Elizabethtown townlively.com
APRIL 3, 2024
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LXV • NO 8
Creating art outside BY CATHY MOLITORIS
Marietta has a history of art, having once been the home to the Pennsylvania College of Art & Design. Members of Marietta Art Alive! are working to keep art thriving in the town. The group will host River Towns Plein Air with a series of activities throughout the town. Fifty artists representing seven states were selected to
participate in the event, said Marita Hines, co-founder of Marietta Art Alive! Artists will kick off the festivities by painting “en plein air,” or outdoors, at various locations on both sides of the Susquehanna River over an eight-day period beginning on Wednesday, April 10. More than $5,000 in awards will be presented to artists selected by juror Allan Thompson, and the event will end with a four-day See Art pg 2
The cast and crew of “Disney’s Descendants: The Musical”
Focusing on friendship in “Disney’s Descendants: The Musical” BY CATHY MOLITORIS
“The show is about the villains’ kids being sent to a school with the heroes’ kids.” Prince Ben, the son of the Beast and Belle from “Beauty and the Beast.” “The show’s theme is about overcoming prejudice to make a better tomorrow,” Ben stated. Andrew, who plays Carlos, the son of Cruella de Vil, said the show features high-energy songs
and dancing, showcasing Disney characters in a new light. Emma Golihew, an eighth-grader who portrays Evie, the daughter of the Evil Queen, agreed. “The show is about the villains’ kids being sent to a school with the heroes’ kids,” she explained. “The children of the villains are supposed to cause trouble, but they are kind of debating whether they want to or not.” Featuring songs from the “Descend ants ” movies , the musical covers a wide range of emotions, said Stephen Fasick, an eighth-grader who portrays Jay, the son of Jafar. “The song ‘Did I Mention?’ is about love, and the song ‘Goal’ is about winning, and the song ‘Break This Down’ is about all coming together,” he said. He noted that the most challenging part of the musical has been staying on task, adding with a laugh, “It’s a middle school show
Artist Henry Coe paints a scene in Wrightsville during the River Towns Plein Air 2023 event.
Raiders of the Golden Osprey Adventure is waiting to be discovered BY JEFF FALK
It’s good, clean family fun. It’s problem solving. It’s a local expedition. It’s one of the most creative fundraisers you’ll ever run across. Adam Zurn calls it Raiders of the Golden Osprey Adventure. It’s his vision, his brainchild. “It’s a little bit like ‘National Treasure’ meets Lancaster and Lebanon counties,” said Zurn.
“I’m a child of the ‘80s and I grew up on films. I thought it would be cool to go on an adventure. As I got older, I realized I couldn’t go on adventures anymore. But I get just as much enjoyment from people going on my adventure, from playing my game.” In association with the local history organization Uncharted Lancaster, Raiders of the Golden Osprey Adventure is a real-life treasure hunt. See Adventure pg 8 R105450
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f you have watched Disney movies before, and you like Disney movies, this is the perfect combination of all of them together,” said Elizabethtown Area Middle School sixth-grader Andrew Wagner, describing “Disney ’s Descendants: T he Musical.” T he show will be performed in the auditorium at Elizabethtown Area High School, 600 E. High St., at 7 p.m. on Friday, April 5, and Saturday, April 6, with an additional performance at 2 p.m. on April 6. The show features more than 100 students in the cast and crew, said Benjamin Fortier, who is directing the musical with Lauren Ritter. “This is a generation of kids who grew up with the ‘Descendants’ movies, so it seemed like a good choice for a show,” he noted.
Based on the movies of the same name, the musical tells the story about the children of classic Disney villains interacting with the world of the children of Disney heroes, said Ben Creason, an eighth-grader who plays