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November 1, 2013
Embassy readies Christmas icons By Garth Snow gsnow@kpcmedia.com
As she prepares a fabled tradition for another Christmas, Barb Richards talks about a child’s thrill at seeing the Wolf & Dessauer animated characters. When she was about 7, she watched the store’s blinds separate to reveal Santa and company in the windows of that legendary Fort Wayne department store. As she built a 37-year career in broadcasting, Richards often heralded the Thanksgiving Eve unveiling of the characters’ new windows on Harrison Street. In her first year as the Embassy Theatre’s marketing director, she still stands in awe of the assorted penguins and carolers that spend their summers on the third floor of the Indiana Hotel building. With the guidance of David and Kathy James, those characters will spring to life the evening
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Embassy Theatre Marketing Director Barb Richards surveys the characters and creatures waiting to move from their summer home on the fourth floor to the Embassy Theatre’s Harrison Street windows. The fabled Wolf & Dessaur animated characters will come alive Thanksgiving Eve. The Embassy also will open the doors to its Festival of Trees from 6-9 p.m. that evening. The Festival of Trees will continue through Dec. 4. The window display will continue through Dec. 31.
of Nov. 27, during the Night of Lights. Richards says the characters never really rest. “They get busy at night,” she says. Santa, of course, is the leader, she jokes. She describes the
plastic-covered, dormant collection as “creepy as heck.” “But I think they’re pretty,” she says. “Some of them are rather works of art. They are kind of fun.”
Homestead cast explores ‘The Mouse That Roared’ By Garth Snow gsnow@kpcmedia.com
Two seniors who have supported several Homestead High School Drama Department productions will offer their services yet again Nov. 7 to 9. For the fall production, Drama Director Vicky Malooley has chosen “The Mouse That Roared,” which is widely remembered from the Peter Sellers movie of 1959. Malooley said senior Duncan Smith is an actor, who has performed in all but one show during his
Second-graders help classmate’s dad with kids’ take on travels
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Kolin Davis (from left) portrays Gen. Snippet, Duncan Seibert is Professor Kokintz, Ella Mckane-Wright is Mrs. Beson and Colin Beard is the president of the United States in the Homested High School production of “The Mouse That Roared.”
Homestead years. She said senior Karina Abramowski “is an incredible backstage crew girl
‘The Mouse That Roared’ Homestead High School, 4310 Homestead Road Thursday through Saturday, Nov. 7, 8 and 9. 7 p.m. each evening. The Homestead Drama Department presents Christopher Sergel’s stage adaptation of the 1955 Cold War satirical novel by Leonard Wibberley. Tickets are $7 for adults, $5 for all students with student ID. Any Southwest Allen County Schools employee may present their schools ID to admit the employee and one other person.
who has been an incredible addition since her sophomore year here.” Smith has performed in seven Homestead productions, starting with “Bye Bye Birdie” his freshman year. In an email interview, Smith said an audience’s reaction serves to motivate the actors. “Laughter keeps the energy going, and lets the actors know that they are See CAST, Page A13
More Christmas Check Section B for more holiday highlights. See ICONS, Page A2
Author David M. Long is happy to share the credit for his children’s book with the children who helped to shape the recently released paperback. “The Hunt for the Rocky Mountain Marmot (Adventures of Amos and Kareena Leena Fogley)” was released Oct. 11. Long and daughter, Audrey, then 7, embarked on the project a year ago. They enlisted the help of a Whispering Meadows Elementary second-grade class taught by Lauren Wyss. “Obviously, he did the writing himself,” Wyss said, “but he was looking for a child’s feedback, and how they perceived the illustrations. I think he found out that second-graders have their opinions about what they like and don’t like, because they weren’t shy.” Audrey is now 8. Long and his wife, Sharon, also have a son, Micah, who is now
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“The Hunt for the Rocky Mountain Marmot.” amosandkareenaleena. com. Book cost: $6.99 on Amazon.com.
10. “He’s a boy,” Long said, “and I was looking for a way to connect with my daughter, so on a Saturday morning we were looking around and I said ‘Let’s write a book.’ And I said, ‘Audrey I think it would be a good idea if we got your See TRAVELS, Page A12
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