OUEHANN Vol. 78, No. 49, December 6, 1978 Two upcoming Christmas concerts: Handel’s Messiah at DHS The Donegal High School Vocal Music De- partment, under the direct- ion of Mrs. RoAnn J. Lau, proudly presents the awe inspiring George Frederich Handel's ‘“‘MESSIAH’’ on Saturday, December 16, 1978, in the Donegal High School auditorium begin- ning at 7:30 P.M. The ever popular music of Christmas will be pre- sented by the Donegal High School Chorus fea- turing Donegal Alumni: Miss Sharon Green (Sopra- no), Miss Lolly Baker (alto), Mr. Don Witman (Tenor), and Mr. Michael Kohler (Bass) and Miss Sharon Zimmerman as ac- companist. The Donegal Chorus will also sing various selections including ‘‘Sleigh Ride”’ and ‘‘Let Us Sing”’. Also on the program will be the Rhythm Singers, a select group of twelve girls and boys- who will dance and sing ‘“Winter Wonder- land’’, ‘‘It’s A Marsh- mallow World’ (special arrangement by Steve Hassinger) and a medley of “Let It Snow’’ and ‘‘Home for Christmas’’. The pres- ent Rhythm Singers in- clude: Deb Torres, Becky Zimmerman, Lisa Mummaw, Maxine Max- well, Desiree Atkins and Kristin Straub; also, Mark Wagner, Bruce Wagner, Donald Kelly, Patrick Ken- ney, Wayne Mpylin and James Landis. A duet featuring Becky Zimmerman and Deb Torres will sing ‘‘The Birthday of the King”’. The spirit of Christmas and very special music will be at Donegal on December 16. The public is invited to attend. Maytown Ambulance needs support East Donegal and May- town people can support their ambulance service— and possibly save them- selves money at the same time—by buying five dollar family memberships in the Maytown Ambulance Asso- ciation. A membership guaran- tees the family free ambu- lance service for a year. (Individual memberships cost three dollars). To join, clip and mail the coupon on page 2 of this newspaper, along with a check for the appropriate amount. Christmas music at Beahm The Wilbur I. Beahm Junior High School Chorus and Band will present a Christmas Concert, free to the public, on December 14, at 7:30 PM in the Auditorium. The chorus, under the direction of Mrs. Sue Ansell, will present songs ranging from Bach’s ‘‘Je- su, Joy of Man’s Desir- ing’’, to Ruth Artman’s contemporary ‘‘Song of the Littlest Angel.”’ Instru- mental soloists include: Heather Farmer; finger cymbals; Ellen Endslow, flute; Lori Matriccino, tri- angle; Anne Musser, mar- acas; and Bob Nadeau, bongos. Vocal soloists are Nancy Brubaker, Grace Snyder and Coreen Gottleib. Piano accompanists include Ellen Endslow, Nancy Brubaker, Donna Watto, Shellie Hof- fer and Michele Vogt. The chorus will present this program for the guests at Schock Presbyterian Home, Mount Joy, on December 8th. : Under the direction of Glen Leib, the Junior High School Band will perform such numbers as ‘‘Home for the Holidays,” ‘‘Marsh- mellow World,”’ and ‘‘Hap- py Holiday.” The concert will feature a brass choir. The audience will be asked to participate by singing a few carols with the band and chorus. SUSQUEHANNA TIMES & THE MOUNT JOY BULLETIN MARIETTA AND MOUNT JOY, PA Bert Hiestand [left] and Ray Coyle pose with their giant sound system in The Longhouse. The Longhouse Hiestand and Coyle have a hot spot for cool teens Two local young men will soon open a new nightclub near Maytown, to be called ‘““The Longhouse.”’ There kids can gather, dance, and socialize in a drug and alcohol-free setting. Except for the lack of booze, The Longhouse will just like the latest discotheque. There will be drinks (soft), loud music, strobes—the works. “Kids who aren’t into drugs have no place to go,” says Ray Coyle, who thought up the idea. “We want the kids to have an alternative.” The other partner is Bert Hiestand. Both work for Hiestand Distributors, the wood stove business north of Marietta. Bert’s father, Paul Hiestand, owns the the business; Bert and Ray met when Ray got a job there earlier this year. The many hours of work and many dollars spent out of Bert and Ray’s pockets in putting together The Longhouse have been mo- tivated by Christian faith, but Bert and Ray don’t plan to proselytize. The atmosphere will be low -keyed, they say. “It’s just a place where kids can come and have a good time,” says Bert, who worked last summer at Christian youth center, and saw how the kids stayed away because they saw the place as ‘‘religious.”” There was nothing wrong with the center, he says; but the image made the kids wary. What Bert and Ray hope to draw crowds with is a giant stereo system (200 watts per channel, pro- fessional quality), black lights, strobes, a mirrored wall, dance floor, pool table, pinball machines, light tubes, and at-cost soft drinks and pretzels. All this will be housed in half of an old chicken house on Paul Hiestand’s farm. (Paul donated the space). Bert and Ray are working on a huge cut stone sign for the wall, “The Longhouse’’ in four foot-high letters. They al- ready have a soda machine, furniture and cable spool tables, and most of the other things they need; they're hoping to get some of the finish work done soon so they can open. One wall consists of shower curtains now, and they hope to hide the sound system in a small room in the corner. Neither of the two men hope to make any money from The Longhouse. If they can break even on operations, they’ll be sat- isfied. All their labor and the cost of building mater- ials won’t be made up. Why are they doing it? Bert says: ‘‘It was basically Ray’s idea. I had more of the materials, so I'm helping out.”” They agree on the purpose, Bert says. ‘““TV and sports are about the only things kids have now,” Bert adds. “We want to attract the kind of kids who don’t go in for sports, and are left out of the social cliques. ‘‘Before, the pressure was to ‘make something of your life’—now it seems the pressure on kids is just to conform.” Ray’s motivation is root- ed in his own experiences as a teenager. He went to E-town High School, which he says was ‘‘drug-infest- ed.” Drug users beat him up, he says, and put dope into his food in the lunch room. Because he wouldn’t use drugs, he says, he was ‘‘an outcast.”’ Ray thinks there are many kids in school now who are, as he was, outcasts. He sees the Long- house as a place where these youngsters can go without being pressured to use drugs. No alcohol or drugs will be allowed in the Longhouse. The Longhouse is located about 2 miles north of Maytown along Bainbridge Road, at that road’s inter- section with Donegal Springs Road. Coming from Mount Joy, just follow Donegal Springs Road to a T-intersection, where it ends.
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