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Family-Friendly Fun in “Seussical”
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he colorful world of Dr. Seuss will leap from the page to the stage when Encore! Home School Productions presents “Seussical,” a musical adventure that weaves together some of the author’s most beloved stories and characters.
The show will be performed at The Junction Center, 1875 Junction Road, Manheim, at 7 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, March 27 and 28, and at 2 p.m. on Sunday, March 29. Narrated by the Cat in the Hat, the musical follows Horton the Elephant, who discovers a tiny speck of dust that holds an entire world known as Whoville. Among
the Whos is Jojo, a child sent to military school because of his overactive imagination. Horton soon finds himself facing two big responsibilities: protecting the Whos from those who refuse to believe they exist and caring for an egg that the carefree Mayzie La Bird leaves in his charge. Along the way, Horton endures ridicule, See “Seussical” pg 2
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Bingo for a Purr-fect Cause BY CAT SHANNON
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Come out for bingo on Sunday, April 12, and you could take home some cash while helping cats in need. Pre cious Paws Communit y Cats will hold its second annual bingo at the Millersville VFW, 219 Walnut Hill Road, Millersville, from 1 to 5 p.m. Doors will open at 11:30 a.m., and food service will begin at noon. “We will be playing 24 games total,” explained Kathy Ann Kramer,
C reat iv i t y w ill b e in the spotlight when the Manheim Community Librar y hosts a Local Authors Fair on Saturday, March 28. The event will be held at the library, located in the Kreider Farms Cultural Center, 547 N. Penryn Road, Manheim, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. “We have a list of 11 authors who plan on attending: L. Ryan Storms, Gideon Cope, Jeannette DiLouie, Peter Belz, Heather Stigall, Elizabeth Andrews, Lindsay Bandy, Raven Eckman, John K . Williams, Stephen Nicholas and our own library director, LaTrobe Barnitz, who will be giving a breakout session talk on the journey to his novels being published,” said Connor Lutz, library assistant and adult programming staff member. Tables will be set up around the library for authors to showcase and sell their books. Breakout sessions will feature authors giving informational talks, hosting question-and-answer sessions with patrons or offering short readings from their works. The breakout sessions will begin at 10:30 a.m. with Gideon Cope and will conclude at 2:30 p.m. with LaTrobe Barnitz. Each of the authors will bring a unique perspective to the event, Lutz said, highlighting a few of the participants. Gideon is only 8 years old, but he’s the published author of “The Squirrel Who Was Scared of Heights,” a story about a squirrel overcoming his fears. “He loves storytelling and has even been on author panels with adult authors,” Lutz said. “He plans to give a breakout session speech about the process of being
See Bingo pg 2 People enjoy bingo at a previous Precious Paws Community Cats fundraiser.
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