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Community Choirs Seeking Singers BY GEORGE DEIBEL
that will be presented during Herb Fest will by “A Day in the Life of a Bee” by Denny Gorman and “Thirst Tea for Knowledge: Distinguishing Different Types of Tea” by Heidi Bernard. The event is a fundraiser for the Conestoga Herb Guild. For more information, go to www.conestoga herbguild.org. Guild members Karen KellerEyer and Nancy Landis will be at Herb Fest. Keller-Eyer and Landis are the only charter members still in the group, which was initially
The Southern Lancaster County Community Choirs (SLCCC) are seeking singers of all talent levels and age groups as preparations get underway for a Christmas concert. The SLCCC will hold a show Sunday, Dec. 7, at 3 p.m. in the Swift Middle School auditorium, 1866 Robert Fulton Highway, Quarryville. Ticket information will be announced closer to the day of the event. For now, the group is focusing on recruitment, and everyone is invited to participate. “Most years we have auditions for the choir, and we allow people to try out and then secure a spot in the choir by their interest and their musical talent,” SLCCC president Jozlyn Grodski said. “This year we are taking a little bit of a different approach in allowing anybody who has a passion for music to be a part of the community choir. We have two different levels of involvement where you can be a part of the crescendo choir, which is our adult choir, ninth grade through adult, or you can be a part of the community choir, which is open to anybody. We’re also doing a children’s choir, which is going to be fourth- through eighth-graders.” Go to www.slccchoirs.com for more information. “We have two different forms on there,” said Grodski. “One is for the community choir, which includes not only the children’s choir and the adult choir, but also an opportunity for instrumentalists in the area if they would like to be a part of the orchestra.”
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culinary and health benefits of herbs. There will also be refreshments and baked goods on sale that were made by members and complimentary coffee and tea. Additional displays will include fresh herbs, succulents, wreaths, bath products, dried herbs, herbal aromatherapy products, fresh and dried bouquets, potted plants and potted herbs, and herbal vinegar. Guild members will also educate visitors on the herb of the year, chamomile. Two of the educational programs
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