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FEBRUARY 28, 2024
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PMHS to present “Beauty and the Beast” BY ADRIAN ESCHENWALD
This year, Penn Manor High School (PMHS), 100 E. Cottage Ave., Millersville, will present “Beauty and the Beast” as its spring musical. Performances will take place at 7:30 p.m. on
Friday, March 15, and Saturday, March 16, and a 2 p.m. matinee will also be held on Saturday. Penn Manor School District staff members will receive free admission for the opening night of the show on Thursday, March 14, at 6:30 p.m. See “Beauty and the Beast” pg 3
Students at Central Manor Elementary School danced and played games at the PTO’s first Disco and Desserts fundraiser.
CMES catches the disco fever BY ADRIAN ESCHENWALD
“It was … an environment where they could have fun and enjoy themselves.” second grade, third and fourth grades, and fifth and sixth grades. The designated blocking allowed younger students to have fun without thinking about the opinions of their older schoolmates, and the fifth- and sixthgraders were given extra time on the dance floor to celebrate their final year at CMES. Although the first Disco and Desserts was a success, the PTO already has plans to improve it.
Many parents expressed that they missed the former daddydaughter and mother-son dances, so Gwyn said the group plans to incorporate one of each special dance next year. CMES PTO also plans to modify the timeslots for the next dance to better accommodate the number of participants, as the school has nearly 600 students. In addition to the dance fundraisers, CMES PTO partners with various restaurants such as Panera Bread and Moe’s Southwest Grill throughout the year. Once a month, a different restaurant provides a designated code for students and their families to use when placing an order. A percentage of the restaurant’s proceeds is then donated to the PTO, which uses the funds to pay for student enrichment projects such as field trips and classroom materials. To stay up to date on future fundraisers at CMES, search for “Central Manor Elementary PTO” on Facebook.
Penn Manor High School students (from left) David Ferre, Kaleb Kabakjian and Madelyn Stern will play the lead roles of Cogsworth, Lumiere and Belle, respectively.
Celebrating all things Irish on stage BY CATHY MOLITORIS
Immerse yourself in the world of Irish music and dance when the Paloma Performance Troupe presents a Celtic Dance Extravaganza. The event will be held on Saturday, March 2, at Leff ler Chapel on the Elizabethtown College campus, 1 Alpha Drive. Performances will be at 3 and 6:30 p.m. “This will be a full production, with costume changes, live musicians, special music and special-effects lighting and
smoke machines,” said Esther Pujol, owner of Paloma Dance Company. “ There will be 50 performers - kids and adults - in the show.” The performance will feature soft- and hard-shoe dances as well as acts that spotlight performers who dance while also playing the fiddle. One of the performers will present fire poi, a type of dance that incorporates fire strings. A traditional Irish ceili band will also entertain. Pujol opened the Lancaster city-based branch of Paloma See Dance troupe pg 2
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ver y year, the Central Manor Elementary School (CMES) PTO traditionally hosts two dances: one for mothers and sons and the other for fathers and daughters. Due to a shortage of volunteers, the PTO decided to shake things up this year by combining the two dances to create a groovy new fundraiser. On Feb. 9, CMES students and their parents broke out the bellbottoms and showed off their finest moves on the dance f loor for the inaugural Disco and Desserts. Throughout the evening, students from kindergarten to sixth grade enjoyed treats, played games, and boogied beneath the disco ball in the gymnasium of the school, which is located at 3717 Blue Rock Road, Washington Boro. “The kids had a lot of fun,” said Lucy Gwyn, vice president of the CMES PTO. “It was a well-controlled event, but it was also an environment where
they could have fun and enjoy themselves.” To ensure the gymnasium had enough space for everyone to get their groove on, the dance was held in three stages. Separate time slots were reserved for students from kindergarten to
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