Adena Lions Club presents “Bridge to Broadway” HARRISON NEWS-HERALD
Saturday, April 28, 2018
By ESTHER MCCOY NH Contributor
ADENA - e practice sessions of over three months brought forth success for the Adena Lions Club as they presented "Bridge to Broadway," a story in itself. Last fall, the bridge connecting the Smithfield side of the town to the Harrisville side was removed for repairs, as it was in a deteriorating condition. is left the residents divided from traveling from one side to the other without going many miles out of their way. e 68th annual show brought out this dilemma in the backdrop where the Buckeye Local High School art class, under the direction of Lynn Sweeney, who made the left side a scene from the Adena Park, some buildings on the square; and the right side a montage of playbills from the Broadway shows where they their musical borrowed productions. e indispensable gray, iron bridge was connected between the two scenes, showing how the village had coped throughout the many months. us the name, "Bridge to Broadway." And what a great presentation it was. At the start of the program, Karl Bowers and his henchmen, attired in hard hats, safety vests and lots of tools on their belts, came up the main aisle and started pounding with hammers and proceeded to cart away the steps. Dan Holt, interlocutor, questioned the workers. Bowers, the spokesman, said that repairs were needed and they had to take away the only way to get down from the stage. is sounded like words heard six months before about the bridge that was removed. He said it would be in working order again when the weather improved. us the stage was left without steps throughout the entire show. At the program conclusion, the workers came back hoisting a set of steps that had a handrail and said that work was completed. is was a parody on the real bridge situation for the village and caused many laughs. Something else that created many laughs was the chimney sweep portrayed by Dennis Kinsey. Drew Case was the news reporter interviewing the keeper of the chimneys and Kinsey displayed a contraption he was to place inside the chimney, which happened to be a toilet seat with an alarm attached. When properly installed a pink flamingo would come to nest there. e stage crew had a long ladder leaning against the stage wall and on the corner was a replica of a chimney many feet from the ground. Slowly
Jessica Harr is surrounded by admiration from the End Men at the Adena Lions Club presentation of "Bridge to Broadway," the 68th annual show provided for the folks from Adena, Smithfield, Harrisville, Mount Pleasant, Brilliant, New Alexandria, Piney Fork and other parts of the area. She sang and danced to "Hello Dolly" in the 24 act show that was held for two evenings. Dan Holt was interlocutor, taking over the position held by John Parkinson for over 60 years with the Lions. Endmen were Drew Case, Dennis Kinsey, Dean Rutan, Rich Steffl, Roger Warren and Rob Whinnery. Wally Jancura is also in the picture.
Kinsey climbed up, while looking back to make funny comments. At one point, the ladder starts to fall from the wall, chained to keep from going over, and Kinsey dangles for a minute. He finally gets to the top, installs his invention and down comes the pink flamingo of happiness to nest in the chimney. He has been known to pull off some funny but dangerous antics during his many years. He gets a Golden Wave Oscar for his bravery and humor for the many times he has been doing these tricks. Angelica Kidd, likely the youngest member of the chorus, sang "Tomorrow" from "Annie" and young dancers, Kenna Case, Addie Erwin and Delaney Florence, danced and twirled their umbrellas to "Singin' in the Rain"; Kenna Case was back with Delaney Florence and Cadyia Pugh as "Aquarius" dancers and tap dancers were Denise Howell and Rebecca Kinsey to "Lullaby of Broadway." Past District Governor R.J. Konkoleski, who carries about 40 award pins of his red Lions Club jacket, told of the many projects funded by the Lions with the proceeds from the show. ey were the instigators for the very up-todate eye sight machine used by the Buckeye Local schools, going in partnership with the Brilliant,
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Dennis Kinsey played the part of the chimney sweep from "Mary Poppins" and climbed a tall ladder to install his cleaning invention to bring the pink flamingo of happiness to the chimney. It worked after the ladder started falling backward, intentionally. He was hanging from a rung for a minute but it was chained to the wall for safety.
Dillonvale-Mount Pleasant and Tiltonsville clubs to obtain it; reading programs; high school scholarships; and many other events. e house band consisted of Dustin Kinsey on keyboard and one who has to sit and watch his dad do his antics, he serves as a
great emcee as well; Kipp Bowers, drums; Brian Dawes, bass guitar; and Tim Reynolds, percussion. Choreographers are Denise Howell and Rebeccva Kinsey; backstage, Rob Kusic and Jason Miles; sound, Karl Bowers; spotlight, Dwaine Kliner; and ad book designer, Laura Konkoleski.
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DAR holds April meeting at hospital The Moravian Trail Chapter of the DAR met April 21 at the Harrison Community Hospital with eight members present. Dessert was served by the hospital staff. Patty Vaughan was the hostess. Regent Vaughan and Chaplain Kay Singer led the DAR ritual. Chaplain Singer shared a lighthearted devotion entitled the Prayer Rock. Sheila Perkins read the President General's message. President General Ann Turner Dillon shared how much she has been enjoying attending state conferences and hearing about all the great work being done in DAR. She invited members to Washington DC to the Continental Congress and to West Point to a memorial for a Revolutionary heroine. She announced that the DAR Museum will be ready to welcome guests this summer and announced the availability of a $500 grant for classroom teachers. She encouraged staying in touch through the DAR Blog and the DAR magazine. Janice Yager gave the National Defense message dealing with the conflict in Syria. She shared that a few months ago it looked like the 7 year war in Syria might be coming to an end but now both Iran and Russia are involved and the risk of escalating is high. The chlorine-gas attack on children by their own leader has put the US in a conflict over wanting to retaliate against Assad and putting peace keeping operations into the hands of Syrian neighbors. Since this month is the anniversary of the adoption of the American's Creed, a brief history of the formulation of the creed was given. It was first written by Thomas Jefferson, then redone by William Tyler Page and finally adopted on April 3, 1918 making America the only nation in the world founded on a creed. The secretary and treasurer's reports were given by Janice Yager and Jackie Gebhart. Sheila Perkins will attend a registration workshop on April 29 and she is working with the SAR chapter to put together a joint meeting with our chapter in June. It will celebrate Flag Day and the program should
be about Fort Laurens. The May meeting will be at the hospital and will be a welcome to anyone interested in knowing about DAR. The September meeting will be a lunch at the home of Charlotte Thomas in St. Clairsville with a representative of the Passport Agency doing the program. We will continue the summer Tea Party, which will be held on Aug.15. Jackie Gephart will make invitations. This has been a good fundraiser as members stay at home, all drink tea at the same time and send a donation to a cause which will be determined a the next meeting. The group were saddened by the passing of one of their over 90 year old active members, Jean Ater. Jean loved DAR and was responsible for bringing two daughters and a niece into membership. Some of our members held a DAR service for her on March 17 at the Koch Funeral Home in Freeport. The program was presented by Kay Singer entitled "Our Constitution Rocks" It was taken from a book for young people written to help them understand this important document. Both Laura and Barbara Bush had endorsed the book and it helped explain that the US didn't just happen. Our constitution, unlike any other, was written through the collective genius of our founding fathers in 1787 and the American people have kept it with few changes ever since. Its seven articles and 27 amendments establishes our form of government, protects our freedoms and rights with checks and balances to protect against dictatorship and provides for a way to amend it if necessary. The book was very colorful and attractive and members are considering purchasing copies for area schools. The next meeting will be May 19 at the Harrison Community Hospital at 1:30 with Janice Yager as hostess. Anyone who has ever had any curiosity about DAR is invited.
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