Thread By Thread (Continued from Page B 2) director of Fulton Opera House, said the play will weave threads of on e family’s legacy quilt with music as funny, bold, and tender as the mothers and daughters it defines. “It is a patchwork of strength, perseverance, determination, and love," Simmons said of the musi cal that will open April 27, 2000 and run through May 7. Tickets, from $l2 to $29, will be on sale at die box office. Cadi (717) 397-7425. . Heritage Center Museum of Lancaster County will be the site of an exhibition called “The Stars of Pennsylvania: Lancaster Coun ty Quilts." Almost all the historic quilts to be featured in the exhibi tion will be from private collections. Peter Seibert, executive director of the Heritage Center, said, “From the broad stripes of Amish quilts to the intricate piecing of Mennonite and other work, the rich and end less variety of county quilts have captured the interest of collectors, writers, quills, and the..,,curious. Accompanying the./ixhibition will be a publicadOfrOf the' same title written by local textile scholar Dr. Patricia T. Herr. The publica tion will feature 200-300 quilts. A day long symposium relating to the history and creation of quilts is being planned. Heritage Center Museum is open April through December, Tuesdays through Saturdays, from 53 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is &ee. Seibert said a county-wide stu dent contest will also be held in conjunction with the Heritage Center display. Three students will be given savings bonds for their award-winning original quilt pat tern accompanied by a brief description of the quitting design. Introducing the new and improved F-Series Bobcaf 751 Skid-Steer Loader See One Of These Local Dealers Today! Quarryville, PA GRUMELLI’s FARM SERV. 717-786-7318 Lebanon, PA evergreen tractor CO. 717-866-2585 1-800-441-4450 Mifflmburg, PA BS & B REPAIR 717-966-3756 City of Quilts / Lancaster, PA • Lancaster Galleries, 34 N. Water SL, will conduct an exhibi tion on quilt patterns used in art through the centuries. Mike Heberlein, owner of Lancaster Galleries, said the patterns will range from primitive old drawings to contemporary realistic wood carvings of quilts by Fraser Smith. The exhibition is free and open to the public during the month of April 2000. • Lancaster Museum of Art will feature contemporary quilts by national artists in an exhibition scheduled from April 14-May 29, 2000. Cindi Morrison, director of the Museum of Art, said uncom mon threads or unusual materials will be used in a variety of ways to create contemporary quilts. An artists’ discussion is also slated for Saturday April 29,2000, from noon to 1 p.m. • Lancaster Symphony Orchestra will create a musical quilt representing a patchwork of musical styles, JCristie Davis, executive director of the Orchestra,-, sajki “performances will feature three distinctively dif ferent styles of music, quilted together into one program, to form a Musical Quilt, scheduled April 8-9, 2000. Harrisburg, PA HIGHWAY EQUIPMENT 717-564-3031 Lititz, PA 717-625-2800 Muncy, PA BEST LIME LEASING, INC. 717-546-8422 800-321 -2378 Subscriptions to the Sym phony’s Millenium Season as well as single tickets for this perfor mance an available fay calling the Symphony's subscription mana ger at (717) 291-4420. • Pennsylvania School of Art and Design (PSA&D) is planning for nationally-known quilt makers to bring a mixed-media approach during an exhibit that will incorpo Are you interested in effective, convenient, inexpensive cleaning products? 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