Nappanee Advance-News, Volume 129, Number 16, Nappanee, Elkhart County, 20 April 2006 — Page 4

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• Advance News • Thursday, April 20, 2006

Plain and Fancy enters 20th year at Amish Acres

Plain and Fancy, the 1955 Broadway musical comedy about Amish life and love, will be celebrating its 20th anniversary season at Amish Acres, having been seen by over 300,000 people in 3,200 performances. The Round Bam Theatre has additionally produced 61 Broadway musicals in the last decade, producing perhaps more musicals than any regional theatre in America during that time. It was 1997, on a warm May evening, when nearly 100 people warily took seats in the newly constructed replica Locke Township Meeting House to watch the first performance of Plain and Fancy at Amish Acres. They came because curiosity got the best of them. Once inside, they saw a 12-by-16-foot stage raised six inches off the pine plank flooring, a quilt hung on the wall behind, an upright piano sat stage right, a row of residential track lights made an open square on the ceiling and, most importantly, four actors to play five parts! Dennis McKeen, played Papa Yoder and Peter Reber, sans beard, a deft slight of hand trick unnoticed unless it was raining during his exterior entrances

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ADVANCE NEWS PHOTO/A.W. GADSON Left to right: Spencer Abel, Tori Schwartz, Spencer Chupp, Samantha Abel, Zackery Chupp and Alyssa Chupp are ready for the annual Wakarusa PTO Chicken Barbeque. PTO ready for BBQ Students at Wakarusa Elementary School have started selling tickets to their annual Chicken BBQ fundraiser, which will be held on April 21 and 22 during the Wakarusa Maple Syrup Festival. Tickets are now available for an "All-You-Can-Eat" chicken and beef dinner held at Nelson's Banquet Hall, which includes homebaked pies and other goodies. Advance tickets are $7.50 for adults and $5 for students in kindergarten to fifth grade. Adult tickets purchased at the door will be SB. Carry-out meals will be available again this year at Nelson's. Ticket prices for those meals are $7.50 in advance or $8 at the door. The carry-out will include a half chicken, 3 to 4-oz. serving of beef, mashed potatoes and gravy, com, coleslaw and a roll. Chicken only will be available for carry out at $4.50 per half. The fundraiser will run from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. on both days. All proceeds benefit the Wakarusa PTO.

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and exits. The tiny production was produced by Jill Stover and directed by Jeffrey Kope. Little did the actors, or the audience, know that the hour and a half of music, dancing, laughing, heartache, love and applause would be repeated over 3,000 times by 207 actors in the next 19 years. To extend the celebration, Forever Plaid, Bye Bye Birdie, Camelot, Fiddler on the Roof and A Christmas Carol will fill the remaining playbill in 2006. The anniversary season will bookend the repertory productions with Plain and Fancy (April 18 to Oct. 28) and Fiddler on the Roof (Sept. 19 to Oct. 29), Joseph Stein's first and most famous shows. The stage of the Round Barn Theatre was named for and dedicated to Stein in 1997. Plain and Fancy opened 51 years ago on Broadway and ran for 372 performances at the Winter Garden Theatre before moving to London for an even longer run. It was the first show for neophyte librettist Joseph Stein and composer Albert Hague. Stein was pictured recently in Vanity Fair with the writing team surrounding Cid Ceaser and his Show of Shows. The

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PHOTO PROVIDED Peter Reber (Dan Gaouette) and Katie Yoder (Shoshanna Richman) reminisce with Katie's old school book with a bluegird thing with both eyes on one side of its head. group included, in addition to Woody Allen and Mel Brooks, Stein, Neil Simon, Carl Reiner, all of whom became giants in

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Elementary Schools Thursday, April 20 B’fast: Cereal and Doughnut (Wakarusa - Breakfast Pizza). Lunch: Chicken and Noodles: Mashed Potatoes; Roll; Apple Slices or Mandarin Oranges. Friday, April 21 B’fast: Breakfast Pizza (Wakarusa - Cereal and Doughnut). Lunch: Hamburger; Potato Wedges; Strawberries or Pears; Cookie. Monday, April 24 B’fast: Pancake Wrap. Lunch: Egg/Cheese Omelet; Tri-Tater: Mini-Danish; Juice or Peaches. Tuesday, April 25 B’fast: Egg Omelet (Woodview - Cheese Quesadilla). Lunch: Cheese Pizza; Lettuce Salad (Woodview - Mixed Vegetables); Apple Pie or Mandarin Oranges. Wednesday, April 26 B’fast. Cinnamon Toast. Lunch: Creamed Chicken on Biscuit; Mixed Vegetables; Pineapple or Mixed Fruit. (Woodview - Beef Stew; Lettuce Salad; Pineapple or Mixed Fruit; Bread and Butter; Cookie). Middle School Thursday, April 20 Choose 1: Spaghetti with Breadstick; Turkey Sub; Salad Bar. Choose 2: Tossed Salad; Green Beans; Chocolate Pudding; Peaches; Fresh Fruit. Friday, April 21 Choose 1: Chicken Quesadilla: Cheeseburger; Salad Bar. Choose 2: Tossed Salad; California Blend; Pears; Applesauce; Fresh Fruit. Monday, April 24 Choose 1: Egg Roll with Rice Pilaf; Grilled Chicken Sandwich; Salad Bar. Chuich News

First Presbyterian Contemporary Christian Rock group Falling On Faith will be featured in concert at the FPC Case on Saturday, April 22 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. The monthly Case is located in the Family Life Center of the First Presbyterian Church, State Road 19 in Nappanee. There is no admission charge for the concert and it is open to the public. Food and beverages will be available for a nominal charge. Over the past two years, Falling On Faith has been blessed with the opportunity to share and lead worship at festivals, churches, youth retreats and camps across northern Indiana. It is their goal to glorify God through their music, their message and their lives. Band members include: Brian Antonides, Tony Clark, Jed Elswick, Randy Hickman, Trent Nabinger, Ken Strong and Tim Wilson. The band's Web site is: fallingonfaith.com.

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the entertainment industry; Show of Shows ended the year Plain and Fancy opened on Broadway. Plain and Fancy came to be through the desire of producer Richard Kolmar, in order to replicate the benefit that Rodgers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma! had on that state. Kolmar sent Stein to Pennsylvania to write a show, but neither the Liberty Bell, Ben Franklin or Independence Hall drew the interest of Stein like the Amish of Lancaster County. He then returned to New York with a 50 cent tourist book of ersatz "Dutch" phrases and put his ideas on paper. Hague, on the other hand, a German immigrant who escaped Hitler's grasp, became the composer by mistake. His rejected audition sheet was put on the call-back pile, because the producers thought a German would be in tune with the Amish subject of Plain and Fancy. Hague had never heard of the Amish, but that didn't matter as both men went on to win a Tony award for their later works: Stein's Fiddler on the Roof and Hague's Redhead. A 1967 Nappanee Civic Theatre production of Plain and

Choose 2: Tossed Salad; Crispy Cube Potatoes; Mixed Fruit; Applesauce; Fresh Fruit. Tuesday, April 25 Choose 1: Chicken and Noodles with Mashed Potatoes and Dinner Roll; Hot Dog; Salad Bar. Choose 2: Tossed Salad; Peas; Lemon Dessert; Peaches; Fresh Fruit. Wednesday, April 26 Choose 1: Taco Bar; Chicken Salad Croissant. Choose 2: Chips and Cheese; Jell-0 Cube; Fresh Fruit. High School Thursday, April 20 Choose 1: Chicken Nuggets; Pork BBQ Sandwich; Cold Shaved Turkey Sandwich; Salad Bar; Yogurt. Choose 2: Tri-Taters; Kosher Dill Spears; Tossed Salad; Potato Salad; Applesauce; Fresh Fruit. Friday, April 21 Choose 1: Fiestada; Chili Cheese Dogs; Cold Shaved Turkey Sandwich; Salad Bar; Yogurt. Choose 2: Com; Tossed Salad; Pears; Pineapple; Fresh Fruit. Monday, April 24 Choose 1: Ravioli; Tenderloin Sandwich; Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich; Salad Bar; Yogurt. Choose 2: Green Beans; Tossed Salad; Applesauce; Mixed Fruit; Fresh Fruit. Tuesday, April 25 Choose 1; Salisbury Steak with Mashed Potatoes and Gravy; Hot Shaved Turkey Sandwich; Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich; Grilled Chicken Sandwich; Yogurt. Choose 2; Com; Tossed Salad; Pears; Chocolate Cake; Fresh Fruit. Wednesday, April 26 Choose 1: Soup and Sandwich Bar; Salad Bar; Yogurt. Choose 2: Tomato or Vegetable Soup; Cherry Jell-O; Fresh Fruit.

The FPC Case is a monthly outreach ministry program that brings a variety of area Christian bands to the community through a relaxed coffeehouse atmosphere. Started in November 2005, the Case has hosted numerous groups with various styles ranging from Praise and Worship to Christian Blues to Southern Gospel. The goal of the Case is to provide an outlet for Christian bands to perform and bring the word of God to everyone through their music. For more information about the Case, visit the church's Web site at fpcnap.org. Union Center The Pathfinders Sunday School Class of the Union Center Church of the Brethren is hosting its annual Original Jonah Fish Fry on Saturday, April 29, from 4 to 8 p.m. Cost is $7.50 for adults, $3.50 for children between the ages of 5 and 12, and preschool students eat free. Full meal carry-outs are also available for $7.50. The church is located at the comer of County Roads 50 and 11 in Nappanee. For more information, please call the church office at 773-4295.

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Fancy foretold the creation of Amish Acres the following year and the coming of Plain and Fancy in 1985. Plain and Fancy started with a cast of four, an upright piano and residential spot lights. Now, 20 years later, an orchestra loft is filled with electronic drums, and two keyboards and 48 circuits have grown to 96. A counterweight fly system and major remodeling with scissor trusses have also enhanced the theatre, yet Plain and Fancy remains the centerpiece of Indiana's only resident repertory regional musical theatre. The slate of over 300 performances for 2006 will commence in April with Plain and Fancy and conclude with the final performance of A Christmas Carol on New Year's Eve followed by fireworks. The theatre's home has evolved into the magnificent 400-seat, state-of-the-art relocated Round Bam Theatre, that has become an architectural landmark at the historic farm. Call the box office at 800-800-4942 ext. 2 for tickets or view special offers online at www.amishacres.com.