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echnically, films combine elements of images, motion, dialo gue, ideas and music. It’s a combination of sensory stimuli that can evoke strong emotions and transport viewers to different places and times. Ryan Shank, the founder of the Red Rose Film Festival, has been theatrically transported on many different Viewers screen a presentation at last year’s Red Rose Film Festival. occasions. “(Films are) an escape,” said be staged on four days, from Thurs- Stillhouse, 112 N. Water St., LanShank. “I’ve always loved stories. day, Nov. 6, to Sunday, Nov. 9. The caster. Then, on Saturday, Nov. 8, I grew up on Ninja Turtles, and festival will include screenings of the local film festival will present I also grew up on ‘Jaws.’ I love to 60 films - feature-length movies, special awards at a gala from 6 to laugh. It’s almost like therapy in documentaries and shorts - from 10 p.m. at Penn Cinema IMAX, a way. I’d rather listen to a story 20 countries, as well as a pair of 541 Airport Road, Lititz. “The welcome party is just that,” and relate to it than talk about formal gatherings. On Nov. 6, the event will kick said Shank, a 2004 graduate of Lanmyself.” This year’s edition of Shank’s off with a welcome party from caster Catholic High School. “It’s a annual Red Rose Film Festival will 5 to 9 p.m. at Zoetropolis Cinema happy hour for filmmakers. You’re
Open your mind and collect your thoughts on pipe organs. Now, take everything you thought you knew about organs and throw it out the window. Frank Dodd is going to help you reorganize your ideas on organ music. It’s his version of Organ Transplants. Music director Frank Dodd plays the “It’s a play on words. It’s an organ
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recital,” said Dodd, who’s been the organist and director of music at Westminster Presbyterian Church for seven years. “Most of the music is transplanted. We call them transcriptions. It was originally designed for music on different instruments and transcribed for playing on the organ.” Dodd will present his interpretation of Organ Transplants at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 1, at Westminster
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College Night Can Be Portal to Brighter Futures It seems a lot to ask 17- and 18-year-olds to make highereducation decisions that will affect the rest of their lives, that will shape the directions of their existences. But College Night can help by providing options, clearing up misconceptions and sparking new possibilities. An informed decision is a smart decision. “It helps kids from all over Lancaster County and beyond to be able to have direct interaction with colleges, trade schools and the military,” said Barbara McDaniel, a counseling office administrative assistant at Conestoga Valley High School (CVHS) who’s been coordinating College Night for 27 years. “It gives them a little bit of the atmosphere of what college is like. It helps students decide which path is best for them.” Located at 2110 Horseshoe Road, Lancaster, CVHS will host this year’s edition of its annual College Night inside Rill Gymnasium from 6 to 8 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 3. The event is free to attend and open to all high school students across Lancaster County. “It’s so awesome,” said McDaniel. “Tables are set up in alphabetical order, and there are a lot of people. When I talk to parents and students, I get compliments about the flow. Students can see what a college represents or if they have the major they are interested in. It’s a busy night, but when six o’clock hits and I open the doors and see the students come in, that’s my favorite part.”
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