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Volume 15, Issue 2
Valrico Edition
With Arts & Entertainment Editor Kathy L. Collins
East Hillsborough Historical Society Offers Genealogy Classes
There Is Something For Everyone At Plant City Entertainment
The East hood and quite an Hillsborough amazing time in my Historical life in the quintessenSociety has tial Mississippi town started offering that I loved and a Genealogy called home.” Series. The The East classes in the Hillsborough series will be Historical Society offered on a started the classes monthly basis because there was a on the fourth general interest in the Tuesday from subject, and they 6 to 8 p.m. wanted to offer more The cost to programming to the attend is $10 community. All of the unless otherclasses will be led by wise noted. To Learn to “Write Your Childhood Memories” at experts in Genealogy the next class in the East Hillsborough register, and history. Historical Society’s Genealogy Series. Author please visit Shelby Bender is and illustrator, Beth Ford will lead the class. www.genealothe President and gy.ehhsoc.org. Executive Director of the East The February class, which is Hillsborough Historical Society. called “Writing Your Childhood Bender said, “Ford was selected for Memories,” will feature author this class because her and illustrator, story is a great way to Beth Ford. She let family historians or wrote and illusgenealogists know that trated the book that there is a story to Room 4. tell about everyone. Room 4 is a Your family history is compilation of not just about people, seventeen stories dates and places. This of vivid childhood adds ‘flesh on the memories by 87bones’ and gives a year-old author person character.” and artist, Beth Bender added, Ford. She spent “Learning is a life ten years (1933long venture and one 1943) growing up in has to be always the McColgan Hotel in seeking out new McComb, Mississippi. Each information.” one of the stories captures Future classes in a bit of Southern history the series will include and a child’s reaction to a funeral home records in world event. On the page March and land records preceding each story, in April. They are also there is an illustration planning on offering a which gives the reader a Parliamentary Procedure sense what is to come. class which will be taught Ford said, “Hopefully these colby Registered ored pencil drawings add interesting Parliamentarians and will cost $25. visuals to my creative non-fictional Each attendee will receive a copy of stories. I wrote them because I wantRobert’s Rules of Order. ed to leave some kind of personal For more information, please visit legacy of what was a different childhttps://ehhsoc.org/events.
Plant City gender, approximate cost Entertainment, located in of the show and more. historic downtown Plant On Saturday, City, has some exciting February 24, Plant City events scheduled for the Entertainment will host An month of February. Be Evening with Divonicci at 8 sure to check out all of p.m. General Admission their upcoming events at tickets are available at the www.pceshows.com. door only for $18. First, on Wednesday, Divonicci is a contempoFebruary 21, Plant City rary/pop crossover vocal Entertainment will host trio. They will perform their Pitch Your Idea from 7 to 9 special orchestrated numCome out to Plant City p.m. Anyone interested in Entertainment for Pitch Your bers from a variety of producing or directing a artists such as Elvis, Tom Idea and An Evening with Divonicci this February. show can pitch their idea Jones, The Righteous for the show to be included in the upcom- Brothers, Josh Groban, Donna Summer, ing Plant City Entertainment season. The Bee Gees, ABBA and more. All pitches are welcome. However, Divonicci is backed by a string Plant City Entertainment is most interestensemble and keyboardist as well as proed in plays (non-musicals) such as come- fessionally made backing tracks that have dies, dramas and classics. April been specifically created for this producGolombek with Plant City Entertainment tion. said, “Pitch Night is for anyone in the Plant City Entertainment began as community to bring their ideas for plays to Plant City Community Theatre in 1980. It be heard by our artistic team here at was incorporated in 1994 and became Plant City Entertainment.” Be prepared Plant City Entertainment, Inc. They are with written information on the script and dedicated to bringing high quality enterbudget. This must include estimated tainment to the community and surroundcosts of the show. ing areas. A pitch form can be found on the Plant City Entertainment is located at website at www.pceshows.com. This 101 N. Thomas St. in Plant City. For requests information on your possible more information, please visit production team, show breakdown by www.pceshows.com.
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