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Penn Manor to put on “Big Fish” BY GEORGE DEIBEL
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Auction will raise funds for mission trip BY GEORGE DEIBEL
Manor Church will host a live auction to benefit its student ministries’ mission trip to New York City this summer. The auction will be held on Saturday, March 22, starting at 9 a.m. in the church’s gymnasium, 530 Central Manor Road, Lancaster. It will run until all the items are sold.
Breakfast food items, including breakfast sandwiches and fruit, will be sold in the morning, and lunch items such as hamburgers and hot dogs will be for sale in the afternoon. Food proceeds will also benefit the mission trip. The students going on the trip serve on the day of the auction, helping with child care, running auction items, and preparing See Auction pg 2
Cast members from Penn Manor’s production of “Big Fish” (front, from left) David Ferre, James Helm, Ava Wolfersberger, Bailey Floyd, (back) David Fogell, Thomas Lebo, and Charlie Stoy
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“You will leave knowing you watched a beautiful piece of art on this stage.” I never knew my dad for what he was,” Thomas said. “I am thinking about fatherhood for a majority of the musical.” Ciemiewicz said she chose “Big Fish” for two major reasons. “Last year, we did ‘Beauty and the Beast,’ (which is) a big-name show and a Disney show,” she said. “This one is much more obscure. I chose this one for the story and because it offered a lot of opportunity for our students
to get to do a variety of things. There’s a circus scene so we have some talents utilized there. … It took a little while for the kids to jump on board, but I think they’re really loving this experience.” Ciemiewicz said one of the highlights of the show is tap dancing during the numbers with student Dana Raugh serving as an assistant choreographer. “We love to showcase the kids if we can,” she said. I n a d d i t i o n to Ja m e s a s Edward Bloom and Thomas as Will Bloom, the main cast is Ava Wolfersberger (Sandra), Kyle Griffin (Young Will), Charlie Stoy (Josephine), David Ferre (Amos Calloway), Bailey Floyd (Witch), Madelyn Stern (Jenny Hill), Aidan Whitfield (Don Price/ Red Fang), Rayn Andreychuk (Zacky Price), David Fogell (Karl the Giant), Alyssa Ford (Girl in the Water), and Ethan White (Dr. Bennett and The General). T here are many challenging aspects in putting on this
Manor Church volunteers serve at the Way of the Cross Ministries Distribution Center during last summer’s mission trip to Harlingen, Texas.
Comets hockey battles but comes up a goal short BY GEORGE DEIBEL
Penn Manor overcame offthe-ice hardships to make it back to the Central Pennsylvania Ice Hockey League (CPIHL) Viola Cup championship game but could not quite win two titles in a row. Warwick’s Koby Zimmerman scored his second breakaway goal of the game with 37 seconds remaining in regulation to
give the Warriors a 3-2 triumph Feb. 26 at Hersheypark Arena. The Comets lost to Warwick by the same 3-2 score in the second round of the tournament on Feb. 7 before winning three straight games to emerge from the losers’ bracket. “The team faced some adversity this year,” Penn Manor coach Raul Batista said. “We definitely played hard and fought to get to that final game. It was good to
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enn Manor High School musical director Lauren Ciemiewicz is tr ying something different this spring, eschewing the more famous productions in favor of a lesser-known work. Penn Manor’s Thespian Troupe 274 will present “Big Fish” Thursday, March 13, to Saturday, March 15, in the high school auditorium, 100 East Cottage Ave., Millersville. Tickets may be purchased at h t t p s: / / p e n n m a n o r. s e at yourself.biz. The performance will begin at 6:30 p.m. on March 13. Tickets are on sale to the public, but this is the designated show where all Comet Classic cardholders and Penn Manor staff members are admitted free by showing their card at the box office. The show time for Friday, March 14, is 7:30 p.m. There are two productions on March 15, a matinee at 2 p.m. and the final performance at 7:30 p.m. The plot of “Big Fish” revolves around the relationship between a father and son, said leads James Helm, who plays the dad, Edward Bloom, and Thomas Lebo, who portrays the son, Will Bloom. “You learn that Edward Bloom, the father, is a little sick,” said James. “On the flip side, his son, Will, is about to get married and have a kid of his own. They’ve always been at odds with each other. They don’t have the best relationship. It’s about them reconvening before the father passes away and before the son has a kid.” Will hears his father’s farcical stories, including tales of a giant and a werewolf, and tracks down
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