volume XII, number 1 • winter 2006

Roots & Wings

World music comes to townSchool residencies and public performance scheduledIN FEBRUARY THE ARTS Council brings South African musician, instrumentmaker and sculptor Mogauwane Mahloele to Adams County. In Januaryhe will be in South Africa; last fall he was in China. He travels the worldtelling the story and history of Africa and the Africans through his music.

Mahloele was born inStoromo and raised underapartheid in Tshwana yaMamelodi, South Africa.He is one of the BaPedipeople, known for theirversatility in music andinstrumentation. Becausehe played music and free-dom songs so loudly,South African authoritiesthreatened to arrest him.

So he left South Africa in 1975, traveling in Africaand Europe before moving to the U. S. in 1989.

Mahloele sings and plays a wide variety of tradi-tional African instruments, many of which he madehimself. He will serve as artist-in-residence at Roll-ing Acres Elementary on February 13, Head Starton February 14, Franklin Township Elementary andHoffman Homes on February 15, Gettysburg Col-lege and Eisenhower Elementary on February16,Fairfield Middle School on February 17, HarrisburgArea Community College on February 22, Manitoand El Centro on February 23, and ArendtsvilleElementary and Gettysburg Middle School on Feb-ruary 24.

There will be a public performance at 7 p.m.Wednesday, February 22, at Lincoln ElementarySchool. Admission is free but seating is limited.Doors open at 6:30 p.m.

The evening will also feature a reading bythe area student who wins first prize in theAmerican History Essay Contest sponsoredby the Gettysburg National Military Park, apartner in the artist residency.

We thank Cadbury Schweppes, America’sBeverages, for generously underwriting thiseight-day program, which is also partiallysupported by a grantfrom PennsylvaniaPerforming Artson Tour, developedand funded by theVira I. Heinz Endow-ment; the WilliamPenn Foundation;the PennsylvaniaCouncil on the Arts,a state agency; andThe Pew Charitable Trusts; and adminis-tered by MidAtlantic Arts Foundation. Ad-ditional support is provided by LibertyMountain Resort, Gettysburg College,Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, and theBrafferton Inn.

Other partners include the Margaret TrewCline Foundation and the Martin LutherKing, Jr. Celebration Committee.

Judy Marti, Arts in Education Coordinator

See p. 3 for information aboutanother upcoming Roots & Wings program.

EXPRESSIONS is a quarterly publication

of the Adams County Arts Council, 18

Carlisle Street, Suite 201, Gettysburg,

PA 17325; Patrice Smith, editor. If you

are not receiving your newsletter, are

receiving duplicate mailings, if your

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rect, or if you would like to be removed

from our mailing list, please call us at

(717) 334-5006. ACAC is a nonprofit

charitable organization; contributions are

tax-deductible as allowed by law. A copy

of the official registration and financial

information may be obtained from the

Pennsylvania Department of State by

calling toll-free within Pennsylvania

1 (800) 732-0999. Registration does not

imply endorsement. ACAC’s mission is

to promote an environment in which

the arts are supported, enhanced, and

enjoyed by the community and its

visitors. Board members are Monica

Oss, President; Betty Snyder, Vice Presi-

dent; Holly Purdy, Secretary; Mel Shull,

Treasurer; Matthew Battersby, Andrew

Dreves, Karl Held, Ben Jones, Larry

Knutson, Jean LeGros, Patrice Smith,

Mary Margaret Stewart, Megan Weikel,

and Brenda Wiley. Christina Glatfelter,

Executive Director; Judy Marti, Arts in

Education Coordinator; Nora Ivey, Ad-

ministrative Assistant. The ACAC office

is open daily 9 A.M. to 5 P.M. except

Wednesday (by appointment). The

Board of Directors meets at 5:30 P.M.

on the first Tuesday of January, March,

May, June, September, and November

at 165 York Street in Gettysburg.

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Partial funding for expressions is providedby the Pennsylvania Partners in the Arts(PPA), the regional arts funding partner-ship of the Pennsylvania Council on theArts, a state agency. State governmentfunding comes through an annual appro-priation by Pennsylvania’s General Assem-bly and from the National Endowmentfor the Arts, a federal agency. PPA isadministered in this region by theChambersburg Area Council for the Arts.

Old is out this new yearBut it isn’t always easyWE’RE IN THE MIDST of an “extreme office makeover,” andstuff is flying into the dumpster and recycling bins. Thanksto the help of board member and architect Andrew Drevesand landlords Jeff Shaffer and Jim Ekdahl of REMAX ofGettysburg, we’ll soon have a fresh, new office environmentwhere we can work more efficiently and better serve the public. And thanks to Andrew and ourcrew of volunteer builders, we’ll be achieving it on a shoestring budget.

We’ve accumulated a lot of paper since 1993. It’s taken a recovering pack rat like me a longtime to realize that there’s no reason—and eventually no room—to keep every file, press clipping,newsletter, photograph, and event program, not when you can scan and preserve the importantones. Because of its sheer bulk, purging this massive amount of paper has been time consuming.And I can’t always sprint down memory lane; sometimes I have to stroll.

I used to laugh when I read about the document retention policies that nonprofits shouldadopt, what records to keep and for how long. At the Arts Council our “policy” was not to throwanything away so we’d never have to worry. No more! Fearlessly we’ve chucked boatloads of paperthat at one time I’d have clung to and called our history. But history isn’t found in old clippingsor committee reports from 1994. We have a living history here in the county, documented by thelives we touch, the joy we bring, the creativity we spark.

After going through all those files, I can report that since its birth in 1993 your Arts Councilhas done volumes of good work in this community. Thank you for your support. With yourhelp, we’ll continue writing new chapters in that proud history and changing lives for the better.

We’ll have an open house when the office makeover is complete so you can stop by and see thenew, improved Arts Council headquarters. In the meantime, it’s off to the dumpster once again.

Chris Glatfelter, Executive Director

Please plan to attend our annual membership meeting on March 7 at 7 p.m. at the Seminary Refectory (see p. 5).

ACAC’s Arts in Education program,Roots & Wings—Arts for the Ages, is sup-ported by a grant from the Robert C.Hoffman Charitable Endowment Trust.

Here’s one of many marionettesthat enthralled the audience

at Mock Turtle Theater’spublic performance of

Punchinello Steps Outat Lincoln Elementary

in November, sponsoredby Adams Electric Coopera-

tive, Inc. and Touchstone Energy.Residency support for the Mock

Turtle Marionettes came from theRobert C. Hoffman CharitableEndowment Trust, Gettysburg

College, Thrivent Financial forLutherans, and Smith Barney.

2006 STAR grants announcedOnce again requests exceed available fundsMORE THAN 30 SCHOOLS and presenters will receive more than $14,000 for 2006 programsthrough the Arts Council’s STAR grants. Funding requests for support exceeded $33,700. In itseighth year, STAR–Serving The Arts Regionally–channels funds from Gettysburg Borough, AdamsCounty, and the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts into the hands of arts presenters across thecounty. Through last year, STAR had awarded nearly $79,000 to hundreds of local arts programs.

This year’s STARgrant winners andprograms includethe Adams CountyFruitgrowers Asso-ciation Latino jazzgroup; AdamsCounty Head Start

Mogauwane Mahloele appear-ance; Adams County HeritageFestival; Arendtsville Elemen-tary Reading Is Fundamentalstoryteller and Majestic TheaterSchool Days Series perfor-mances; Biglerville High Schooldrama department musical,Damn Yankees; Blue Ridge The-ater Guild marketing support;Fairfield High School DorotheaBarrick artist residency; Gettys-burg Brass Band Festival;Gettysburg Chamber Orchestra;Gettysburg College MusselmanLibrary Adams County ReadsOne Book; Gettysburg College

Children’s Choir day campscholarships; Gettysburg Col-lege Schmucker Art Galleryorigami workshops for children;Gettysburg Community Con-cert Association Schocker &Vieaux school residency;Gettysburg High School PoetryAlive! assemblies; GettysburgMiddle School MogauwaneMahloele appearance; Gettys-burg Rec Park concert series,Summer Art Camps; Harris-burg Area Community College,Gettysburg Campus MogauwaneMahloele appearance; HoffmanHomes Mogauwane Mahloeleappearance; Immaculate Con-ception School Day of Art withJim Rule; International Friendsof Music Music from Aroundthe World concerts; LincolnElementary Majestic TheaterSchool Days performance;LIU 12 Migrant Education

Program Sharon PierceMcCullough artist residency;New Oxford ElementaryRainforest Theme Week artsprograms; Pommerian EarlyMusic Guild concert andworkshop support; RollingAcres Elementary CulturalWeek—Africa and appearanceby Mogauwane Mahloele; St.Francis Xavier School TomJolin residency.

STAR grants are supported inpart by the Pennsylvania Coun-cil on the Arts, a state agencyfunded by the Commonwealthof Pennsylvania and the Na-tional Endowment for the Arts,a federal agency. ACAC and thePennsylvania Council on theArts invite you to learn moreabout Pennsylvania’s rich arts,cultural, ethnic, and historicaltreasures at 1 (800) VISIT-PAor www.patreasurechest.com.

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ArtistopportunitiesTHE ENTRY DEADLINE FOR theannual Art of the State: Penn-sylvania 2006 juried exhibitionat Harrisburg’s State Museumis March 20. The show is opento established and emergingartists working in painting,paper, art craft, photography,and sculpture and offers$7,000 in awards. For an ap-plication call Lee Stevens at(717) 783-9904 or visitwww.statemuseumpa.org.

Area artists are invited todisplay and sell their work atthe Lutheran Home Retire-ment Village. Call AmandaThomason (334-6204 ext.155) for information aboutshowing and selling art throughtheir rotating exhibits.

If you’re an artist who wouldlike to show and offer yourwork for sale in area businessesand public buildings or have astudio with year-round hourswhen you are open to the pub-lic, let us know. We’ll passyour information along whenwe receive inquiries.

Roots & Wings

Poetry inmotionReelin’ with the feelin’WHAT’S BLACK AND WHITE andread all over? Poetry! What doyou get when you add ener-getic bodies and voices to apoem? People interested andexcited about poetry.

Poetry Alive! brings life topoetry as children and adultsalike learn to act out the poems. Sprinkle a little theater onto a page of poetry and—poof!—itgrows wings and flies off the page onto the stage. After attending last spring’s Teacher Training,Kate McFarland, an English professor from Dickinson College who works with future teachers,said, “Poetry is the hardest thing to teach. Poetry Alive! makes teaching poetry much easier.”

University of North Carolina–based Poetry Alive! returns to Adams County for Roots & Wingsarts in education residencies from March 6 through 17, sponsored by Liberty Mountain Resort.

Judy Marti, Arts in Education Coordinator

Local students get in on the act during last year’s Poetry Alive residency.

Give me the Willys! Adams County’s The Willys have more than 10years of rock and roll under their collective belt and will release theirfourth full length recording later this spring. The band includes BillSerfass on guitars and vocals, Neil Ecker on drums and vocals, DeanVaccher on bass, Bill Mitchell on guitars, mandolin and vocals andMelissa Jacoby on saxophone. Their new work, Butterteeth, is currentlybeing recorded at Noteworthy Studios. The band’s previously releasedrecordings are available at www.cdbaby.com or at the Gettysburg branchof the Adams County Library. Anyone interested in contacting the bandcan email band@thewillys.com or log on to www.thewillys.com.

It means so much!SINCERE THANKS TO ACAC members who contributed to ouryear-end appeal as of December 31: Barclay & Jacki Brooks •Jay & Mary Brown • Bill & Marie Chantelau • Pat & DavidCrowner • Paul Spehr & Susan Dalton • Kristin Driscoll •William Fitzpatrick • Eric & Suzanne Flynn • MiriamGlatfelter • Robert & Jane Gough • Leslie Hartman •MayLou Hatzes • Brad & Kay Hoch • Georgia Hollabaugh •Bob & Joan Jackson • William & Elaine Jones • Judy Kartoz •Sue Kerr • Everett & Antigoni Ladd • Lee Ann Larson • JeanLeGros • Fran Lorenzo • Nancy MacMeekin • SharonMagraw • Larry & Ellen Marschall • Jackie Martin • BettinaMcBeth, DMD • Joan B. Miller • Tammy Myers • Mike &Gail Pavlovich • Carolyn Quadarella & Paul Kallina • RuthRanalli • Margaret Roos • Virginia & Alex Rowland • JaneScott • Harry & June Seifert • Jed & Mary Smith • PatriceSmith • Susan Stone • Robert & Marilyn Teeter • JanetTrump • Elmira Walton • James & Yvonne Whitney •Roberta B. Wood •

To Liberty Mountain Resort for a donation in support of Roots & Wings Arts in Education program • To Adams Electric Coopera-tive, Inc. and Touchstone Energy for sponsoring the Mock Turtle Marionette Theater public performance and to Adams Electricfor its donation of lateral file cabinets • To Thrivent Financial for Lutherans for sponsoring the Mock Turtle Marionette Theaterresidency • To Battlefield Harley-Davidson for New Year’s Eve programs • To Pennsylvania Performing Arts on Tour for a grantfor the Mock Turtle Marionette Theater residency • To Gettysburg College for a grant in support of Roots & Wings • To theLeatherettes and Deja Vu bands: The Willys, Colgan-Hirsh Band and Slammin’ Horns, Dr. 60’s & the Psychedelic Lab Rats, BlueTonic, and Soul Fusion, for making Deja Vu 2005 such a success • To the Brobyn Family Foundation for a grant for History Meetsthe Arts programs • To Times & News Publishing for in-kind donations of printing and advertising • To the Margaret Trew ClineFoundation for Roots & Wings • To C. S. Davidson, Crouthamel Construction Company, and Mason Dixon Country Club forgeneral operating support donations • To office volunteers Don Ivey, Sue Williams, and Miriam Glatfelter who donated 116 hoursfrom September 1 through December 31. Volunteers file, answer phones, make copies, prepare mailings, do computer work, andgreet visitors. We couldn’t do it without them! If you have some free time to volunteer, please call Nora at 334-5006.

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Part-timepositionWE NEED a new player onour office team. The success-ful candidate will assist officemanager Nora Ivey and willneed good computer skills.(We use Excel, Access, Word,and Quickbooks software.)Good written communica-tion and organizational skillsare also important—and, ofcourse, love of the arts!

If you’re interested in part-time work (12 afternoonhours/week), contact ChrisGlatfelter.

Looking tothe futureCAREFUL FINANCIAL planningtoday can help you balancepersonal and philanthropicgoals. Please keep the ArtsCouncil in mind when youconsider gifts through yourwill or living trust, securities,life insurance policies, orretirement plan assets.

Contact Executive DirectorChris Glatfelter for more in-formation about the ArtsCouncil’s endowment andhow your gift can changechildren’s lives.

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Come one, come all!Gettysburg College President Will to speakat Annual MeetingACAC WELCOMES ALL MEMBERS and the public to our Annual Membership Meet-ing at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, March 7, at the Refectory of the Gettysburg LutheranTheological Seminary.

Executive Director ChrisGlatfelter will offer a year-in-photos retrospective, GettysburgCollege President Kate Will willreflect on her impressions ofGettysburg’s growing arts scene,and we’ll present our annualApplause Awards to three volun-teers and a corporate supporter,so come and clap for Ann Walsh,long-time board member, blue-ribbon volunteer and RecyclableArts Contest coordinator; HollyFox, whose Choreographers’Showcase and enthusiastic sup-port have benefited the councilfor years, and Maylou Hatzes,secretary of the Artistic FuturesCommittee and a most depend-able events volunteer. ThriventFinancial for Lutherans will be

honored as one of our mostgenerous corporate patrons.

Members will vote for thecouncil’s new board of direc-tors. As always, wine, refresh-ments and social time followthe meeting at 8 p.m.

We are pleased to welcomeKatherine Haley Will as the2006 Arts for a Lifetime speaker.In addition to throwing her en-ergy and spirit into the MajesticTheater renovation project, Dr.Will is an accomplished jewelryartist whose work is featured atGallery 30.

As thirteenth president ofGettysburg College, Kate Willis the first woman to hold theposition in the College’s 173-year history. Before coming to

Gettysburglast year, shewas presi-dent ofWhittierCollege,where sheoversaw a$15 milliontechnologi-cal upgrade,plus the ex-pansion of the college libraryand IT center.

Prior to assuming her dutiesat Whittier, Kate was provostand professor of English atKenyon College. An author ofworks on Victorian literature,women’s literature, and trendsin educational technology, Kate

Fine Art Show prize winners pictured here are, from left, Carol Foerster,Sue Fehringer, Anne Finucane, Juror Ruzicka. Second row: Casey Martin,E. Hollis Mentzer, Matt Sheaffer, and Thomas Starr.

earned her master’s and doc-toral degrees in English fromthe University of Illinois atChampaign/Urbana.

So that we can prepare forthe reception, please RSVP byMarch 3 to 334-5006 orinfo@adamsarts.org.

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Second annual Fine Arts Show wowed judgeJUROR DR. JOSEPH RUZICKA, director of the Washington County Museum of Fine Arts in Hagerstown (MD), told the crowd thathe was deeply impressed by the breadth and depth of Adams County’s Fine Arts Show entries. He awarded Best of Show to MaryLuquette for her colorful quilted creations, Generations through the Flow of Blood and Grief–No You Don’t Know Just How I Feel!,

Second Place to Matt Sheafferfor his oil painting, TowingDuty, and Third Place to AnneFinucane for her subtle colored

pencil drawing, Purple Path.Other prize winners were SueFehringer (Animal Art), E. HollisMentzer (Experimental/Cre-

ative), Thomas Starr (Figura-tive), Ron Schloyer (Still Life),and Carol Foerster (Landscape).Casey Martin captured thePurchase Award sponsored byLois Starkey, REMAX ofGettysburg, and Freya Qually’sglowing Sunset over PuertoViejo took Members’ Choice.

Also selected for the showwas work by Lori Ackors, thelate Gene Albright, T. CassAnderberg, Sarah Becker, RandyBollinger, Marjorie Bradley,Marcia Brasini-Fowler, MarkBrockman, Becky Brown, ErinBrown, Debra Charney, LindaDuerr, William Fosnaught,Theresa Ganley, Jack Handshaw,John Horner, Marsha Lucidi,Peggy Magaldi, Dan Mangan,

James McCabe, Alan Paulson,Bettie Roby, Sarah Schaeffer,Mary Ann Schwartz, JeanSiderio, Ruth Sullivan,Geoffrey Thulin, DavidWeaver, and John Winship.

Presented last October atSt. James Lutheran Church,our second annual juried showwas sponsored by ThriventFinancial for Lutherans. Prizesponsors included Scott &Co. Fine Jewelers, Americas’Arts LLC, Noelker and HullAssociates, Inc., and the LandConservancy of Adams County.

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See p. 7 to learn about our bustrip to the Washington County

Museum.

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New Year’s Eve rocked! A night of firsts and fireworksTHE THOUSANDS OF FOLKS who swarmed Lincoln Square on NewYear’s Eve had more choices for fun than ever. For the first timeduring our New Year’s festivities, the public could check out theHistoric Majestic Theater and see not one but two shows by the

Popcorn Hat Players. Familiespacked Christ Lutheran Churchto hear Herb Sell’s jazz, wonderat John Wolfe’s magic, singalong to holiday carols, and taptheir feet to Folk ’n’ Friends.

On the Square, teens soakedup the rock of The Jackalopes,Gettysburg High’s premierepop band. As the hour drewnear, a Lincoln lookalike onstilts created instant balloonanimals while folks young andold modeled original creationsfor our Funny Hat Contest.Civil War magician ProfessorKerrigan sawed a volunteer in

half. Soprano Melinda Warrenled the packed circle in a chorusof “God Bless America” and, ledby WGET morning man FredSnyder, the crowd bellowed itsyear-end count-down and sang“Auld Lang Syne.” The newyear broke in a finale of fire-works, compliments of AdamsCounty National Bank.

Harrisburg’s Popcorn HatPlayers delighted hundreds ofkids and grownups with acomic version of Little RedRiding Hood. For the oldercrowd, they became BardSenseless, spoofing Macbeth.

Membership activitySeptember 1 through December 31Renewing members INDIVIDUAL Flora Atkin • Dorothea Barrick • Sarah Becker • JoanBennett • Margaret Borock • Robert Brown • Florence Bucher • Bill Collinge • Ruthe Craley •Melinda Davis • Sharon DeOms • Candace Desonier • Dr. John A. Dodson • MargeryDonovan • Candace Desonier • Dr. John A. Dodson • Margery Donovan • Patricia B. Dowd •Helen Ebersole • Robert Eisenhauer • Anne Evans • Johanna Ezell • Thomas Feldmann •James Fleet • Mary Griffith • Phyllis Hale • Maylou Hatzes • Mary Louise Hoban • DonnaKime • Mary Lincoln • Ellen Mancini • George Martin • James McCabe • Debra McCauslin •Joan Benson Miller • Anna Jane Moyer • Donna Nicholson • Mary Oyler • Gladys Parks • CliffPfaff • Holly Purdy • Ruth Ranalli • Bicky Redman • Muriel Rice • Eleanor Sheen • CarolineSmith • Donald Smith • Jean Straub • Sue Tanner • Christy Vannoy • Mary Walter • JenniferWeaver • Courtney Wege • Cyndie Winkelmann • Anne Marie Wypijewski • FAMILY Dave &Noreen Acheson • Dean & Mildred Bankert • Rose & John Bartlett • Nan Hatzes & MaxBramel • Cashtown Inn • Mr. & Mrs. Michael Chase • Nancy, Jeff, Chelsea & Chad Cook •Bret & Sharon Crawford • Neil & Christine Ecker • David & Jane English • Herbert & ShirleyFindeisen • Ronald & Ann Gilbert • Steve & Amy Gorman • Jackson Handshaw • Ron &Carolyn Hankey • Roland & Martha Hansen • Nancy & Erik Hendricks • Brad & KayHollabaugh • Steve & Vicky Hollabaugh • Will & Rosemary Hutchison • Beth Jones • Estelle& Rick King • Aubrey & Lynette King • Bill & Judy Leslie • Tom & Judy Marti • Robert &Laurie Monahan • Sharon & Bill Monahan • Cathy & Alan Olson • Jane & Kim Patrono •Jack & Bobbie Phillips • Peyton & Tricia Pitney • William & Susan Pyron • Susan & TimRedding • Mark & Kate Rice • Bruce & Pam Rowland • Charles & Cornelia Saltzman •Melissa Sandoe & Sereck Griffin • Peter & Anne Scott • Harry & June Seifert • George &Aileen Singer • Lois Starkey & William Gilmartin • Gretchen & Herm Stuempfle • Marian& Jim Sutton • Mike Martys & Gail Sweezey • Bruce & Dixie VanDyke • Michael & JeanneVice • Louis & Carolyn Westfall • James & Yvonne Whitney • PATRON TroAnn Coulter •RE/MAX of Gettysburg • Eric & Suzanne Flynn • Lee & Bobbie Hickcox • Gettysburg BakingCompany, LLC • Adams County Winery • The Krut Family • Everett & Antigoni Ladd •Maggie Mudd • Mark Oldenburg & Jill Schuman • Becky Smith, State Farm Insurance • Fred& Betty Snyder • Dr. Susan Stone • Frank & Sue Williams • Paul Witt • SPONSOR Jeffrey &Kathy Glahn • Mr. Thomas P. & Dr. Sharon D. Gratto • Bettina McBeth, DMD • Ken & EdieReinhart • David Rice & Dora Townsend • Thomas & Marian Wolf • BENEFACTOR JeanLeGros • New members INDIVIDUAL Ana Jones • Holly McCabe • Bob Prosperi • ShirleySweet • FAMILY Nell & Hugh Matthews • PATRON John & Tonya White • Yazoo Mills •

Michelle Small and Deanna Simonson took Funny Hat prizes.

Both productions were pos-sible thanks to a generousgrant from Battlefield Harley-Davidson.

In a special presentation,Executive Director ChrisGlatfelter presented a plaque

to Mayor William Troxell andexpressed the town’s apprecia-tion for a job well done.Glatfelter received a plaquefrom Hotel General ManagerPhil Murray for ACAC serviceto the community.

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She’s No Chicken! Even though Amy Drevesis beaked and befeathered, she doesn’t seemworried about The Colonel (spouse Andrew) orhis Secret Recipe. Amy, art teacher at GettysburgHigh, and Andrew, ACAC board member, tooktop costume honors at our 2005 MasqueradeBall. A sell-out crowd enjoyed the second “DudeLooks Like a Lady” contest–Bill Gilmartin’sMarilyn Monroe received the most votes–anddanced into the wee hours to the Colgan-HirshBand with Slammin’ Horns. Mark yourcalendar now for this year’s Masquerade Ball,set for October 27 at the Gettysburg Hotel.

Plan to take part inthese community activities!

New museum bus tripWHAT A GEM! ACAC boardmembers who visited theWashington County Museumof Fine Arts in Hagerstown atthe invitation of director Dr.Joseph Ruzicka all agreed. Themuseum is an American treasureright in our own backyard.

ACAC members now havethe opportunity for a “beat thewinter blues” museum bus tripthanks to volunteer Lynda Tay-lor who is leading the junket.The Wednesday, March 29 tripbegins with a stop at The Rhu-barb House on the square indowntown Hagerstown whichserves excellent luncheon farein a charming atmosphere.Following lunch it’s off to themuseum where Dr. Ruzickawill give an introduction tothe docent-led tour which al-lows plenty of exploration

time. Reservations for the trip,including lunch, are $40 perperson. Call Lynda Taylor at(717) 321-4773 to reserveyour space. Seating is limited.

In the meantime, find outmore about the WashingtonCounty Museum of Fine Arts,its exhibits, arts classes, andevents at www.wcmfa.org. Youcan reach the museum byphone at (301) 739-5727.

Recyclable art contestACAC’S ANNUAL Recyclable ArtContest is officially under way!This year’s show will be Satur-day, April 22, at the Ag Re-sources Center. Public viewingwill be 11:30 a.m. to noon, withwinners announced at noonand artists’ reception to follow.

The contest is open to allAdams County schools, home-schoolers, Scout troops, and

other student organizationsthrough grade 12. Thanks togenerous support from JustJennifer, cash prizes will beawarded for each age level ofcompetition. Elementary andsecondary art teachers, scouttroop leaders, and home schoolparents are encouraged to workwith their children to createart from trash and possiblyturn it into a little cash.

Judging criteria: A Integra-tion and transformation Howthe recycled items are incorpo-rated into the project to trans-form the items into a piece ofart. B Creativity and indi-viduality How the work reflectsthe idea of using recycled mate-rials to produce a work that“stands out.” C PresentationHow the child pulls materialstogether to create a neat, clearlyformed piece of art.

Entries should be droppedoff at the Ag Center between9 a.m. and 4:45 p.m. on Mon-day and Tuesday, April 17 and18. Contributors should re-trieve entries during or imme-diately after the reception.

Art teachers and principals,as well as home schools andother groups in the countyschool system will be notifiedabout the contest, but if any-one is inadvertently missed inour mailing, they can get moreinformation from the ACACoffice (334-5006) or atwww.adamsarts.org.

Support the folks whosupport the band!THE BIGLERVILLE High SchoolBand Boosters will present aCommunity Variety Show at2 p.m. on Sunday, February 12,at Biglerville High School. TheBHS jazz band will also per-

form. Admission is $5 foradults, $2 for students.

Kudos to the BHSMarching Band,which placed eleventhat the Atlantic CoastChampionship, and

to its color guard,which took top honors

in a field of 88 bands.

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FOR SALEThree (3) pairs of green antique shuttersIf you’re interested, call 334-5006.

ADDRESS SERVICE

REQUESTED

18 Carlisle Street, Suite 201

Gettysburg, PA 17325

717 334 5006

info@adamsarts.org

www.adamscountyartscouncil.org

History Meets the Arts FestivalApril 20–23

Recyclable Art Contest AwardsSaturday, April 22, 11:30 a.m.

Students create works of art usingrecycled materials. Ag Center.

Garden Party at home of Jennifer and David LeVan

April 30, 3–6 p.m.Reservations required.

Gettysburg Dance Center presentsSteppin’ Out May 20, 7 p.m.Holly Fox and instructors offer anexciting evening of dance tobenefit ACAC. Riegle Auditorium,Gettysburg Middle School. Ticketsrequired. For ticket information,please call (717) 334-5006, emailinfo@adamsarts.org, or visitwww.adamscountyartscouncil.org.

ACAC Upcoming ProgramsMogauwane Mahloele

February 22, 7 p.m.Artist in residence performs onhand-crafted African instruments.Lincoln Elementary School. Free.

Annual Membership Meeting March 7, 7 p.m.Gettysburg Lutheran SeminaryRefectory. Public welcome. Free.

School Days Series at the MajesticWalk Two Moons

March 13, 10 a.m. & 1 p.m.Cam Jansen

April 24, 10 a.m. & 1 p.m.Tickets required for both events.

Washington County Fine ArtsMuseum Bus Trip March 29Reservations available throughLynda Taylor at (717) 321-4773.

MajesticSchoolDaysSeriesC’mon, kids!ON MARCH 13, AT

10 a.m. and 1 p.m.,the Majestic Theater’sSchool Days Serieswill feature Walk TwoMoons, a coming-of-age tale geared to-ward adolescents; onApril 24, at 10 a.m.

and 1 p.m., the Majestic presents Cam Jansen, recommendedfor grades 1 through 5.

Both shows are presented by TheatreWorksUSA and bothare based on award-winning children’s literature. Tickets forthese performances are available exclusively through the ArtsCouncil, so contact us to bring your school, your class, oryourself to the show. Call (717) 334-5006.

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