meatballs, a salad, garlic bread, a dessert
and a beverage. Attendees may eat at the Grange or purchase takeout. The meal will be prepared by members of the Junior Grange and their families. “All the specialty sauces, like the Alfredo, are homemade,” said Jessica Reyburn, Junior Grange co-leader, noting that 150 dine-in meals were served last year. “We (find) recipes and try them out ahead of time to make sure they are tasty, and we serve them that day.” “We wanted to reach out to See Italian dinner pg 4
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