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The cast and crew of “Alice in Wonderland.” Photo by Cat Shannon
Familiar Tale With a Fresh Wonderland Twist
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W
hen Columbia Borough School District’s theater department presents its fall play, audiences will see some familiar characters on stage in a well-known setting but presented in a completely new way. “Alice in Wonderland” will be performed on
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Friday, Nov. 21, at 7 p.m. and on Saturday, Nov. 22, at 2 and 7 p.m. in the high school auditorium, 901 Ironville Pike, Columbia. The show is a fast-paced smash-up of two Lewis Carroll classics - “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” and “Through the Looking Glass.” “It’s the story of ‘Alice in Wonderland,’ about a girl who goes down a
rabbit hole and meets a bunch of characters, but there are also characters from ‘Through the Looking Glass,’” explained Kayla Peters, who portrays one of the characters from the latter work, the Red Queen. And while it’s a play, it features original music written by local musicians Steven and Elizabeth Roldan. See Tale pg 5
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Thanks to a collaboration between community partners, there’s a new, free way to make music in Columbia. Members of Susquehanna River Creative Conspiracy (SRCC) have teamed up with Music for Everyone to bring a public piano to Coffee and Cream, 101 N. Front St., Columbia. The partnership began after SRCC founder and president Anthony “TJ” Carrozza struck up a conversation with Music for Everyone founder John Gerdy. Both nonprofits share a common vision: using the arts to transform lives and strengthen communities. With the piano on the porch at Coffee and Cream are (from
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“It’s important to honor our veterans,” said Phil Lehman, describing the sentiment behind Wreaths Across America. “It’s important to take care of them, and this is an easy way to do that.” Lehman invites community members to participate in the program, which places wreaths on graves of veterans in cemeteries nationwide. Locally, Wreaths Across America will be held on Saturday, Dec. 13, beginning at noon at Fairview Cemetery, 600 Hellam St., Wrightsville. “We will start with a ceremony that will go for about half an hour,” Lehman said. “We honor all of the branches of the services.” Landon Mak, a local student, will sing the national anthem, and first responders will also be honored with wreaths. After the ceremony, people will pick up wreaths to place on graves in Fairview Cemetery, Union Cemeter y and Mount Pisgah Cemetery. Wreaths Across America is a national nonprofit organization. The idea for the tribute began as a seed that was planted when Morrill Worcester, a 12-yearold paperboy for the Bangor Maine Daily News, won a trip to Washington, D.C. Arlington National Cemetery made a lasting impression on Morrill, who later became the owner of Worcester Wreath Company. In 1992, with a surplus of wreaths near the end of the holiday season, he remembered visiting Arlington as a boy and arranged for wreaths to be placed in the cemetery. The idea
See Notes pg 5 left) TJ Carrozza, Diane Bell and Deb Rohrer. Photo by Cat Shannon
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