Elizabethtown townlively.com
NOVEMBER 13, 2024
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LXV • NO 40
Holiday spirit will shine at Christmas at the Star Barn Village BY CATHY MOLITORIS
Brittany’s Hope wants everyone to have a sleighful of fun this holiday season. The Elizabethtown-based organization will host Christmas at the Star
Barn Village on Saturday, Dec. 7. The event will be held at Stone Gables Estate, 1 Hollinger Lane, Elizabethtown. “Christmas at the Star Barn is the perfect way to begin your family’s Christmas season,” said See Star Barn pg 4
Youth and adult ensembles perform with the Susquehanna Chorale at a previous concert.
Susquehanna Chorale will usher in festive season BY CATHY MOLITORIS
top of their ability and the talent they have.” Candlelight Christmas concerts will celebrate the season with music including traditional carols. These concerts will be held at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, De c . 1 3 , at E l i z a b e t h to w n Church of the Brethren, 777 S. Mount Joy St., Elizabethtown; at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 14, at Messiah University; and at 4 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 15, at Market Square Presbyterian Church, 20 S. Second St., Harrisburg. The chorale will perform several carol arrangements to honor the late Alice Parker, well-known in chorale circles for her contributions to the genre. Parker passed away last year at the age of 98. Selections will include “O Come, O Come, Emmanuel,” “Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella” and “Angels We Have Heard on High.”
Christmas at the Star Barn Village will feature photos with Santa.
Ready, set, gobble BY CATHY MOLITORIS
Before you sit down to eat turkey on Thanksgiving Day, hit the streets of Elizabethtown and chase some instead. The Great Turkey Chase will be held on Thursday, Nov. 28, at Elizabethtown Brethren in Christ Church (EBIC), 996 E. High St., Elizabethtown. Day-of registration will start at 6:45 a.m. The 5K race will begin at 8:15 a.m., and kids’ runs will start at 9:15 a.m. Bib number pickup will be available for preregistered participants on Wednesday, Nov. 27, from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the church.
“This is a 5K run/walk event,” said race director Grace Wells. “Our racecourse is a 5K course, starting at EBIC, circling around the town, returning back to EBIC for the finish. We have stuffed turkeys on the course and a frozen turkey at the finish line for those who find one on the route.” The event will also feature two free fun runs. “(We’ll have) one for the youngest participants who can’t run too far and then another for those who can run about a quarter mile loop. They can run up to four times for their mile,” Wells shared. “Our See Gobble pg 3
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n 1 9 8 1 , L i n d a Te d f o r d founded the Susquehanna Chorale after she and her husband moved to central Pennsylvania from the Philadelphia area. More than 40 years later, the chorale is still going strong, and several ensembles will present holiday concerts this month and next. The Susquehanna Chorale’s season, “A Kaleidoscope of Song,” will feature the 42-member adult chamber ensemble nationally known for its musicality and emotional connection to the music. The season will kick off with the Youth Choral Festival at 4 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 24. The concert will be held at Messiah University’s Calvin and Janet High Center for Worship and Performing Arts, University Avenue,
Mechanicsburg. The festival will feature the Children, Youth, Alta Voce and Adult chorales. “Both the youth and adult groups perform on their own, and then at the end, we come together to sing this beautiful anthem of peace, written to commemorate the revolution in Estonia,” Tedford shared. “It’s maybe 170 people on stage, an intergenerational choir singing a piece that concludes the whole concert, a plea for peace in the world. It’s a goosebumpy moment.” The youth choral group is made up of high school and college students throughout central Pennsylvania. “These kids are all here because they really want to sing,” Tedford said. “They have high motivation to do things really well. The conductors expect nothing but the best from them, and they get it. It’s an inspiration to see these kids working to the