November 17 - 23, 2022
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Fou n d e d 1991 • Vol. XXXII N o . 40
The City of Falls Church’s Independent, Locally-Owned Newspaper of Record, Serving N. Virginia
Festive Holiday Season Begins
PIPPIN IT OFF
Chamber’s Non-Profit Event Kicks It All Off
by Nicholas F. Benton
Falls Church News-Press
This Tuesday, the fellowship hall at the historic Falls Church Episcopal was jammed to the hilt by members of the Falls Church Chamber of Commerce and invited representatives of over 30 City of Falls Churchbased non-profit community service organizations for a festive kickoff to a holiday season of giving and sharing. The event was organized by the Chamber as part of its nowannual “Live Local” initiative that was endorsed by the Falls Church City Council with a special proclamation encouraging the Falls Church public to do just that, to focus holiday gift buying but also dining and contributing to good causes to City of Falls Church-based institutions and opportunities. For a city of Falls Church’s size, 2.2 square miles and 14,800 people, there are a stunning number of such opportunities.
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THIS WEEKEND, Meridian High School’s much anticipated production of the Tony Award-winning musical Pippin will be performed in the school’s new state of the art campus theater. (courtesy Photo)
‘Pippin’ is This Weekend at Meridian High School by Mark Dreisonstok
Falls Church News-Press
Falls Church’s Meridian High School students are presenting the Tony Awardwinning musical play, “Pippin,” in performances this weekend
in the new school’s auditorium. Charlemagne, we read in Einhard’s early life of the medieval Frankish king, “wrote out the barbarous and ancient songs, in which the acts of the kings and their wars were sung…” While the musical “Pippin”
does treat Charlemagne and his son Pippin, the songs and acts are not tied to historical tradition and fact but rather to the imaginations of composer and lyricist Stephen Schwartz and librettist Roger O. Hirson. This Tony Award winning
1972 musical, borrowing these historical personages for creative play, is to be performed this weekend at Meridian High by students under the guidance of Shawn Northrip. The
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Inside This Week 2022 HOLIDAY PET GUIDE Don’t miss this year’s Holiday Pet Guide. This section features stories on the dos and don’ts of holiday pet adoption, popular and pet-friendly gifts and holiday hazards for animals and how to prevent them. See Pages 8-15
Index
News Briefs.........................................2 Comment...............................5,18,26,27 Editorial.................................................6 Crime Report.......................................18 Sports.................................................20 Business News...................................21 News & Notes................................22,23 Calendar........................................24,25 Classifieds..........................................28 Critter Corner......................................30