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Two of Big Tupper Brewing company’s recently approved products are soon headed to local markets in bottles and kegs.

Jim LaValley, one of the handful of local investors in Tupper Lake’s new brewery, recently offered taste tests to some local samplers of the first two: IPA “Eh” Ale and Touk, a winter ale.

The IPA, which carries the advertising slogan, “Say it like a Frenchman, drink it like an Adirondacker,” and sports the trademark Canadian “eh” in its name, is very full in body, but also light in taste. It boasts an impressive 7% alcohol

Big Tupper Brewing products soon to hit market

content. The Touk is a darker

roast red ale, that has a clean feel to the taste buds.

Its alcohol content is 6%. The label sports a multi-colored toque floating above an Adirondack winter mountain scene.

Also coming to area store shelves by May or so will be the other two “foundation ales” in the Big Tupper Brewing line-up- a green tea Trail Ale and a summer ale with a refreshingly light hint of strawberry rhubarb.

The new company here, which will eventually be headquartered in the completely renovated former Old Northern Pub on Cliff Ave., will be at first contracting with Adirondack Brewing of Lake George to produce its new ales and with Saratoga

Eagle, for distribution of their bottles and kegs to store shelves and area bars. Mr. LaValley estimated they will have between 30

and 40 regional outlets by summer.

The new company’s brewer is Ricky LaFlamme.

Hello Dolly performancecarts or doing cart wheels.

A pivotal scene at the restaurant is when Molloy and Fay are ready to order without hesitation expensive items from the menu such as duck and wine. Barnaby and Cornelius continue to provide laughs as they regularly remind the audience that they have little money and could not afford much from the menu, let alone an entire dinner. Then Barnaby drops his purse and it inadvertently gets switched with Vandergelder’s purse, which is full of money. Suddenly the two shop helpers have plenty of cash for a good time and Vandergelder is left with not enough to pay his bill.

All the pieces are in place for the grand finale, but first the signature scene of the musical takes place with the arrival at the restaurant by Dolly, as she makes a grand entrance that involves the singing of the lead score “Hello Dolly.”

It is during this scene that Annachristi removes any doubts as to the lead character in the musical, as she is decked out in a beautiful red dress topped off with a vibrant red head piece. Her rendition of the familiar tune was greeted with some of the loudest applause of the night.

Then Dolly makes her move on Vandergelder after his “arranged date” at the restaurant, Mrs. Money, played by Klarissa Hoyt, (alternately played by Monica Dederick) falters after she is found to want to do “the hootchy cootchy,” among other frivolous activities. But between his hard personality and discovery that he lost his purse and cannot pay for his meal, Vandergelder tells Dolly he has no interest in marrying her and “you go your way and I’ll go my

Continued from page 1 way.”A polka contest then

takes place at the restaurant and once again the focus of attention turns to the choreography and colorful dance costumes, which did not disappoint at any time during the musical.

The restaurant scene concludes in a rash of chaos when Vandergelder discovers Cornelius and Barnaby at the eatery and abruptly fires them, and then Reisenweber bursts in, demanding the arrest of Vandergelder, which leads to a free-for-all scene of total disorder as the curtain closes.

The curtain then rises again to a court scene with most of the main characters charged with disorderly conduct. Of course, Dolly comes to the rescue to represent the group after she presents a card to the judge designating her as an attorney of law. She then says everyone should be cleared and released, as their only crime was being in love, ironically leaving Vandergelder out of the picture and remaining guilty.

This scene becomes magical when Cornelius says the “most important thing that can happen to a man” has occurred, and he has found love with Molloy and sings “It Only Takes a Moment.” After a moving scene, the judge is brought to tears and clears everyone except Vandergelder. Then Dolly, too, departs, after announcing she too is finished in her quest for romance with him, apparently done with her quest to match herself with the rich man.

The play begins its final sequence as the scene is set back at the Hay and Feed shop in Yonkers with a distraught Vandergelder suddenly realizing that he indeed has feelings for Dolly and needs her

in his life. Also at the shop is Cornelius, Molloy and Barnaby, who has now hooked up with Fay, seeking their owed salaries to open a competing feed shop across the street.

Alas, Dolly then appears at the shop, and Vandergelder not only finally gets together with Dolly, but forms a business partnership with Cornelius and Barnaby. The thing that gets Dolly to fall for “her man” was a sign from her deceased husband, as Vandergelder repeats her dead husband’s line of: “Money is like manure. It’s not worth a thing unless it’s spread around.”

At this point, the show’s finale unfolds as most of the cast comes out for the final rendition of the song “Hello Dolly” and a rousing round of applause by the Tupper Lake audience.

Annachristi played the part of Dolly to perfection, with versatility for seriousness and humor, and sang her solo songs fantastically. Geiger too was solid throughout and made the hard-nosed personality of Vandergelder believable, while being able to add humor to that role as well.

Boucher truly stood out in his role as Cornelius, but his character was magnified by his tag-team role with Noah Cordes. The pair had a great chemistry throughout the play, but each was able to handle their solo parts with great efficiency.

Bower too played a stand out part in Mrs. Molloy, as she had solo songs and monologues that

made her character stand out. Her store assistant, played by Gabby Wells (and Ally Bartlett), played her part well and was instrumental in the scene at Molloy’s Hat Shop.

But not to be forgotten is the fact that some of the secondary roles were also prominent in the play. Ambrose Kemper, played by Dakota Larabie, gave a solid performance and Ermengarde, played by Kendall Davison (alternately played by Caitlyn Fortune), stood out in several scenes with her lines of screeching and crying.

Mrs. Rose, played by Casey O’Connor, did a wonderful job as the street vendor with a distinct “New Yawk” accent. Officer Gogarty, played by Andrew Trudeau, stood out with his period uniform; the judge, played by Mitchell Baker, was convincingly authoritative in his stint overseeing the “trial;” the court clerk, played by Sophia Martin, never let her pen stop moving while taking the minutes of the trial; and Stanley (the waiter), played by Matthew Varden, did well to help keep the wait staff prominent.

Overall, this was truly an outstanding performance by the Red and Black Players. Every cast member, from the lead role to the smallest role, was visible and played a part in making a memorable experience for those attending. Plus, the colorful costumes of the period helped catapult the performance and made each character shine. Bravo!

Keep your water running!next month’s village

board meeting.Mr. Robillard said,

“People have been great!” and acknowledged a thank you letter received from Carol Lamb for his department’s assistance with her frozen water line. He also said that some folks are “repeat offenders” and have needed their water line thawed twice. He advised everyone to keep their

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Mr. Robillard further informed the board that he would like to begin looking for a new vac truck. The truck now owned by the village is nine years old; a new truck will take a year to build. The Town of Peru is willing to purchase the village’s current truck. He was advised to gather figures for a new truck for next month’s meeting.