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Love of Film Will Unite Buffs at Red Rose Festival ONLINE T FALL EVENT CALENDAR
BY JEFF FALK
echnically, films combine elements of images, motion, dialogue, 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 occasions. “(Films are) an escape,” said Shank. “I’ve always loved stories. I grew up on Ninja Turtles, and I also grew up on ‘Jaws.’ I love to laugh. It’s almost like therapy in a way. I’d rather listen to a story and relate to it than talk about myself.” This year’s edition of Shank’s annual Red Rose Film Festival will be staged on four days, from Thursday, Nov. 6, to Sunday, Nov. 9. The festival will include screenings of 60 films - feature-length movies, documentaries and shorts - from
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Viewers screen a presentation at last year’s Red Rose Film Festival.
20 countries, as well as a pair of formal gatherings. On Nov. 6, the event will kick off with a welcome party from 5 to 9 p.m. at Zoetropolis Cinema Stillhouse, 112 N. Water St., Lancaster.
Then, on Saturday, Nov. 8, the local film festival will present special awards at a gala from 6 to 10 p.m. at Penn Cinema IMAX, 541 Airport Road, Lititz. “The welcome party is just that,”
said Shank, a 2004 graduate of Lancaster Catholic High School. “It’s a happy hour for filmmakers. You’re enjoying food, and you’re talking about your projects and your passion. The gala is held after See Film Festival pg 4
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So, what’s in a name? A name is an initial point of contact. A name can provide identity and familiarity. A name can come to be associated with ideas, concepts and specific values. Lititz Area Mennonite School (LAMS) has changed its name. Hencefor th, the faith-based, private school will go by Catalyst Christian School (CCS). “It was not a decision that was taken lightly,” said Ashlee
Zimmerman, CCS ’ marketing director. “(School officials) realized nothing was going to feel right because it’s so new. It’s going to be hard to pick a name, and it’s going to grow on you when you start using it. They eliminated all of the other ones, and this is the one they picked. The name fits the school so well.” In late May, the former LAMS formally changed the name it had been known by for 48 years. An intensive rebranding process produced Catalyst Christian School
Students gather around the sign of the recently rebranded Catalyst
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