Nappanee Advance-News, Volume 121, Number 26, Nappanee, Elkhart County, 1 July 1998 — Page 3

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'MY FAIR LADY'—The Amish Acres Round Barn Theatre, Nappanee, presents Lerner and Loewe's "My Fair Lady" July 8-August 23, with Laura Freeman, pictured, starring as Eliza Doolittle. Also included in the cast are Shawn Holtgren, as Prof. Henry Higgins, and Artistic Director Jerry O'Boyle, as Alfred P Doolittle. See related article for additional information. (Photo provided)

25 YEARS SERVICE—Jim Moore, (right) was recently recognized Tor his 25, fears of service as a dealer by Buick, Oldsfnobile, Pontiac and GMC Truck Divisions. Pictured with Mr. Moore is his son John, who is the third generation in the family-owned business. Jim Moore Motors serves the Nappanee area from their location on US6, on the east edge of Nappanee, (Photo provided)

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JUNIOR VOLUNTEERS—Running out of things to do this summer? Kids are invited to volunteer their services at the Nappanee Public Library. Junior volunteers gain valuable job experience, get to meet new people and become more responsible, by helping in many ways at the library. Pictured are volunteers Adam Smith, Alex Smith, Jessica Avery and Tyler Hawkins. This summer, Junior Volunteers can help younger children with the computers, special programs, and shelve books. "Become a role model for the younger children who will see you having fun while working," stated children's librarian, Audrey Brich. Kids in grades four-up are invited to stop at the children's service desk, and ask to fill out a volunteer application. It's that easy. (Photo provided)

Honored at Ball State

The following North Wood High School graduates were among students named to the spring semester honor roll at Ball State University. In order to qualify for the honor roll, students must earn at least a 3.5 or higher GPA, with 12 credit hours or more as a full-time student. L

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Among those honored: Emily Bush, Jessica Hickman, Heidi Mattem, Amanda Russell and Kimberly Schmucker, Nappanee, and Michael Bontrager and Brooke Bradley, Wakarusa. m

‘My Fair Lady ’ opens July 8 at Round Bam Theatre

The Round Bam Theatre’s critically acclaimed production of “Big River” closed June 14. It drew attention, again, to Mark Twain’s genius for exposing the inhumanity of slavery through the voice and antics of Huck Finn and his surrounding cast of characters. The irony and wit of satire has, possibly, never been used more effectively, by an American author, to expose vices. With the opening of “My Fair Lady” August 23, at the local theatre, human vices are again explored and dramatized on the Joseph Stein stage. The author is now Irish-born British playwright Bernard Shaw, the time is 1916, the satire is equally eloquent and effective. Huck’s soul mate becomes Eliza Doolittle and the characters surrounding her are cunningly colorful. To bring Shaw to the musical stage, it was librettist and lyricist Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe, the Austrian-born American composer, in 1956. Shaw was most comfortable as playwright and Pygmalion. He would have frowned upon any attempt to add “romance” to his work; destroying reality and substituting dreams. He regarded social criticism as the most important function of all art. Although My Fair Lady was written after Shaw’s death, the changed ending in the musical had been approved by Shaw for earlier movie use. He is considered the most important playwright since Shakespeare, and was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1925, “for his work which is marked by both idealism and humanity, its stimulating satire often being infused with a singular poetic beauty.” “With source material as rich as Pygmalion, and considering that My Fair Lady has a history as award-winning, legendary entertainment,” says Artistic Director Jerry O’Boyle, “to revive the show is nearly as challenging as the original myth’s great conflict of bringing a statue to life. With the new production, we are exploring Eliza’s and Henry’s worlds on numerous levels. They come together on the set, which is a mixture of two-dimensional art and realism; much as the characters uncover the unseen depth of emotion within each other.” When My Fair Lady premiered on Broadway in 1956, it starred Rex Harrison and Julie Andrews, and established an all-time, longrun record. Its cast album was the first to ever top the popular recording charts. The musical became a film that won eight Academy Awards. Rex Harrison again played Henry Higgins, but this time opposite Audrey Hepburn. Color Copier User Club meets at library Full color copying is available at the Nappanee Public Library. Training sessions are held the third Tuesday of each month, with the next training session scheduled for Tuesday, July 21, 7p.m. Interested in sharing ideas on the uses of the color copier? Persons who receive at least one hour of free training are eligible to become a member of the Color Copier User Club. Benefits include additional free training, discounted pricing and free test copies. The Color Copier User Club, under the leadership of Dr. Mark Hutsell, meets the third Thursday of every month, with the next meeting set for Thursday, July 16, 7p.m. Please call the library at 7737919 to pre-register no later than Friday, July 10, for the training session and/or Color Copier User Club.

With hit songs “Wouldn’t It Be Loverly?” “Get Me to the Church on Time,” “I Could Have Danced All Night,” and “On the Street Where You Live,” the musical is considered to be Lerner and Loewe’s masterpiece. Much of the creative team for Big River is on the staff of My Fair Lady. Choreographer Scott Saegesser will be making his directing debut. Artistic Associate Jessica Harrigan Texidor will provide the dances and Colby Martin Landers returns as set designer. The principals for the production include Shawn Holtgren as Henry Higgins, resident company member Laura Freeman as Eliza and Artistic Director Jerry O’Boyle as Alfred P. Doolittle. During this production, the “My Fair Lady Gourmet Buffet” will be available in the Bam Loft Grill at Amish Acres. Richard, the Earl, by e-mail from his parliament.uk address, has offered his menu to Amish Acres, so that diners can get a true taste of the fare Henry Higgins would surely choose at Porters, named in honor of the luggage carriers of Britain. In Shaw’s 20th century version of Cinderella, an innocent young flower girl is transformed into a princess, not by her fairy godmother, but by the not-so-charm-ing prince, himself. The play was his vehicle to expose abuse, sexual inequality, class distinction and morality. Lucidly, My Fair Lady remains true to Shaw’s intent, even though softened into a musical theatre classic for the entire family. Professor Henry Higgins, an insensitive professor of phonetics, and his friend, Colonel Pickering, could easily have eaten at Porters while discussing their wager to turn Eliza Doolittle, the flower girl, into a Lady. To capture the atmosphere of these discussions, Amish Acres will convert its grill into a pub-like place, complete with Porter’s menu of specialty spups, “World Famous Pies,” hot and cold puddings and cheese selection. Brown ppion, ale and cheddar cheese soup, a most traditional English ,starter, will be served with rustic brown cob loaves. The buffet will feature Porter’s “The Best of British,” including roast beef and Yorkshire pudding, smoked Haddock dish cakes, pork and herb sausage. Pies will include chicken, leek and field mushroom pie with side orders of mushy peas, braised red cabbage and baked jacket potatoes. Lady Bradford’s banana and

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ginger steamed pudding, apple and blackberry crumble and steamed syrup sponge (according to the Earl, “Maybe why Britain has not been successfully invaded since 10661”) Burnt Trinity College raspberry creams and chocolate truffle cake are cold puddings for hot summer evenings. All of these are desserts highlighted by nonalcoholic pudding wines. In London, this meal would be 16.50 pounds per person, inclusive of value-added tax and gratuity. The buffet will be served each Friday and Saturday evening at Amish Acres, during the show’s run. Reservations are required through the theatre box office. For further information and ticket orders, contact the box office at 1-800-800-4942, or over the Internet at www.amishacres.com. Curtain times are Wednesday, Friday and Saturday at Bp.m., and Thursday and most Sundays at 2p.m. The Round Bam Theatre is the national home of “Plain & Fancy,” the 1955 Broadway musical about Amish life and love. In its 12th season, the show has surpassed 2,000 performances before over a quarter of a million patrons. My Fair Lady plays in repertory with Plain & Fancy. The remaining shows of the 1998 season include “Schoolhouse Rock Live!,” “1776,” “Zorba” and “The Sound of Music.”

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