Messiah Choir Benefits Local Food Pantries
The Good Tidings Benefit Choir will continue its legacy of raising spirits and funds for the Geauga Hunger Task Force by performing the Easter sections of GF Handel’s “Messiah” at 7 p.m. March 21 and 3 p.m. March 22 at Notre Dame Chapel, 13000 Auburn Road in Munson.
The all-volunteer ecumenical choir is under the direction of Robert Boles and accompanied by Joy Leirer. The soloists will be Robert Boles, Laura Christian, Nina Eglit, Sara Hamrick, Colleen Juhasz, Sylvia Jurcak, Brenda Moosbrugger, Charles Moosbrugger, Kathy Muzik and Aubrey Woods. Attendees will be invited to join in the Hallelujah chorus.
The performances are free, but a goodwill offering will be taken.
History Comes Alive
Now through March 22, Anne Frank’s attic has been reproduced on the Geauga Lyric Theater’s stage. In this production of “The Diary of Anne Frank,” director Angela Miloro-Hansen and her scenic designer husband Randy Hansen have been hard at work replicating as many aspects of the attic apartment as they were able.
Angela has been using a large documentary book received in her teens as reference to check on wallpaper, book titles and color palettes to make audience members feel as if they are in the actual space with Anne and her family.
Performances are Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. at Geauga Theater, located at 101 Water St. on Chardon Square. Tickets are $8 for children 12 and under, $13 for students and seniors, and $15 for adults.
A special performance at a reduced price for students will be held March 12 at 7:30 p.m. For more information on how to participate, contact educationoutreach@geaugatheater.org.
Band Springs into 77th Season
The Great Geauga County Fair Band kicks off its 77th season March 24 at 7:30 p.m., when musicians gather for their first rehearsal of 2015 in the Berkshire High School band room.
Band director Greg Hillis is currently looking for musicians, ages 15 and older, to join the all-volunteer concert band. Open rehearsal sessions are held Tuesdays from 7:30-9:30 p.m.; locations vary so call 440-299-7872 for details.
For more information about the band and 2015 season, visit www.geaugafairband.com.
Words and Wine
Poetry readings will take place April 7 at Your Vine or Mine? located at 154 Main St. in Painesville.
Open mic at 6:30 p.m. will be followed by featured poet Dianne Borsenik, winner of both the 2013 and 2014 Best Cleveland Poetry Competition. She is the co-founder of NightBallet Press and also co-produces Snoetry: A Winter Wordfest held in Cleveland each March.
For more information, contact Margie DeLong at 440-298-1397.
Say ‘Hello Dolly!’ at Newbury High School
Newbury Junior-Senior High School Thespian Club presents “Hello, Dolly” March 27 and 28 in the Newbury auditorium. Curtain time is 7 p.m.
The musical production, based on the book by Michael Stewart, with music and lyrics by Jerry Herman and based on the play “The Matchmaker” by Thornton Wilder, takes place in the 1890s in both Yonkers and New York, N.Y. and centers around the exploits of quick-witted Mrs. Dolly Gallegher Levi. Dolly is a middle-aged widow and matchmaker by trade who has come back to town not only to arrange the marriages of others, but also to arrange her own marriage to the unsuspecting Horace Vandergelder, the rich half-millionaire of Yonkers.
The show features a large roll for the chorus, as well as the principals. Among the 41 students involved in this production, there are 14 seniors. Senior cast members include: Jacob Brent, Maria Craven, Jeremy Dudek, Dan Dunlap, Cami Hamby, Faith Harrison, Madeline Hoffmann, Danny Kekedy, Maggie Kinkopf, Schuyler Spivey, Haley Surckla and Sammi Tayek along with senior lighting crew member Jourdain Spivey and senior student director Kaitllyn Sullivan.
On Saturday, March 28, Newbury after-prom, prom and drama committees will present a Dinner Theatre Extra-vaganza from 4:30 to 7 p.m. Enjoy a spaghetti dinner with a celebrity chef and servers prior to the evening’s show. The event will also feature a Chinese auction and 50/50 raffle.
Dinner and show are $13 for adults, $11 for seniors over 65 and students 10-18, $9 for youth 6-9 and free for kids 5 and under. Tickets are available in the Newbury High School office. Separate dinner, takeout or show tickets will be available at the door on March 28. Proceeds benefit all three groups.
