PLAY PRINCIPALS— At a recent dinner for community sponsors for College Misericordia’s Theatre-On-the-Green, Director Giles Block, left, and producer Walter Kelly, right, discuss this year’s production with Dr. Mary Glennon, RSM, Misericordia’s acting dean. Library news Kathy Downs and Gauntlett twins are good helpers By NANCY KOZEMCHAK The end of the Summer Read- ing Program for 1988 has come and after a very busy reading summer, the children's room shelves have often been left rather bare. A young girl came in today and asked if she could volunteer some time and do something in the children’s room. I had her straighten the non-fiction shelves .and get the books in order, which Ashe did and those shelves look the best they have all summer. Now, the monumental task of shelving the returned children's books, which have to be checked, sorted and then shelved back in their respective places. The party for the Dinosaur Days Summer Reading group was held "last Wednesday with a large group q . = ly HS Pe of the participants present. Unfor- tunately, just as the games were about to begin on the library lawn, a storm came up and that part of the party had to be held in the reading room of the library. The games were quite unique; a large dinosaurbean bag board was made by a friend of Mrs. Rudolph’s and the clever bean bags were three colored frogs, which were almost antique; there was adinosaur bone relay; a dinosaur foot ring toss; and a Plesiousarus pool complete with floating bowls with fishing bobbins to throw in the bowls. The children really enjoyed the games and received gifts for accomplish- ment. The winner of Dewey the large inflatable dinosaur was Melissa Slaby and the small down-filled blue Triceratops was won by Caitlin Graham. In adrawing between the two boys who did best in the games; Casey Kernag won a plastic model of Tyrannesaurus Rex and Daniel Breymeier received a large inflat- able dinosaur globe. A friend of the library for more than 20 years stopped in a month ago and said she would like to start volunteering some time in the Fall. Well, she started earlier. Kathy Downs came in one day, saw the large amount of books to shelve, and got her indoctrination that day by shelving books in the reading room. She was here again last week and brought two young friends with her to help with the shelving. Colby and Courtney Gauntlett,12-year old twins, ar- rived, received training from Kathy and between the three of them, they shelved three book carts; a major accomplishment. The girls will be entering 7th grade in Sep- tember in the Dallas School Dis- trict. Kathy had said she would be back with reinforcements and she brought two great helpers. The Back Mountain Memorial Library has a super group of faithful vol- unteers and we are very grateful for each one of them. Sell it through a friend. Place a classified ad in The Dallas Post. Call 675-5211. Name Send your college student a “Letter from Home” every week Order a school-year subscription to THE DALLAS POST 9 Months Only °10°° (PA, NY, NJ, Other States $12.00) A subscription to The Dallas Post will bring news of family and friends each week. Send in the coupon below to place your order. Any questions, call our office at 675-5211. Send a school-year subscription: & Address City State Zip Ordered By Address State City Zip Please Enclose Payment. Send To: THE DALLAS POST P.O. Box 366, Clarks Summit, PA 18612 I A a ana a ll A HD ODT A: -C- EEE EE LE TT I yeaa. By SARA J. LUNDBERG Managing Editor Something will be in the air at College Misericordia this weekend, and on the grass, as well as beneath the stars. This mysterious event involves -the entertainment of wandering minstrels and jugglers, an open air stage reminiscent of Elizabethan England, and William Shakespeare. On August 26-28 at 8 p.m. on the west lawn of the campus College Misericordia will introduce the school’s newest cul- tural program with a production of Shakespeare’s ‘A Midsummer Night's Dream’. ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream,’ will be directed, produced and per- formed by professionals trained at one of the premier drama institutes in the world, the National Theatre of Great Britain. Under the direc- tion of Giles Block, a National Theatre director for over 10 years and noted assistant director of the Broadway production of ‘Amadeus’, the cast includes professional actors trained at various institu- tions around the country, as well as local amateurs. Misericordia’s Acting President Bruce Wilson said, ‘“This program is a unique opportunity for the college to be a force in the commu- nity for cultural enrichment.” The college’s newest cultural pro- gram is dubbed ‘Theatre-On-the- Green’ and Wilson said the college is planning to stage a production of a classic play every summer. These productions will be designed to utilize community resources, as well as professional casts and directors. Theatre-On-the-Green committees comprised of Back Mountain resi- THE DALLAS POST/Wednesday, August 24, 1988 5 Outdoor performance of Shakespeare Is at Misericordia this weekend dents played pivotal roles in fun- draising and public relations for the production. The committees helped to raise $17,000 within two weeks from the donations of corpo- rate sponsors and private individu- als. “We are also planning to add an educational dimension to the pro- gram by bringing in high school students to participate in theatre workshops and future production work,” said Wilson. The connections of the producer Walter Kelly, a resident of Glen Lyon, played a crucial role in making the staging of ‘A Midsum- mer Night’s Dream’ possible. Kelly studied Shakespearean theater at the National Theatre of Great Brit- ain last Summer with director Giles Block and some of the other actors featured in the play. He came back and started to plan a way to bring the Shakespearean experience to the local community. Kelly brought the production together through his friendships with Misericordia staff, local actors and the professionals who studied with him at the National Theatre of Great Britain. Kelly said that Shakespearean plays need very few props and lend themselves to outdoor perform- ances with ‘‘nature functioning as a backdrop’. “Sitting outdoors watching a per- formance is a very communal and direct experience for an audience,” said Kelly. The lack of props needed for the staging of ‘A Midsummer Night's Dream’ will be an important con- sideration if it rains this weekend. If it does rain the production will be moved inside the school cafet- eria. Local actors to watch for include: Attorney John Aponick, Shavertown, as Egeus; Donald Hopkins, Dallas, as Philostrate, and Candyce Fike, Harveys Lake, as Hippolyta. For more information call 675- 3862. Here’s how to win two tickets to the play Dallas Post readers can win free tickets to ‘“‘‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” the Shakespearean production taking place this weekend at College Misericordia. Performances will be Friday through Sunday, August 26, 27, and 28th at 8:00 on the west lawn of the Campus. To enter the drawing to win two tickets to the Theatre-On-the- Green,drop off an index card at The Dallas Post office with your name, address, and work and home phone numbers listed. The deadline for entries is Friday, August 26th at 3:00 p.m. The drawing will take place on Friday afternoon between 4-4:30 p.m. David Williams honored in Houston The Houston Junior Chamber of Commerce (Jaycees) has named former Dallas resident David Wil- liams a 1988 Outstanding Young Houstonian. Williams and four others were honored at the Jay- cees' Five Outstanding Young Houstonians Awards Banquet held recently at Houston's Four Sea- sons Inn in the Park Motel. The Jaycees present the awards each year to Houstonians between the ages of 21 and 39 who have made outstanding contributions to the city, their company or profes- sion. 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