Conestoga Valley townlively.com
OCTOBER 30, 2024
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LX • NO 45
In “Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead,” LMHS students speak language of theater BY JEFF FALK
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Zoey Groff (left) and Kay Beidler rehearse a scene for Lancaster Mennonite’s upcoming presentation of “Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead.”
nnunciation, projection a n d d i a l o g u e a re a l l key components of the language of theater. It’s a language that helps performers deliver their message and connect with the audience. T he cast of “Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead” at Lancaster Mennonite High School (LMHS) is exploring the language of the theater and learning about communication in the process. “I’m hoping they take some theater techniques away from this,” said Katelyn Coryell, the director of “Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead,” of her cast members. “I hope they grow as communicators, as effective collaborators and contributors to their community. I want them to understand the motivation
behind the critiques. They’re putting in significant amounts of time outside of our rehearsals just to understand the whys of the words they are saying. If the actors don’t understand the words they’re saying, the
“I wanted to provide the students with an opportunity to dig into elevated language and the whys of words.” audience isn’t going to get any of this.” LMHS will present its interpretation of Tom Stoppard’s “Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead” on Thursday through Saturday, Nov. 7 to 9, at 7 p.m. and Sunday, Nov. 10, at 3 p.m. at
the school’s High Fine Arts Center, 2176 Lincoln Highway East, Lancaster. Tickets are available at www.lancastermennonite .org/fine-arts/drama, by calling the school’s box office at 717740-2456 or at the door prior to each performance. The fall play is an estimated two and a half hours long including intermission. “It’s a retelling of Shakespeare’s ‘Hamlet,’” said Coryell. “The takeaway is, ‘What impact are you leaving on the world?’ I think (the students are) definitely taking it to heart.” “In my opinion, this play has been underappreciated,” Coryell continued. “I wanted to provide the students with an opportunity to dig into elevated language and the whys of words.” T he cast of “Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead” is made up of 15 LMHS students, See LMHS pg 9
CCOB’s birthday party is 300 years As with last year’s expo, more than 20 veteran artisans and in the making This is the second year that veteran-owned businesses will
BY ANN MEAD ASH
the Ephrata Lions Club has organized a Veterans Expo on Veterans Day weekend. For 2024, the club has partnered with the Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus of Lancaster Santa Marie Assembly 915 to provide dinners for attendees. “That’s a complimentary plated meal for veterans,” said Lions C lub re pres entat ive S teve Montpetit, who is helping to plan the event.
be present along with a number of nonprofit organizations that support veterans. The Ephrata Lions Club Veterans Expo will be held in the ballroom at the American Legion Post 429, 300 Cocalico St., Ephrata, on Sunday, Nov. 10, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. The Lions have lined up a variety of vendors to set up displays at the event. “We will have woodworking and a couple See Expo pg 8
BY JEFF FALK
Over the past three centuries, Conestoga Church of the Brethren (CCOB) has affected scores of lives, touched innumerable hearts and bestowed countless blessings. But the church has also received its own fair share of blessings. As CCOB prepares to celebrate its tercentenary, the milestone has provided some of its members an opportunity to reflect on how God has worked through the historic church for the good of the Four generations of a CCOB family, mother Emily Smythe community. left), grandmother Sharon Zimmerman (front) “This congregation has been faithful to God, (back, holding Nolan Smythe and great-grandmother Barbara See CCOB pg 12 Mull, prepare for the church’s 300th anniversary.
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