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Citywide cast adopts ‘Annie Jr.’ By Louisa Danielson For the Northeast News
Chris Murphy has a crew of about 65 young students who are prepping sets and practicing their lines for a citywide middle school musical, “Annie Jr.” Performances will be given at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, March 17 and 18, at the Concordia Lutheran Elementary School Arena, 4245 Lake Ave., Fort Wayne. The admission price will be determined and tickets will be available at the door. Murphy issued the call for students from across Fort Wayne to audition. “We invited students particularly from our Lutheran schools, but also students who attended Concordia [High School’s] summer drama camp, and others who heard about the show, to audition,” he said. “There are about 45 students in the cast and we will probably have another 20 or so involved in the set design, set crew
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The familiar story of an orphan during the Depression finds new moments in “Annie Jr.,” now in rehearsal for two shows at Concordia Lutheran Elementary School.
and light/sound crew.” Students in Grades 6-8 auditioned for roles in the musical last September. Rehearsals are scheduled twice a week, to make sure everything is ready
for the March performances. “There is [only] one cast,” Murphy said, “no understudies.” The musical “Annie Jr.” looks very much like the traditional “Annie”
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Haley Kline executives a move with Summit Sound. Kline is a Bishop Dwenger High School junior.
Giron said students learn more than performance arts through show choir. “To me, show choir is a
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musical. The website for Music Theatre International, a licensor for musicals and plays in New York City, explains that See ANNIE, Page A14
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Show choirs are gathering momentum toward the state finals. Among local schools, both Bishop Dwenger and Northrop high schools will compete this weekend. Bishop Dwenger High School show choirs will perform Feb. 11 in the DeKalb Show Choir Invitational. Dwenger choirs opened the season Jan. 21 at the Carroll Classic. “It went great,” Dwenger show choirs director Christy Maloney said midway through her choirs’ first competition. “There are always the first-competition nerves that kind of creep up, but the kids had a lot of energy and did the best they could this first week.” Dwenger also hosted the Summit Show Choir Invitational on Jan. 28. Event co-chairman Juan
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Snider High School has enrolled 20 high school bands, four middle school bands and 12 combos for the 26th annual Nicholas Invitational Jazz Festival. Kevin Klee, the director of bands at Snider High School, released the schedule for a full day of performance and learning, Saturday, Feb. 11. Admission is $5. Snider is at 4600 Fairlawn Pass, Fort Wayne. In all, 14 schools are participating: Snider High School, North Side High School, Northrop High School, Wayne High School, Carroll High School, Leo High School, DeKalb High School, Columbia City High School, Norwell High School, South Adams High School, Concord High School, Black-
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hawk Middle School, Lane Middle School and Memorial Park Middle School. The music begins at 8:30 a.m., with activities in the Auditorium, East Gym and Multipurpose Room. In the auditorium, performance times are: Norwell Jazz Band, 10 a.m.; South Adams Jazz Band, 10:30 a.m.; Wayne Jazz Band, 11 a.m.; Columbia City Jazz Band, 11:30 a.m.; Northrop Jazz Band No. 1, 1 p.m.; Leo Jazz Band, 1:30 p.m.; Concord Jazz Band No. 1, 2 p.m.; DeKalb Jazz Band See JAZZ, Page A7
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Feb. 25 Carroll festival awaits 64 winter guards
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Several local schools will be represented among the 64 winter guard units that will compete Saturday, Feb. 25, at Carroll High School, 3701 Carroll Road, Fort Wayne. Competition begins at 10 a.m. Admission is $6 per person, with children under 5 admitted for $3. Infants who will be held on laps will be admitted free. Because the event is a contest and not an invitational, host Carroll will compete with the visiting schools. Among local schools in the Cadet Class, Bishop Dwenger Radiance will perform at 10:07 a.m., and the Carroll Cadet Guard will compete at 10:35 a.m.
Among local schools in Divisional Regional A, Heritage Winter Guard will perform at 11:03 a.m. and Woodlan will perform at 11:52 a.m. In Regional A Round 1, Snider JV will perform at 12:37 p.m. Bishop Dwenger Radiance Winter Guard will perform at 12:44 p.m. Wayne High School Winter Guard will perform at 1:05 p.m. Awards for the above classes will be presented at 1:33 p.m. In Regional A Round 2, Leo High School will perform at 2:40 p.m., New Haven will perform at 3:15 p.m., and Concordia Lutheran High School will perform at 3:20 p.m. Among local schools in Regional A Round 3, Carroll JV Winter Guard will perform at 4:11
p.m., Carroll Varsity will perform at 6:04 p.m., and Snider will perform at 6:12 p.m. Four award-winning Indiana winter guards will compete in Open Class: Homestead, 6:58 p.m.; Greenwood Irish Guard, 7:07 p.m.; Kokomo Varsity, 7:16 p.m.; and Hamilton Southeastern, 7:25 p.m. Carroll festival co-chairwoman Roanne Marlow said winter guard has been a positive influence on her daughter, junior Rylee Holland. “She was in cadets in the eighth grade, and that was the first year that we had a cadet guard, and she’s been in the guard for three years,” Marlow said. “She has grown tremendously, not just in confidence. It’s amazing the difference
in her from the time she started this until now. She has great friends, whom she met in guard.” Holland also marches with the Carroll band, and said most color guard members take part in both activities. “This is just us, to our own music,” she said. “The winter guard also has more complicated choreography in the show.” Holland tosses and catches the weapons — sabres, flags and rifles. “The work this year has been more complicated, so it’s been a bit of a struggle,” she said. “It’s really amazing, all the hard work that people put into the show and hearing the audience clap for you is really amazing after every toss and every catch. And it’s amazing to
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Junior Rylee Holland rehearses with the varsity winter guard at Carroll High School, which also has fielded a junior varsity squad for the first time this season.
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put in so much to get this moment and it’s really worthwhile.”
Kittaka to offer keynote for Graceful Night Out Educator and civic leader Dorothy Kittaka will deliver the keynote address at the 10th annual Graceful Night Out. The fundraiser will begin at 5:45 p.m. Friday, Feb. 24, at Grace Episcopal Church, at 10010 Aurora Place, off Liberty Mills Road in southwest Fort Wayne.
Graceful Night Out is open to women over 21. Seating is limited and reservations are required. Tickets are $45 and can be reserved by calling Deb Raftree at (260) 229-0237. Graceful Night Out is designed to nurture the minds, bodies and spirits of women. The men of the church serve hearty hors
d’oeuvres and sweets, while women have a chance to bid on raffle and silent auction items and enjoy a few pampering stations. After the keynote address by Kittaka, the evening will close with a live auction. Kittaka is the president of Fort Wayne Sister Cities International Inc., co-founder of Founda-
tion for Art and Music in Education Inc., a former music educator, and a National Teachers Hall of FAME inductee, 1999. Her talk is entitled “We All Need Heroes.” Money raised that evening will help Sister Cities International Inc. and FAME’s Visiting Artist Program to help bring the
Taizhou Luantan Opera to Fort Wayne in March, along with the ongoing missions of Grace Episcopal Church. The opera will be presented at 6 p.m. Sunday, March 19, at the Embassy Theatre, 125 W. Jefferson Blvd., Fort Wayne. Tickets are $20 or $45, and are available at fwembassythe-
atre.org, at the Embassy box office, through tickemaster.com or by calling (800) 745-3000. The Fort Wayne Sister Cities annual gala will be held Saturday, Feb. 18, at the Parkview Mirro Center for Research and Education. Find sponsorship information at fortwaynesistercities.net.
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Allen County news briefs Midwinter barn sale has German food and drink
Park Edelweiss at 3355 Elmhurst Drive, Fort Wayne, will be the setting for a two-day, midwinter barn sale sponsored by Fort Wayne Maennerchor/ Damenchor. Hours are 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday, Feb. 24, and 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 25. The public is welcome to shop the 2-story sale at the barn, to make tax-deductible donations, and to buy German food and drink. Spaces are available for rent. Contact Patti Knox at (260) 444-3634 to reserve a spot.
Safe Sitter class enrolls for April 5
Lutheran Children’s Hospital has announced the 2017 calendar of Safe Sitter Essentials classes. Sitters hone safety skills and child care basics. The first class is scheduled for April 5, from 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m., at 7950 W. Jefferson Blvd., Fort Wayne. Students must be at least 11 to participate. To register, contact Lisa Pearson, RN, at (260) 435-2699, or by email at lpearson@lhn.net. More details are available online at lutheranchildrenshosp.com.
Winter art show at Crestwoods
Crestwoods Gallery will celebrate its 5-year anniversary with “A Winter Wonderland of Art” artist reception from 2-5 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 11. The public is invited to meet the artists, enjoy refreshments and help Crestwoods celebrate. About 20 artists working in all mediums contributed to the winter exhibit. Crestwoods Frame Shop and Gallery is at 314 N. Main St., Roanoke. Hours are Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., or by appointment. Call (260) 672-2080.
Bishop Luers plans Winter Homecoming Bishop Luers High School will host Winter Homecoming on Friday, Feb. 17. The junior varsity boys play basketball at 6:15 p.m. The varsity game is at 7:30 p.m. The Class of 1966 will be recognized at about 8:30 p.m. during halftime of the varsity boys game. Casa dinners will be available from 4:30-7 p.m. in the cafeteria.
Dinner orders are requested in advance. The adult dinner includes a choice of spaghetti and meatball or lasagna with meat sauce, salad, bread and cheesecake. Cost is $8 for reserved dinners. The children’s menu includes spaghetti with meat sauce, bread and cheesecake. Cost is $4 for children 10 and under. Contact Judi Mathieson at mathjudi98@gmail.com or call (260) 415-4387 or Kathy Skelly at (260) 456-1261, ext. 3142. Casa dinners are available at the door while supplies last at $10 for adults and $6 for children, ages 10 and under. Bishop Luers High School is at 333 E. Paulding Road, Fort Wayne.
parking is $5. Get details at home-gardenshow.com. The show draws more than 650 exhibitors each year, with specialties in contemporary home and garden products and services. Home and garden experts also present seminars.
USF reaches out to Saint Joseph’s students
The University of Saint Francis is one of several area colleges and universities reaching out to help those affected by the recently announced suspension of operations at Saint Joseph’s College in Rensselaer. USF is offering assistance through two special
transfer awards designed for Saint Joseph’s College students. These funds will be granted over and above the university’s existing transfer awards: SJC Transition Award, up to $9,500 per year; and SJC Housing Award, $1,000 per year. Award details and how the SJC Core credits transfer to USF is available at admissions.sf.edu. Students and families looking for more information can visit go.sf. edu/sjctransfer, email admiss@sf.edu or call (260) 399-7700, ext. 8000.
Program helps veterans become job-ready Operation: Job Ready
Veterans will conduct a free four-day seminar Feb. 20-23 at the WorkOne Northeast career center in Allen County to assist military veterans in transitioning to the civilian workforce. The sessions, which are also open to eligible spouses of veterans, members of the Indiana National Guard or Reserve, spouses of Guard or Reserve
members and military caregivers, will be from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day. Lunch will be provided. To register, call Manny Gonzalez at the Allen County WorkOne Northeast career center in Fort Wayne at (260) 446-3970; email him at mgonzalez@workonene. org; or visit the center at 201 E. Rudisill Blvd., Fort Wayne.
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When Doug Hicks talks about East Allen University, he speaks of staff and parents but mostly about students. The principal of the Wayne Trace school measures success in the students’ success, and isn’t slow to mention the 100 percent graduation rate for the Class of 2016. Grades cannot be the only measure, he said. “The best way to see how a school works is to talk with the students and the parents and to visit the school and see it in action,” he said. Hicks and the EACS administration stood up, though, when the State Board of Education handed EAU a grade for its first four years. The “F” grade stung. The State Board of Education heard that appeal Feb. 1, and sided with Hicks and the state board’s own hearing officer. The board upheld five appeals in all, in each case citing factors that did not measure the school as a whole. EAU’s was the most dramatic of those five cases. The criteria awarded points for the 2015 graduation rate. EAU’s first class graduated in 2016. No points were awarded. The criteria awarded points for the Class of 2015’s college and career readiness. So again, no points were awarded. In fact, all 77 EAU seniors earned diplomas in 2016. Fifty of those graduates earned college associate degrees — 60-plus credits. In the absence of corresponding measures for 2015, though, the state formula used only the results of 2015-16 Grade 10 ISTEP+ tests. Hicks said the “F” grade was inevitable “when you start out with
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a zero in an area where you should have been 75 out of 75.” “We thought it was unfair and unjust, and I felt our students and our parents have worked too hard not to fight that battle, so we appealed,” Hicks said. “We put plans together in terms of our data, and percentages, and I think they felt the same way we felt after they understood that our situation is very different because we’ve only been in existence for four years and didn’t have a 2015 graduation rate.” The state examiner’s own words mirrored Hicks’ comments: “Placing 100 percent weight on factors that, at most, should account for no more than 25 percent of a high school’s grade achieves a result that does not accurately reflect EAU’s educational efforts as evidenced by the accomplishments of its 2015-16 graduating class.” The state board overturned the “F” and instead issued a “Null” grade, reflecting the absence of
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measurable data. “We’re very pleased that we won the appeal, even though we do not have a grade basically,” Hicks said. “The reason we appealed this is there was no way in our students’ minds and our parents’ minds that we should receive an ‘F’ grade.” “I feel somewhat cheated that we can’t get a letter grade of an ‘A’ honestly, because I think we could have,” he said. “But the rubric is set up that way and the best we were going to get is no grade, and we’ll have to hope that next year we’ll be that ‘A’ school that we’re striving to be. “It’s a big win in terms of EAU, but honestly it’s a win for public education that I feel is just being attacked at all angles. This whole letter grade business has way too much emphasis put on it. It does not tell the whole story in any high school. I’m not going to say that it’s all bad, but it’s certainly very flawed.” Asked to grade the state’s grading system, Hicks took the high road. “I would say I would have to give them a ‘C,’ ” he said. “There are legitimate rubrics in their measures. People are working on a
formula that is a larger comparison, more of a dashboard, factoring more into it.” Perception matters, he said. Web searches turn up school ratings that affect school choices and housing choices and therefore property values. An unfair or obsolete grade can hang in cyberspace forever. “I believe most people will not dig into how that grade was created, and they’re going to write that school off,” he said. “I feel like people could have missed out on an opportunity. “After all, there are not too many places where you can get an associate degree in high school. Sadly, image and perception are critical when you’re in the public light.” “I think we got a little shot in the arm a couple weeks ago when the graduation rates came out and we got a hundred percent,” he said. Hicks said EAU was the only public school in Allen County with that result. “I am probably going to meet in the next 72 hours with 20 to 25 families,” he said Feb. 2. “We have accepted 50 students already for our incoming freshman group.” Students apply to EAU from all four EACS
high school attendance areas — Heritage, Leo, New Haven and Woodlan. “Actually we take students who are not even in Allen County if they’re willing to transport themselves here,” he said. One student comes from DeKalb County, and joins a carpool midway. Enrollment stands at 301, but the school can serve about 80 to 90 students at each grade level. Find applications at http://eau.eacs.k12.in.us. “I interview every student, every family. I sit down with them for 30 minutes and we discuss this as an option,” Hicks said. EAU also will accept incoming sophomores for the 2017-18 school year. Contact the school for details. With its emphasis on academics, EAU does not participate in IHSAA sports programs. Its basketball teams play homeschool teams or other non-IHSAA teams. EAU offers similar programs in girls volleyball and boys and girls soccer. “So that’s an option for our students. The nice thing about our activities is they’re not high-impact, high-intensity but they’re certainly a good outlet,” Hicks said. The drama department also offers an extracurricular outlet. “Probably 40 to 50 percent of our kids have participated in a play or a musical. They have a lot of fun with that,” Hicks said. The principal said students and faculty speak highly of the school. “I’m running into perfect strangers and explaining what EAU is,” he said. Those positive reports have built respect. “That ‘F’ hanging over your head can delete that bank account pretty quickly,” Hicks said. But applications have held steady. “It’s been awesome,” he said. Find the State Board of Education agenda and follow a link to the East Allen University hearing officer’s report at in.gov/ sboe/2745.htm.
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Elmhurst sale suggested; alumni hope for final visit By Garth Snow
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Rhonda (Hosler) Dennon kept busy among the scholars, athletes and musicians of Elmhurst High School. “I was a baton twirler and marched in the band. I didn’t play in the band, but I marched,” she said. Then came Graduation Day, 1967. Rhonda said goodbye to about 355 classmates. And then she kept on keeping busy. “I’m married and I have 13 grandkids and I stayed in Fort Wayne all my life,” she said. She and her sister operated The Posey Shoppe Florist and Gifts through the final 15 of its 70 years, finally closing the doors at the Village of Coventry. From time to time, the Class of ‘67 would reunite. “We haven’t had a reunion in a while. The last one I went to was the 25th,” she said. “I know they had one with some mixed classes, like three years together, and I didn’t have any interest in going to that one. It’s been probably 10
years since we’ve had a reunion, and that’s why we have lost contact with so many of the classmates.” This is the big year, though — 50 years. Dennon and a reunion committee are trying to reassemble the class that walked the Elmhurst halls a half-century ago. Nostalgia mingles with sadness as the committee searches for contact information to advertise an Aug. 26 reunion just blocks east of the now-shuttered school. The building that has stood empty since 2010 has at least been something of a monument on Ardmore Avenue. That seems likely to change. The Fort Wayne Community Schools Board has scheduled a public hearing for Monday, Feb. 13, as part of its 6 p.m. meeting at the Grile Administrative Center, 1200 S. Clinton St. FWCS Public Information Officer Krista Stockman said the issue before the public hearing is a simple question: “Should the FWCS
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Elmhurst High School, build in 1929, has stood empty since 2010. The Fort Wayne Community Schools Board has scheduled a Feb. 13 public hearing on the possible sale of the building and some of the adjacent property at 3829 Sand Pointe Road.
Board of School Trustees dispose of or sell the Elmhurst High School property?” The board will hear comments, then might consider a resolution that could lead to a sale. In an email, Stockman explained that the properties being considered are the high school property and a
African Children’s Choir to sing, dance in Harlan The African Children’s Choir will share lively African songs and dances at 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 18, at Christian Community Center of Harlan, 12616 Spencerville Road, Harlan. The public is welcome. Tickets are not required. A free-will offering will be taken to support African Children’s Choir programs, such as education, care and relief and development programs. The program features children’s songs, tradi-
tional spirituals and gospel favorites. Concerts are free and open to all. Music for Life, which is the parent organization for The African Children’s Choir, works in seven African countries. The organization has educated over 52,000 children and has assisted over 100,000 people through its relief and development programs. The African Children’s Choir has performed before presidents and other heads of state,
including most recently Queen Elizabeth II of England, for her diamond jubilee. The choir has also sung alongside artists such as Paul McCartney, Annie Lennox, Keith Urban, Mariah Carey and Michael W. Smith. The African Children’s Choir also will sing at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 22, at First Mennonite Church, 566 W. Main St., Berne. For more information, visit africanchildrenschoir. com.
plot of farmland to the west. The athletic fields north of the school building and the South Transportation Center would not be sold. Dennon and other alumni have seen the stillness envelop their alma mater. They watched as the furniture and the band uniforms were auctioned off in 2012. They have not supposed that the building would continue to stand unoccupied. But Dennon expressed a hope on behalf of the Class of 1967. “We’re hoping that [the sale]
doesn’t go through right now because we’re hoping to have a tour of the school with our class reunion,” she said. Meanwhile, the reunion committee moves forward. “There are around 355 classmates that we’re trying to locate,” she said. “So far, out of those, we’ve got 25 that are deceased.” The search for contact information proceeds on Facebook and by word of mouth. “You get ahold of one classmate and they might know about somebody else,” she said.
“We’ve had a committee established for over six months, and we’ve had monthly meetings going on and we’re just struggling. Nowadays you don’t have a phone book, and it you try to look it up on the computer it wants to sell you the information.” Anyone from the Class of ’67 is asked to contact Dennon at rldennon@ hotmail.com. With or without a school tour, and regardless of number, the Class of ’67 will gather Saturday, Aug. 26, at Park Edelweiss Reception Hall. “It’s the old Luntz barn on Elmhurst Drive,” Dennon said. “A lot of the classmates might remember the old Luntz barn.” The classmates also might remember the DJ. Rick Hughes was a radio announcer back in the day, with WLYV, which celebrated its own 50th anniversary in 2016. “He’s going to be playing our ’60s music, a nice variety,” Dennon said. The details of the celebration are taking shape. The main topic, though, seems certain — the fate of the school building itself. “It’s kind of sad to see the building go,” she said. “You don’t want to see that happen to your old stompin’ grounds.”
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Northeast News • February 10, 2017
North Side Jazz Festival to hear acclaimed artist By Garth Snow gsnow@kpcmedia.com
North Side High School is hardly a stranger to jazz. Three full bands and a smaller jazz combo play America’s music daily. The Wildsiders — the audition group — often gets top billing. The No. 2 band is for other upperclassmen. The No. 3 band includes mostly younger students and students who are switching instruments. “Jazz has its roots in modern music, so it’s a good pillar for the kids,” said Marcus Farr, the assistant band director. Farr can pinpoint the source of the school’s jazz momentum. “It comes from the top,
obviously,” he said of bands director Ed King. “He’s been playing the trombone since he was 10 years old, and he’s 66 now.” King continues his 44th year as director of bands at North Side. Farr, a former student, also plays the trombone. “I’m off the Ed King tree, a chip off the old block,” Farr said. Trombones aplenty will share the auditorium with trumpets and more on Saturday, Feb. 18, for the 22nd consecutive North Side Jazz Festival. Farr expects about 30 high school groups from northern Indiana to participate once again. “That’s 500 or 600 kids,” Farr said. The competition begins
at 8 a.m. and continues until 4 p.m. “Then our guest artist will put on a clinic and then about 5:30 our evening concert,” Farr said. The two honor bands from the day’s competition will share in the final program; Carroll and DeKalb earned that honor last year. The Wildsiders and Fort Wayne’s New Millennium jazz orchestra also will perform in that closing concert. Trumpet player Allen Vizzuttti of Seattle, Wash., will demonstrate the skill that has taken him to more than 60 countries and every state in the union. He has recorded on more than 150 movie sound tracks. “He’s world-known. That
will be a pretty exciting evening,” Farr said. Vizzutti’s credits include playing with Doc Severinsen and the NBC Tonight Show Band, and with Chuck Mangione, Woody Herman, and in symphony solos from Buffalo to Tokyo. Read more at vizzutti.com. Farr said the admission price is a flat $6, to make it affordable to all. Concession stands will be available from morning until about 5 p.m. Band boosters and others will volunteer. “Our parent volunteers are a lifeline to these events,” Farr said. “We couldn’t do it without them. They get just as excited as the kids, and See ARTIST, Page A7
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Allen Vizzutti will perform and teach Feb. 18 at North Side High School. The jazz trumpet artist has recorded for more than 150 movie sound tracks, including “Back to the Future.”
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Northeast News • February 10, 2017
Northrop Jazz Festival invites famed drummer By Rod King
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Northrop High School is expecting more than 20 bands to bring their own special interpretation of jazz to the school’s annual Barry Ashton Jazz Festival on Saturday, March 11. Rob Wilson, Northrop’s first-year band director, said “most of the bands will be from Fort Wayne area middle schools and high schools, but a few from as far away as South Bend and Indianapolis have come in the past. We won’t know exactly how many will be here until closer to the event date.” Northrop’s jazz festival, which has been drawing top jazz bands for more than 20 years, is considered among the premier jazz fests in northeast Indiana. Northrop High School is at 7001 Coldwater Road, Fort Wayne. Doors open 7 a.m. The evening concert begins at 6:30 p.m. Tickets at the door are $5. Each of the high school and middle school bands and combos will present a 25-minute program (approximately three numbers each). A team of high school band directors and area jazz professionals will judge the bands on their style, intonation, accuracy, rhythm and improvisational skills. The top two scoring high school jazz bands will have the opportunity to perform on the evening concert
JAZZ from Page A1 No. 1, 2:30 p.m.; Carroll Jazz Band No. 1, 3 p.m.; North Side Jazz Band No. 1, 3:30 p.m. Jazz artist Joe Jackson will lead a clinic at 4 p.m. Snider Jazz Band No. 1 will perform at 5 p.m. The Snider Wind Machine with Joe Jackson will offer a concert at 5 p.m. The day closes with an awards ceremony at 6 p.m. Jackson was born in Dallas, Texas, into a musical family. His mother is a former professional clarinetist, and his father, Jim Jackson, a former trombonist with the Fort Worth Symphony, is today a renown recording engineer.
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Butch Miles performs with the Count Basie Orchestra at Blue Note Tokyo. Miles will teach and perform March 11 at Northrop High School.
program. Northrop’s Jazz I ensemble will also be on the evening program and be joined by nationally known drummer and clinician Butch Miles from Austin, Texas. “We’ve had trombonists, trumpeters, clarinetists and saxophonists adjudicating the event in the past, which is why I specifically chose Miles to be one of our clinicians this year. It was basically because he’s a drummer,” said Wilson, “and we haven’t had a drummer in the past.” The participating groups will play a variety of styles ranging from standard jazz classics to
Latin and funk, which according to Wilson is a rhythm based (no swing) mixture of soul, jazz and rhythm and blues. Bands vary in number from 20 to 24 musicians, while combos will have a pianist, bass guitarist, drummer and two or three wind players. Wilson is in his first year as head of the Big Orange Pride Band at Northrop. He came to Fort Wayne from Columbia City where he was band director at Columbia City High School. The Kokomo native is a graduate of Northwestern High School and holds a bachelor of arts degree
in music education from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. He played in his high school and college marching and jazz bands.
we like that.” North Side jazz bands go on the road during concert and competition season, but will play for the home audience three more times this school year. The Pizza and Pop Concert at 6 p.m. Thursday, March 23, features the concert and jazz bands. “It’s an informal concert, kind of a fundraiser for us,” Farr said. “We are the background music to the pizza and pop and we
Jackson was the lead trombonist with the U.S. Air Force Airmen of Note from 1991 to 2011, and the music director from 2004 to 2011. In that role, he produced the award-winning Jazz Heritage Series heard on 112 radio and media stations worldwide, and eight recordings including “Cool Yule” which climbed to No. 2 on the JazzWeek chart in December 2010. He has some Fort Wayne roots, having attended both Shawnee Middle School and Northrop High School. Read more about Jackson at jazztbone.com.
want everyone to come out and see what we’re working on.” The spring concert on Thursday, May 18, features the concert bands and orchestra. The 44th annual Evening of Jazz rounds out the music year on Friday, May 26. “That is the highlight event of the year. It’s the pinnacle of what we do. We show off everything we do jazzwise at that concert,” Farr said. Watch InFortWayne. com for details of the concerts.
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Homestead college fair open to all area students Students from throughout the area are invited to attend the Homestead College & Career Fair, from 6-7:30 p.m. Monday, March 6. Homestead High School is at 4310 Homestead Road, Fort Wayne. There is no admission charge, and prior registration is not necessary. Students or their parents may visit with representatives of about 80 four-year universities, two-year colleges, and vocational schools from across the country. “We have invited representatives from various
careers to participate, as well as the armed services and financial institutions,” the school said in a statement. “It gives students a chance to see what colleges are out there,” said Rachey Bracey, guidance counselor. “It gives them a chance to talk with a lot of representatives about college and career options all in one place.” At about 7 p.m., a drawing will be held to award a $200 scholarship. The winner must be present for the drawing.
Northeast News • February 10, 2017
Author of varied genres to speak in Fort Wayne The Jewish Federation of Fort Wayne will host New York Times No. 1 Bestseller author Brad Meltzer for the People of the Book lecture, at 7:30 p.m. Monday, March 6, at the Rifkin Campus, 5200 Old Mill Road. The event is free and open to the public and includes a book-signing and dessert. Meltzer is known for thrillers, children’s books, comics, and as a TV personality. Read Meltzer’s biography and find a list of his works at bradmeltzer.com. Meltzer is the author
of the No. 1 New York Times bestsellers “The Inner Circle,” “The Book of Fate,” and seven other bestselling thrillers. His nonfiction books, “Heroes for My Son” and “Heroes for My Daughter,” were also New York Times bestsellers. He is the host of the History Channel series “Brad Meltzer’s Decoded” and the Eisner Award-winning writer of the comic book series “Justice League of America.” He also wrote”History Decoded: The 10 Greatest Conspiracies of All Time.” His newest book is “The House of Secrets.” His books have a total of almost 6 million copies in print, and have been translated into over 25 languages from Hebrew to Bulgarian. Meltzer has played himself as an extra in “Woody Allen’s Celebrity.” As a graduate of the University of Michigan and Columbia Law School, he earned credit for writing his first book, which became “The Tenth Justice.” Meltzer is also respon-
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Author Brad Meltzer will speak and sign books at the People of the Book lecture, sponsored by the Jewish Federation of Fort Wayne.
sible for helping find the missing 9/11 flag that the firefighters raised at Ground Zero, making national news on the 15th anniversary of 9/11. Using his TV show, “Brad Meltzer’s Lost History,” he told the story of the missing flag and asked Americans for
their help in returning it. Four days later, a former Marine walked into a fire station in Everett, Wash., said he saw the TV show, and now wanted to return the flag. Meltzer unveiled the flag at the 9/11 Museum in New York, where it is now on display.
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Music therapy shares journey through grief By Garth Snow
‘Healing Through Music’
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“How many people are suffering out there in the community who don’t even know that they can go talk to someone for free about their grief?” Music therapist Emily Paar sees the faces of grief. She welcomes the bereaved. She puts them at ease. Her music becomes their conversation and their healing. No two conversations are the same. “I think it’s such a brave thing to reach out when they need help, and I would encourage people to reach out,” she said. “So many people struggle. This is something that we don’t talk about enough. It’s something that people don’t understand. People think you should just move on and get over it, and that’s not how grief works.” Paar will present “Healing Through Music” four Thursday evenings in March at Visiting Nurse’s Peggy F. Murphy Community Grief Center. The four-part series is free to anyone who is experiencing grief. “I’ve had some people who had just lost their spouses, or had lost someone years ago, but it can be any relationship, be it sister or child or brother,” she said. “It’s a safe space, and it doesn’t have to be something that you come to individually. A couple can come or someone else who might be helping you along your journey.” She sees the grief center as primarily for adults, complementing the role that Erin’s House for Grieving Children serves in the community. A grief counselor typically will be on hand at Paar’s music therapy sessions. “There is no expectation for anybody to be musical,” Paar said. “Some people think music therapy is only for people who are musicians; I would argue that we are all musicians in our own right. “As music therapists we are trained to facilitate and support our music experiences with anybody, no matter what they are able to do. So there is just no need for anyone to think ‘I can’t drum’ or ‘I can’t hold a beat,’ because we won’t put anyone on the spot.” Each session begins with a relaxation, some deep breathing to calm the participants. “They might be coming in after work, or after caring for kids all day, so this is to calm down and get in a space where we can work together,” she said. The evening will include lyrics analysis
Thursdays, March 2, 9, 16 and 23, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Peggy F. Murphy Community Grief Center, on the campus of Visiting Nurse, 5920 Homestead Road, Fort Wayne. Music therapist Emily Paar will “explore the emotional and creative qualities of music as it relates to grief.” A musical background is not necessary. No cost to attend. RSVP by Feb. 27 by calling (260) 435-3261. Light refreshments will be served.
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Music therapist Emily Paar visits a patient at the Peggy F. Murphy Community Grief Center. She said the grief center is available to anyone who has experienced a loss.
and creative arts experiences and perhaps adding to the relaxation experiences. “We definitely fill up those two hours,” Paar said. The music therapy experiences will resonate with each person on their own level. “It’s giving people several different outlets, and tools they can use on their own time. Then songwriting is how we wrapped up our sessions the last time around, by writing a song together, singing it together. It was really beautiful and I was able to record it and share it with everybody so they could take that with them.” The program will be from 5:30-7:30 p.m. March 2, 9, 16 and 23, at 5920 Homestead Road. Light refreshments will be served. RSVP by Feb. 27 by calling (260) 435-3261. “We will cap it at 25. If there is a big response, though, we will offer it again as soon as possible,” Paar said. Paar stressed two points about participation. First, the sessions and other classes at the grief center are not limited to those whose loved ones were cared for in Visiting Nurse’s hospice programs. “The grief center is for anyone who has had a loss,” she said. Second, it is important to take part in all four sessions. “They will progress and we’ll work together as a group,” Paar said. Those who attended a previous series bonded and made connections that continue. Parr, who is from Warsaw, earned her bachelor’s degree in music therapy at IPFW. Beyond music classes, the program requires a study of anatomy, physiology and psychology, she said. “It’s like any other therapy. Music is just our medium, how we get to our goal. Music therapists also pass a state exam and must be recertified every five years,” she said. She completed a six-month internship at
several settings in California and returned to Fort Wayne. She has been with Visiting Nurse for five years, and has been full time for about one year, working with the patients. She continues offering her programs independently. She is now working on her master’s degree through Augsburg College in Minneapolis. Paar said she first planned a career as a veterinarian. Through a high school experience, she determined that she should find another field. She had experiences in choirs and other forms of music. “I was going to take some general IPFW courses to get going in a degree, and then about a week before classes I found music therapy online and I thought ‘This is interesting,’ ” she said. “I auditioned to get into the program and I never looked back. It was something that I never questioned. “I feel fortunate to do what I do. I feel very lucky.”
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First Food Waste Summit ‘made a dent’ in problem By Garth Snow
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People representing every stop in the food supply chain shared ideas recently on how to speed more food to those in urgent need and divert more food from the landfill. The 80 people who gathered Jan. 16 at The Mirro Center on the Parkview Regional Medical Center Campus did not resolve every obstacle, but they advanced the conversation. That networking will continue, according to Jodi Leamon, the business technical coordinator for the Allen County Solid Waste Management District, which organized the conference.
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“It can take a lot of capital to get something like this up and running,” said Sean Daley, a sustainability specialist for Waste Management. On the other hand, current operations allow food to be placed in a landfill to decompose and generate gas that can be sold to industry within four weeks. “GM powers the entire plant with it,” he said. Suzanne Lindsay-Walker, director of corporate sustainability for Kroger, said the company’s 1,400 stores are pursuing a goal of zero waste by 2020. “Waste energy is not considered part of that intent,” she said. Lindsay-Walker noted diversions of unused food to animal feed. “It is absolutely a cost-effective outlet,” she said. She said the corporation is looking for more outlets for organic materials. She called attention to the efforts of the Food Waste Reduction Alliance. “If we can work together we can figure this out,” she said. Kroger and other stores donate unsold produce to Community Harvest. “Kroger, Walmart, Meijer — we pick up food every day,” Wolf said. Holsum Bread delivers bread three times a week, and donated 138,000 pounds of bread last year, he said. Those who need assistance receive vouchers to pick up a set weight of food at the Tillman Road center, which is set up similar to a grocery store. Clients also are allowed to choose produce and bread from the “free weight” shelves of food. “So a person may receive 50 pounds of food and they may get 20 more pounds of food and bread,” he said. Wolf said Community Harvest distributed food to 21,100 clients each week last year and gives away an average of 250,000 pounds of food each week. Panelists and audience members continued networking after the formal presentation. Further requests for contact information can be directed to the Solid Waste Management District, which did not announce specific plans for the next step in the conversation. It’s all part of the district’s broader mission, according to Leamon, who helped to spearhead the program and gather the panelists and pop and cookies, and who dismissed the conference. “The recycling is right next to the food tables for your cans,” she said.
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West Central Quartet to play Paws Inc. benefit By Garth Snow
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The West Central Quartet from Fort Wayne will perform a benefit concert for Paws Inc. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 24, at the Cottage Event Center, 9524 U.S. 24 at Locust Street, in Roanoke. Entertainment begins at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $12 and may be ordered by calling (260) 483-3508, or by visiting John’s Meat Market in Roanoke. A portion of the proceeds will benefit Pets Assisting Well-Being and Success, also known as Paws Inc.
“Any time we can be part of something that gives back to the community, that we feel we’re appropriate to the event, we’re absolutely about that,” said Andrew Stout, who delivers the quartet’s vocals. “We have been fortunate to be a part of several benefits, including Camp Possibility for several years. “We are kind of particular about how we play and where we play. We’re at Club Soda once a month, pretty religiously.” Kay Anderson is director of placement services and also an animal assisted therapy consultant for Pets
Assisting Well-Being and Success, also known as Paws Inc. Paws Inc. has approximately 30 to 35 teams of dogs and handlers. They serve in Allen, DeKalb, Huntington, Noble and Whitley and other area counties. All of their dog handler teams are registered and insured by the Alliance of Therapy Dogs, a national organization. “They’ve all gone through the training and the testing that’s required of the Alliance of Therapy Dogs. It can be any breed; my own dogs were Rottweilers. It’s a matter of the dog’s temperament and disposition; that’s the
bottom line. “We specialize in therapeutic interventions. We work in the schools with kids with autism, and with hospice patients.” Jim Amstutz manages the host venue for the Feb. 24 benefit. “We do a lot of these, where we give money to different nonprofit groups,” he said. Amstutz said he learned about Paws two years ago when he spoke with volunteers at a nonprofit’s gift-wrapping table at a bookstore. “I got to talking with the lady who was manning it, and we discovered that we went to the same high school just a few years apart, and
she was the daughter of a couple of my teachers,” he said. “And I asked about her organization and it sounded like a really worthwhile organization that could use some funding and exposure. We actually had an event for them last year, and it went really well and we were really pleased to do it again.” Amstutz said the West Central Quartet should appeal to the venue’s regular crowd, which welcomes the classics of generations past. “We’re really excited to have them, and I have a feeling this will not be the last time we have them. I think
our audience will go nuts over them,” Amstutz said. Roanoke is about 25 minutes south and west of Fort Wayne on U.S. 24. Stout, the lead singer, said the West Central Quartet has been adding some contemporary artists, too. “Long before I was in the band it was an instrumental jazz band, with a rotating cast of instrumental musicians,” he said. “Ten years ago we took more of a vocal approach and still do some standards, some of the eclectic jazz that they were known for. But we’ve been adding some contemporary artists with our jazz arrangements.”
Special Olympics enlists brave allies for icy dip Friends of Special Olympics will be “Freezin’ For a Reason” on Saturday, Feb. 11, at the lake at Metea County Park near Leo-Cedarville. Registration will be 10-11:30 a.m., followed by the Polar Plunge and then an After Splash Bash in the Metea County Park Nature Center. Participants register online at polarplungeIN. org, then work to generate at least $75 in pledges. As of Jan. 13, four teams were registered for the northeast Indiana event. Donors may select a team to support at that same website.
The Polar Plunge will be repeated at 18 Indiana locations in February and March to take in pledges and to foster awareness of Special Olympics’ training and competition programs. Volunteers are needed to organize and staff each event. “We’ve been doing this a long time now, and most people are familiar with the concept — but I think the newcomers are surprised at how much fun we have in spite of the cold,” Special Olympics spokesman Scott Furnish said in a statement. Furnish is the senior
director of development for Special Olympics Indiana. “Whether you want to challenge yourself by taking the Plunge or you just want to support our athletes throughout the state, this is a great opportunity to get involved and to support what we do,” he said. Funds directly benefit more than 12,000 Special Olympics athletes throughout the state, giving them the means to train locally and to compete at the state level in a number of Olympic-type sports. The organization’s signature fundraiser has
raised more than $3 million in support of year-round programs and events, including a record $690,232 in 2016. Locally, the total was almost $30,000. More than 3,000 individuals are expected to take the plunge in Indiana this year, raising a minimum of $75 each. The Polar Plunge is presented by the Law Enforcement Torch Run to benefit Special Olympics Indiana. Companies and other organizations can support the Polar Plunge through corporate sponsorships or employee matching programs.
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Youth council to share Fort Wayne’s success By Garth Snow
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Fort Wayne’s Mayor’s Youth Engagement Council will share its success story at a statewide council of similar groups. Former Fort Wayne Mayor Paul Helmke also will address the Accelerate Indiana Municipalities summit Feb. 24 at Launch Fishers, in Fishers, Ind. Karen L. Richards, the Fort Wayne unit’s adult coordinator, said the gathering will include breakout sessions at which students can discuss ideas and begin a statewide network. Approximately 25 to 30 councils are expected to participate. Richards is the mayor’s community liaison for special programs. She oversees a council that selects 22 students each year. This school year’s council represents 11 schools. Selections reflect diversity, Richards said. Candidates must apply for the council. The screening process involves interviews. “We get the cream of the crop,” Richards said. This school year, 10 students applied to return for a second year on the council. Doreen Benavente-Sickafoose is in her third year as volunteer
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The Fort Wayne Youth Engagement Council and advisers are: (front, from left) Emily Lahey, Jazmyn Hernandez, Hannah Benson, Alicia Speer, Joe Straley, Julia Andorfer, Emma Bailey, Lilli Hagadorn, (standing, from left) Doreen Benavente-Sickafoose, Karen Richards, Brandon Blumenherst, Antonio Menson, Carter Davis, Sana Ghazali, Kaleb McCague, Grace McGuire, Ryan Haffner, Deborah Choe, Justin Freeman, Adrianna McNab, Joshua Wolfe, Peyton Godfrey, Will Pape and Ivy McLimans.
coordinator to the group. “They are fabulous kids. They are all so smart and they have great ideas and they just surprise us all the time,” she said. “I don’t remember being like that when I was their age.” Sonya Snellenberger, project manager at Northeast Indiana Regional Partnership, visits the council’s Tuesday afternoon meetings at Citizens Square. “She comes in almost every week and teaches
them something, and part of that is how to talk with each other, how to interview,” Benavente-Sickafoose said. Brandon Blumenherst, a Homestead High School senior, is on the council for a second year, and is this year’s president. “Being president of this council holds a special meaning because you are elected by your peers, who are already carefully selected by the interviewing process in
this council, which is extremely selective,” he said. “We all come from extremely different backgrounds and family lives and ethnicities, cultures and religions. In these divisive times we’re going through it’s really important that we stay unified as a group of younger individuals who are going to be the leaders of our country. “This group really embodies that message
North Side High School senior Jazmyn Hernandez said serving on the mayor’s youth council has helped her to become more involved in Fort Wayne. “This council has helped me be a real member of the community, and not just live in the community,” she said.
of cooperating with each other, collaborating, making sure that everyone feels included and everyone’s ideas matter.” Emily Lahey, a Concordia High School senior, serves as council vice president. “I’ve gotten to meet people I wouldn’t have met otherwise,” she said. The group becomes very close, said Lahey, who lives in southwest Fort Wayne. North Side High School senior Jazmyn Hernandez serves on the council’s advisory board. “This council has helped me be a real member of the community, and not just live in the community,” she said.
For the third year, the Youth Council will work with the Dragon Boat Races as part of Riverpalooza on Saturday, June 24. Benavente-Sickafoose and Richards traveled to Knoxville, Tenn., to visit the company that takes the dragon boats to fundraisers across the country, and then returned to Fort Wayne to seek sponsorships. “That first year the community really loved it and it just took off,” the volunteer coordinator said. Dragon boat race team registration opens March 1. For more information on sponsoring or participating, visit riverfrontfw. org.
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SATURDAY, FEB. 11
Down the Line 11. Embassy Theatre, 125 W. Jefferson Blvd., Fort Wayne. 7 p.m. Tickets for this all-ages show are $20 VIP (advance seating) and $15 general admission at the STAR Bank box office at the Embassy Theatre, Ticketmaster.com and (800) 745-3000. Five local bands pay tribute to legends of rock ‘n’ roll. Visit fwembassytheatre.org for details. Artist reception. Crestwoods Frame Shop and Gallery, 314 N. Main St., Roanoke. 2-5 p.m. Free and open to the public. The gallery celebrates its fifth anniversary with “A Winter Wonderland of Art,” which opened Jan. 21. All mediums are represented. Visit crestwoodsgallery.com for exhibit details and gallery hours. 58th annual fish fry and bake sale. Suburban Bethlehem Lutheran Church and School, 6318 W. California Road, Fort Wayne. 4-7:30 p.m. All-youcan eat fish meal, $10 for adults, $5 for children 4-12, free for ages 3 and under. Carry-outs available 4:30-7:30 p.m., $10 for meal or $12 for fish only. Sport card and collectibles show. Hotel Fort Wayne, 305 E. Washington Center Road, Fort Wayne. 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Free admission.
SUNDAY, FEB. 12
Singles Valentine Dance. American Legion Post 47, 601 Reed Road, Fort Wayne. 6-9 p.m. $7 cover charge includes DJ music, cash bar and potluck carry-in. For more information, call Doug at (260) 704-3669. Eleganza in concert. Trinity Episcopal Church, 611 W. Berry St., Fort Wayne. 5 p.m. Free. The Eleganza Baroque Ensemble presents “Music from the Heart.”
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 15
Mayor’s State of the City Address. Grand Wayne Center, 120 W. Jefferson Blvd., Fort Wayne. Free, and open to the public. Please arrive by 11:45 a.m. Mayor Tom Henry’s theme is “Fort Wayne — Point of Destination.” Lecture: “Polkas and the Masses.” University of Saint Francis, 5201 Spring St., Fort Wayne; in the Brookside Ballroom. 7 p.m. Free and open to the public. Dr. Lance Richey presents this installment in the Department of Philosophy and Theology lecture series.
THURSDAY, FEB. 16
Grief and support. The Peggy F. Murphy Community Grief Center, 5920 Homestead Road, Fort Wayne. 5:30-7:30 p.m. Dar Richardson will discuss the various aspects of grief and its uniqueness. A light supper will be served. The program is open to anyone who has suffered a loss. RSVP by Feb. 13 by calling (260) 435-3261.
FRIDAY, FEB. 17
Dine 4 Rides — Mardi Gras Bash. Parkview Mirro Center, 10622 Parkview Plaza Drive, Fort Wayne. $125. This is a fundraiser for Community Transportation Network. Visit dine4rides.auction-bid.org to buy tickets.
SATURDAY, FEB. 18
Winter musical: “Hello! My Baby.” Concordia Lutheran High School, 1601 St. Joe River Drive, Fort Wayne. 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $7 for adults and $5 for students. This musical features hits of Irving Berlin, the Gershwins, Eubie Blake, and more, weaving their updated classics and fresh, new tunes into a comic valentine set on the gritty sidewalks of New York at the turn of the last century. Emmy Award winner Cheri Steinkellner (“Sister Act”) created this romantic farce for all ages. Winter Spiel Nacht indoor sports and game night. Fort Wayne Sport Club, 3102 Ardmore Ave., Fort Wayne. $15 entry fee. Doors open at 5:00 p.m. with the draw for partners at 6:00 p.m. and play beginning at 6:30 p.m. Take part in corn hole or euchre tournaments. Teams will be organized from a blind draw. Enjoy snacks including brats, hot dogs and other treats. Drink specials will be available. Fort Wayne Sport Club is celebrating its 90th anniversary.
SUNDAY, FEB. 19
Evensong, sung by University of Notre Dame Children’s Choir. Trinity Episcopal
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FRIDAY, FEB. 24
Fish fry. Fort Wayne Sport Club, 3102 Ardmore Ave., Fort Wayne. 4:30 p.m. $9 for adults, $4 for children 6-10, younger children eat for free. Dinner includes dessert, all made by members of the Sport Club. Midwinter barn sale. Park Edelweiss, 3355 Elmhurst Drive, Fort Wayne. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Open to the public. German food and drink available. Contact Patti Knox, (260) 444-3634, to reserve a spot.
SATURDAY, FEB. 25
Midwinter barn sale. Park Edelweiss, 3355 Elmhurst Drive, Fort Wayne. 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Open to the public. German food and drink available. Contact Patti Knox, (260) 444-3634, to reserve a spot. Design of Life Spring Auction. Ceruti’s Diamond Room, 6601 Innovation Blvd., Fort Wayne. 6:30 p.m. $50 per person, $600 for a reserved table of 10. This event benefits Cancer Service of Northeast Indiana, which benefits local people battling cancer. Each ticket includes a complimentary ticket to the Fort Wayne Home & Garden Show. Get tickets at cancer-services.org or at Cancer Services, 6316 Mutual Driver, Fort Wayne. Preview auction items online, too.
SUNDAY, FEB. 26
Cast and crew call-out. Allen County Public Library, downtown Fort Wayne. 2-4 p.m. Windsong Pictures seeks bands, musicians, singers, dancers, actors, arts and technical staff for “Musical Movie Magic” and “Cinderella.” Visit WindsongPictures.com for details. Chicken noodle lunch fundraiser. Bethel United Methodist Church, 8405 Lima Road, Fort Wayne. 11:30 a.m.-12:45 p.m. Chicken noodles, mashed potatoes, green beans, dessert, coffee or lemonade. Free-will offering to dine in. Get take-home chicken noodles for $4 a pint or $8 a quart.
TUESDAY, FEB. 28
Rotary Big Easy Feast. Lincoln Financial Event Center, Parkview Field, 1301 Ewing St., Fort Wayne. $30. Lunch, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., with cash bar; dinner, 4-8 p.m., with cash bar. This is a benefit for the Rotary Club of Fort Wayne’s Riverfront Development Project. To buy tickets, visit fortwaynerotarymardigras.eventbrite.com. Tickets will be available at the door, but advance ticket purchases are encouraged. Fort Wayne Area Community Band concert. John & Ruth Rhinehart Music Center on the IPFW Campus, 2101 E. Coliseum Blvd., Fort Wayne. Downbeat 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $8 for adults, $7 for seniors, and students under 18 are free. IPFW students are admitted free with student ID. Conductor Scott Humphries and assistant conductor Susan Jehl have chosen a varied program that includes “American Riversongs,” “Three Celtic Dances,” “Death or Glory March,” “Abracadabra,” a Spanish march called “Amparito Roca” and more. Parking is free in the garage across from the Music Center.
THURSDAY, MARCH 2
Disorderly Bear Den. Fort Wayne Community Center, 233 W. Main St., Fort Wayne. 6:30 p.m. Visitors are welcome to this business and social meeting. This public charity provides teddy bears to children and lonely adults in the Fort Wayne area. The club also accepts of new bears and bears in almost mint condition. Direct questions to tdbear7@comcast. net.
SATURDAY, MARCH 4
Comedian Tim Hawkins, with special guest Jonnie W. First Assembly of God, 1400 W. Washington Center Road, Fort Wayne. 7 p.m. Tickets $23-$75. Visit TrinityCommunications.org for tickets and details.
SUNDAY, MARCH 5
History lecture. The History Center, 302 E. Berry St., Fort Wayne. 2 p.m. Free and open to the public. Blake Sebring presents “Indiana’s All-Time Greatest Sports Stories.” The lecture is part of the 23rd annual George R. Mather Sunday Lecture Series. Free public lecture. University of Saint Francis, 5201 Spring St., Fort
Wayne; in the Brookside Ballroom. 3 p.m. Open to the public. Dr. John Bequette presents “Christianity, History and the Common Good.” Presented by the Department of Philosophy and Theology.
FRIDAY, MARCH 10
Männerchor fish fry. Park Edelweiss Reception Hall, 3355 Elmhurst Drive, Fort Wayne. 4:30-7 p.m. $9 for adults, $5 for kids 12 and under. This dinner is presented by Fort Wayne Männerchor/Damenchor, a men’s and women’s choir dedicated to the preservation and promotion of German heritage as expressed in choral music. The meals are served the second Friday of each month, September through May. Association musicians play guitar and accordian and other instruments, singing mostly German music. The meal includes all-you-can-eat fish, sides, coffee and dessert. Drinks are available for purchase. Visit fortwaynemaennerchor.us for more information on the history of the association.
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Civic Theatre presents “Memphis.” Arts United Center, 303 E. Main St., Fort Wayne. Tickets are $29 for adults, $25 for seniors, $17 for ages 23 and under. Show times are: Friday, Feb. 17, 8 p.m.; Saturday, Feb. 18, 8 p.m.; Sunday, Feb. 19, 2 p.m.; Friday, Feb. 24, 8 p.m.; Saturday, Feb. 25, 8 p.m.; and Sunday, Feb. 26, 2 p.m. Call (260) 424-5220 to buy tickets or for box office hours, or buy tickets online at fwcivic.org. Winner of four 2010 Tony Awards, including Best Musical and Best Original Score. Production directed by Leslie Beauchamp. Living with Depression support group. 7-8:30 p.m. each Wednesday, First Presbyterian Church, 300 W. Wayne St., Fort Wayne. These non-professionals have lived with depression and help one another by sharing experiences and through the use of literature. Anyone interested in the group is asked to call Marilee Stroud at (260) 312-6069 for further information Fort Wayne Farmer’s Indoor Winter Market. Lincoln Financial Event Center, 1301 Ewing St., Fort Wayne. 9 a.m.-1 p.m., every Saturday. Local market enthusiasts and vendors have come together in a grass-roots effort to create an indoor farmers market. For details, visit ftwaynesfarmersmarket.com. Headwaters Park Ice Skating Rink. 333 S. Clinton St., Fort Wayne. Through Feb. 28, 2017. Mondays-Thursdays, 1-8 p.m.; Fridays, noon-10 p.m.; Saturdays, 11 a.m.-10 p.m.; Sundays, noon-8 p.m. Admission: 14 years and older, $5; 13 years and under, $3; skate rental, $2. Jerry Seinfeld tickets. Embassy Theatre, 125 W. Jefferson Blvd., Fort Wayne. Thursday, April 6, 7 p.m. Tickets $50 to $150. Tickets on sale at the Embassy box office or at ticketmaster.com or (800) 745-3000. The comedian will perform his stand-up routine, joking about the little things in life that relate to all audiences. Register for walk. The 2nd annual Heroes and Villains 5K Run/Walk will be held Saturday, May 20, at the Rivergreenway, Fort Wayne. Costumes are encouraged but not required. The run/walk will begin at 10 a.m., with on-site registration starting at 8:45 a.m. near the Rivergreenway boat dock just south of Kreager Park; the address is 7000 N. River Road, Fort Wayne. State-of-the-art RFID chip on the bib timing will be provided by Timed Events. Timed-Events.com will have published results online including a Youtube video of the finish line. Awards to top runners. T-shirts for earliest registration. $28 for adult advance registration and $18 for children 15 and under. Day-of-race registrations will incur an increased fee. Sign up at heroes5krunwalk.com. Master Gardeners applications. The Purdue University Master Gardener volunteer training sessions will begin April 3 and conclude in midJune. Training sessions will be conducted from 6-9:15 p.m. at the Allen County Extension office, 4001 Crescent Ave. on the IPFW Campus. Weekly classes are separate teaching sessions, not repetition of the same material. The $125 program fee includes class material and a reference notebook. To learn more about this program, contact Ricky Kemery at the Allen County Extension office at (260) 481-6435 or (260) 505-7493 or email at kemeryr@purdue.edu. Community Sew-In. The Pieceful Quilters club will gather Feb. 18 at the Monroeville Branch of the Allen County Public Library to make items for various non-profit groups. The community is invited to participate in this project. Contact Kathy Beauchot at (260) 623-2290 to help at the sew-in, donate items or to obtain additional information. Concordia Comedy Festival. Concordia Lutheran High School is accepting entries for its second comedy festival, 7 p.m. Friday, April 28, at IPFW. This year, the festival will include action/suspense/thriller, documentary (long-form journalism), and animation. Entries are due Feb. 24, and finalists will be announced April 10. To learn more, visit ConcordiaComedyFestival.com. 4-H dog obedience training. Allen County 4‑H is offering a series of workshops on dog obedience training. The program is open to youth in Grades 3-12. The cost of the 16-week program is $70. The meetings will be held 6-7 p.m. Monday evenings at the Home Loan Bank Building, Allen County Fairgrounds, 2726 Carroll Road, Fort Wayne, beginning in March. All participants must register in advance, pay fees and complete their paperwork by Feb. 17. Class size is limited. For more information and registration materials, contact Samm Johnson, Extension Educator, 4-H Youth Development, at (260) 481‑6826.
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CHOIRS from Page A1 express themselves,” he said. “They spend two or three practices a week, three or four hours long, and they come in and learn — everyone from the crew to the soloists. Everyone is important. “This is my third student in the show choir so I’m a veteran. I’ve been in the program for nine years and advanced in the ranks of duties. We have a great committee. “For instance, our crew chief is young lady who is a sophomore, and we give her the responsibility of being the contact person. So we’re teaching life skills. It teaches responsibility. Studies show that students in music do much better in school, and I’ve seen that with my own kids.” At DeKalb, Bishop Dwenger’s Elegance women’s choir will perform with Tier II at 8:28 a.m. The Summit Sound mixed division will perform with Tier II at 3:48 p.m. In all, 35 choirs will perform. Competition begins at 8 a.m., with the last performance at 5:24 p.m. Admission is $12 for the preliminaries, $12 for the finals, or $17 for an all-day pass. DeKalb High School is at 3424 County Road 427, Waterloo. Homestead High School also will host the Homestead Classic on Feb. 11. Among local
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Erika Bougher, a junior, strikes a pose with the Bishop Dwenger Summit Sound show choir.
schools, Northrop High School’s Allure women’s choir will perform at 8:15 a.m. Northrop’s Charisma mixed choir will perform at 4:30 p.m. The day session opens with Norwell at 7:45 a.m. and closes with Homestead Elite at 5:30 p.m. Preliminary awards will be presented at 6 p.m. The finals begin at 7:30 p.m. Class Royale´ performs at 10:30 p.m. Final awards will be presented at 11 p.m. Homestead High School is at 4310 Homestead Road, Fort Wayne. Admission is $10 for the day show only; $15 for day and night shows; children 5 and under admitted free. Meals will be available for purchase in the cafeteria. The Northrop Clas-
sique´ will welcome middle school show choirs on Friday, Feb. 17, and high school choirs on Saturday, Feb. 18. Friday night admission is $6. Saturday morning admission is $10, Saturday night admission is $10, and combined day and night admission is $15. Friday night competition begins at 5:50 p.m., with awards at 10:45 p.m. Saturday competition begins with the New Haven ladies at 8 a.m. and ends with awards at approximately 6 p.m. Among local choirs, the Dwenger ladies will perform at 8:28 a.m. and Dwenger small mixed at 2:24 p.m. Northrop’s Allure women’s choir will perform at 5:40 p.m. The evening session begins with the first unisex finalist at 7:15 p.m. and continues through the fifth mixed finalist at 10:31 p.m. Northrop’s Charisma mixed choir will perform at 10:50 p.m., and awards will follow immediately. High School is at 7001 Coldwater Road, Fort Wayne. For more information, visit Northrop Show Choirs on Facebook. Bishop Luers High School will host the Midwest Show Choir Invitational on March 10 and 11. The Indiana State School Music Association show choir and jazz finals will be held March 17 and 18.
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ANNIE from Page A1 Annie Jr. is “…based on the popular comic strip and adapted from the Tony Award-winning Best Musical….” The original script for this musical is set during the Great Depression of the 1930s. Annie is an orphan, left at Miss Hannigan’s orphanage in New York City. Annie is subjected to a life of drudgery until a wealthy businessman volunteers to have an orphan stay at his home for Christmas. Then, the real adventures begin for the little orphan who wants to find a home. Audience members who are familiar with either the comic strip or any of the “Annie” movies will recognize characters like red-headed Annie, kindly Grace Farrell, billionaire Oliver Warbucks, and Sandy, the little dog. Musical numbers include solo parts and group singing of tunes like “Maybe,” “Hard-Knock Life” and “Tomorrow.” While there will be no adults who appear onstage as actors, Murphy explained that he has a staff of three teachers who are helping him pull the production together from across the city. “Natalie Reynolds [a teacher at Lutheran South Unity] is our music director,” he said. “Erin Mickelini is our choreographer and … a teacher at Concordia Elementary
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Orphans gather around the radio in “Annie Jr.” Chris Murphy directs the musical, which has attracted middle school talent from across Fort Wayne.
School.” Completing the list is Angie Owen, who “is set designer and assistant director.” Owen teaches at Concordia Elementary School. Murphy is also a full-time instructor at Emmanuel-St. Michael Lutheran School. He also works as the artistic director of drama at Concordia High School and last summer led Concordia High School’s drama camp. He is passionate about the dramatic arts. “With cutbacks in the arts occurring in so many schools,”
he said, “I wanted kids from various schools to get the opportunity to participate in a bigger musical with other kids who also enjoyed participating in drama. I also wanted students to have the opportunity to get to know students from other schools.” Murphy hopes to continue holding large-scale musicals. “Depending on our individual schedules at our elementary schools, this will either be an annual or bi-annual production,” he said.
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50% OFF ONE APPETIZER PER TABLE Up to $10.00 value. Dine in only. Not valid with daily specials or other offers. No cash value. Not valid on alcohol. One coupon per customer. Expires 3/10/17.
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PIZZA, SOUP AND SALAD BAR Dine in only. Not valid with daily specials or other offers. No cash value. Not valid on alcohol. One coupon per customer. Lunch HOURS 11 - 4 pm. Expires 3/10/17.
ONE LUNCH ENTRÉE Dine in only. Not valid with daily specials or other offers. No cash value. Not valid on alcohol. One coupon per customer. Lunch HOURS 11 - 4 pm. Expires 3/10/17.
PIZZA, SOUP AND SALAD BAR Dine in only. Not valid with daily specials or other offers. No cash value. Not valid on alcohol. One coupon per customer. Lunch HOURS 11 - 4 pm. Expires 3/10/17.
ONE LUNCH ENTRÉE Dine in only. Not valid with daily specials or other offers. No cash value. Not valid on alcohol. One coupon per customer. Lunch HOURS 11 - 4 pm. Expires 3/10/17.
PIZZA, SOUP AND SALAD BAR Dine in only. Not valid with daily specials or other offers. No cash value. Not valid on alcohol. One coupon per customer. Lunch HOURS 11 - 4 pm. Expires 3/10/17.
ONE LUNCH ENTRÉE Dine in only. Not valid with daily specials or other offers. No cash value. Not valid on alcohol. One coupon per customer. Lunch HOURS 11 - 4 pm. Expires 3/10/17.
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Northeast News • February 10, 2017