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TVHS to stage “The Pajama Game”
BY CATHY MOLITORIS
BY FRANCINE FULTON
Over the past seven decades, Engle Printing & Publishing Co., Inc. (EPC) has grown from one couple producing one paper to a company that employs 150 people, distributes 16 community newspapers and multiple specialty publications to close
to 200,000 people, and provides printing services for numerous clients. Although the scope of the business has changed, one thing has remained constant: community. “We want to make that connection to our local merchants and to our community members,” said Charlie Engle, company president. See EPC pg 4
The cast includes (back, from left) Ben Scott, Sam Donnellan, Jenna DiFabrizio, Sara Blankenbiller, (front) Patrick Skoniczin and Hannah Kurtz.
last year’s performance of “Grease,” but this year’s show will be equally entertaining. “It’s a fun love story. What would draw people into this show is that there are great songs, great dances and a really cute love story,” Weaver said. “It is family friendly, and it will leave people feeling happy.” The stars of the play are seniors Hannah Kurtz, who plays Babe Williams, the union leader, and Patrick Skoniczin, who plays Sid Sorokin, the superintendent. Patrick said that he is currently working hard to “get comfortable” with his character, noting that he was one of the few TVHS students who had previously heard of the play. “My dad is a trumpet player, and he was in the pit in high school when they did the play,” noted Patrick. Hannah has starred in previous TVHS plays, but this is her first major role. “This is the biggest lead I have ever played,” she said.
“I am trying to let the character really shine. We have been working really hard at it.” Other cast members include the following: Mackenzie Bare as Charley, Sara Blankenbiller as Mae, Natalie Clayton as Gladys, Jenna DiFabrizio as Mabel, Sam Donnellan as Prez, Stephen Elliker as Myron, Benjamin Scott as Vernon, Kristel Stoltzfus as Sandra, Ariana Salinas-Evans as Rita, Sienna Brown as Virginia, Ian Eversmeyer and Max, Grace Kelly as Doris, Cecilia Skoniczin as Poopsie, Madalynn Gerhard as Carmen, Emily Hatcher as Mara, Lorelei Koller as Ann, Macayla Symonds as Brenda, Evan Johnson as Pop and Nora Tennant as Charlene. Student members of the production team are Mackenzie Bare, production intern; Ellie Troxel, stage manager; and Megan Shumate and Sienna Brown, student choreographers. For the up coming bingo,
Pauline and Alvin Engle in 1967
Tel Hai Camp reaches out BY FRANCINE FULTON
“We are trying new things,” said Tel Hai Camp and Retreat director Brian Williamson, when describing activities being held and planned by the Honey Brook camp. First-time events have included a “ Taste of Camp” breakfast buffet on Feb. 24, which ser ved more than 70 people, and a camp craft day held on March 9. Also, the camp is planning its inaugural vendor and craft fair for Saturday, April 6, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. For craft day, attendees were able to take part in three different
See “The Pajama Game” pg 5
activities, including making a pine cone bird feeder and a mini campfire candle, and they were able to paint a portrait on a small piece of wood. “They could also do a coloring page,” Williamson said, noting that the wood “canvases” for the craft were recycled from fallen tree branches. Hot chocolate and coffee were provided to participants. Both during the breakfast and on craft day, attendees were invited to learn about the camp and its activities. For the upcoming vendor fair, various exhibitors will display See Tel Hai Camp pg 2
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he Twin Valley High School (TVHS) Theater Arts Club will present “The Pajama Game” as its annual spring musical. Performances will take place at 7 p.m. on Thursday through Saturday, April 4 to 6, as well as 2 p.m. on Sunday, April 7. To coincide with the musical, there will be a designer bag and pajama bingo at TVHS on April 6. Doors will open at 12:30 p.m., and bingo will start at 2 p.m. “The Pajama Game” is a 1954 Broadway musical that is based on the novel “7 1/2 Cents” by Richard Bissell. Noted choreographer Bob Fosse made his choreography debut with this musical. According to TVHS play producer Jessie Miller, the story line follows workers in a pajama factory who form a union and defend their rights to earn a better living. “The girls who are the employes form a union because they are not getting paid enough. They find out that surrounding companies are paying higher, so they demand a 7-and-ahalf-cent raise,” explained Miller. “There is a new superintendent in the pajama factory, which is called the Sleep Tite Factory, and a love interest forms between the president of the union and the new superintendent.” Both Miller and play director Nicole Weaver noted that most students had not heard of the play, but they are now familiar with its message. “This year is a challenge for the kids, but it’s a really good challenge,” said Weaver. “The show itself is paying true homage to what was important in the 1950s. The women are fighting for their equal rights to be paid well.” She noted that in the past, TVHS has done more familiar shows, like
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