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APRIL 10, 2024
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LXV • NO 9
Making memories across the pond BY CATHY MOLITORIS
The cast of “Hello, Dolly!”
Mount Calvary will perform “Hello, Dolly!” BY CATHY MOLITORIS
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Lacrosse Day will benefit scholarship BY CATHY MOLITORIS
On Saturday, May 11, the athletic field at Elizabethtown Area High School (E AHS), 600 E. High St., will be the site of lots of lacrosse when the third annual Colby Hall Lacrosse Day takes place. The event will run from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and will feature U10, U12 and U14 games as well as a final game pitting the high school boys’ team against high-school alumni. The event provides an opportunity showcase the sport of
lacrosse and raise funds for the Colby Hall Memorial Scholarship, a $1,000 award given to a senior lacrosse player to help the student pursue educational goals. A senior at EAHS, Colby Hall died in a car crash in October 2021. In 2022, his parents, Don and Melanie Hall of Elizabethtown, organized the first Lacrosse Day in honor of their son. “He loved lacrosse and played for 10 years,” Melanie said, noting that all games played at the event will be in memory of See Lacrosse pg 8 R105450
Horace. “There are some really outstanding scenes, including ‘The Waiters’ Gallop,’” he commented. “That’s one to really look forward to. You’ll see a bunch of featured dancers do a really hard dance.” Even though the show is set in the 1800s and it’s been performed for decades, it will leave audiences with a timeless message, Malachi remarked. “It goes to show you that in life there are ups and downs, and things might not always go your way,” he said. “Things might be a little crazy sometimes, but take a deep breath, and as long as you are intentional, as long as you stay calm, things will turn out.” Tickets for “Hello, Dolly!” may be purchased at https://mcchris tianschool.hometownticketing .com/embed/all. Tickets will also be for sale at the door.
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hat happens when a busybody matchmaker comes to town on a mission? In the case of “Hello, Dolly!” a lot of comedy, chaos and love. Mount Calvar y C hr isti an School will present “Hello, Dolly!” at 7 p.m. on Thursday, April 11, through Saturday, April 13, with an additional performance at 2 p.m. on April 13. Performances will be held at the school, 629 N. Holly St., Elizabethtown. “Dolly is very confident, bold and loud,” said Sophia Bozell, a sophomore who plays the title character. “She’s always the loudest one in the room.” When Dolly decides she wants to keep her latest match, Horace Vandergelder, for herself, her decision has a ripple effect that impacts several other residents of
1890s New York, where the show is set. “The characters have to learn to go with the f low through e v e r y t h i n g ,” s a i d M a l a c h i Shenk, a junior who portrays C o r n e l i u s H a c k l , H o r a c e ’s employee. “Horace is thrown for a loop, and he goes through a whole bunch of ups and downs, but he makes it through, and at the end, he’s happy and Dolly’s happy.” Happiness and love are overall themes of the show, said senior Ava Fouse, who plays Irene Molloy. “It’s really a happy and uplifting show,” she stated. “Hello, Dolly!” features a cast of 35 sixth- through 12th-graders, and the students have been working on the musical since December. It shows in the quality of the production numbers, said Jordan DeGroft, a junior who portrays
Liz Givens had an 18th birthday she’ll n e v e r fo r g e t . T h e Elizabethtown Area High School (EAHS) senior celebrated the d ay with a tr ip to Chatsworth House in Derbyshire, England, where part of the 2005 movie “Pride and Prejudice” was filmed. It was just one of many unforgettable experiences Liz had as an Liz Givens (center) with her host mother, exchange student to Janet (left), and host sister, Eden the United Kingdom. even though it meant missing Liz, the daughter of Jason out on her senior year at EAHS. and Julie Givens of Elizabeth“I had to apply to the program, town, traveled to Birmingham, and I had to get a passport,” she England, from August of last said. “This was my first time out year through this past February. of the United States.” She acknowledged that it’s not She narrowed down her destitypical for high-school students nations to places where English to travel abroad for a semester, is the native language, because but she really wanted to do it, she has tree nut allergies, and so she pursued the opportunity, she didn’t want to risk her