Encore! cleans up at Apollo Awards
BY CATHY MOLITORIS
This past school year, students from the region took the stage in a play and a musical through Encore! Home School Productions. Their performances earned them nominations in the Apollo Awards, a program that recognizes high school theater students for their achievements. An award ceremony was held in May at The Hershey Theatre, and several Encore! students took home top honors.
“From our fall play, ‘The Curious Savage,’ and our spring musical, ‘The Wizard of Oz,’ we had a total of 10 nominations, and Encore! won four awards,” said Caleb Steindel, a member of the board of directors and marketing lead for Encore!
Brock Sunday won Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Play for Hannibal in “The Curious Savage.” Alice Tomasetti won Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Play for Fairy May in “The Curious Savage,” and Encore! took home both Outstanding Play for “The Curious Savage” and Outstanding Musical for “The Wizard of Oz.”
Additional nominations for Encore! were MaryKate Kenny for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Play as Mrs. Ethel Savage in “The Curious Savage” and for Outstanding Featured Performer in a Musical as Aunt Em in “The Wizard of Oz,” Josiah Evans for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Play as Titus Savage in “The Curious Savage,” Ian Riethmiller
for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Musical as Hunk/Scarecrow in “The Wizard of Oz,” Alice Tomasetti for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Musical as Dorothy Gale in “The Wizard of Oz” and Outstanding Dance Number in a Musical for “The Jitterbug” in “The Wizard of Oz.”
Encore! performances feature students from throughout Lancaster, Dauphin and surrounding counties. Locally, Josiah Evans lives in the Elizabethtown Area School District and “The Wizard of Oz” featured students who live in Donegal, Columbia Borough, Lower Dauphin, Annville-Cleona, Camp Hill and West Shore school districts as well. Encore! performed “The Wizard of Oz” in March at
Participating in the Apollo Awards provides an opportunity to shine a spotlight on the hard work of the performers, Steindel said.
“It’s important to validate the importance of the art form and how much it brings happiness to people,” he commented. “It’s also important because these kids dedicate time and effort for a project outside of normal school hours, and it’s lots of hard, excruciating work. They need to know that there is a lasting impact with this art form that stays with people beyond curtain call.”
Steindel said the students enjoyed interacting with other
performers at
and seeing their peers recognized on stage.
“We love the Apollo Awards because they’re such a wonderful opportunity for us to meet and interact with other schools and celebrate their accomplishments,” he stated. “Encore! is grateful for these awards, but all the other schools did so incredibly well, too. (We are) grateful to be a part of this program, grateful for the all-volunteer team that makes up Encore! and grateful to God for giving us these talents with which to perform.”
For a complete list of Apollo Award winners, visit www .hersheyentertainment.com/ hershey-theatre/apollo-awards.
Middletown First Church of God, 245 W. High St., Middletown, will present a vacation Bible school (VBS) day camp from Monday, July 8, through Friday, July 12, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. VBS camp, which is open to youngsters in kindergarten through fifth grade, will include Bible lessons, lunch, snacks, crafts and field trips.
In honor of the Summer Olympics, this year’s theme is “Team Jesus,” and the logo reflects the five Olympic rings. Each ring is a different color, which will be reflected in the theme of each day of camp. The colors and topics are blue - “The Holy Spirit”; black - “The Death of Jesus”; red - “The Sins of the World; gold - “Sharing the Good News”; and green, “Growing With God.”
VBS will open on July 8 with a ceremony, including the lighting of a torch, and a carnival, featuring carnival games with prizes and a dunk tank. Featured snacks will be popcorn, snow cones and cotton candy.
Water Day will take place on Tuesday, July 9. There will be a water slide available, and youngsters will be able to enjoy tie-dyeing T-shirts, playing games and making water balloons.
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The Encore! cast of “The Wizard of Oz” at the Apollo Awards
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The annual VBS talent show will be held on July 12. All children who attended VBS are welcome to participate. A closing program will be held for parents at 2 p.m. Children will sing
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Historical society plans July Fourth activities
The Historical Society of Dauphin County, 219 S. Front St., Harrisburg, will celebrate Independence Day with its 14th annual public reading of the Declaration of Independence on Thursday, July 4, from the porch of the John Harris-Simon Cameron Mansion. The Declaration will be read by re-enactor David Biser portraying John Harris Jr. Readings will take place at 10 a.m. and noon, with no fee.
Tours of the Harris-Cameron Mansion will be offered at 11 a.m., between the readings, for a fee. Free admission will be granted to Historical Society of Dauphin County members and children age 6 and under as well as police and fire personnel, other first responders and military members and their families. Additionally, a used book sale will be located inside the mansion.
Community band plans concert
The South Hanover Township Community Band will present a concert on Friday, July 5, at the township’s amphitheater in Patriot Park, 161 Patriot Way, Hershey. The performance will begin at 8 p.m. and last about an hour.
Selections will include patriotic tunes and Broadway medleys. Attendees are advised to bring a blanket or chair. After the concert, attendees may stay to see Hersheypark’s fireworks at about 10:15 p.m. Admission is free. Parking is available by donation to the Union Deposit Volunteer Fire Company.
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Membership is open to anyone who has ever played in a concert band, even if it was not recent. There are no auditions. During the spring, summer and fall, the band rehearses each Wednesday at the South Hanover Township administration building on Patriot Way.
For more information, email band@southhanovertownship .com prior to attending a rehearsal.
To find out about other summer concerts in the park, visit www .southhanover.org/hanoverparks.
The South Hanover Township Community Band was formed in 2021 as a revitalization of the Union Deposit Community Band, which existed early in the 1900s. The new band’s first concert was in August 2021 and featured 18 performers. The band currently numbers 30 to 35 members, and it is under the direction of Keith Richardson, who is also the Lower Dauphin
