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Tea for You THE GUILD OF ST. MARY RINGS IN THE HOLIDAYS WITH ITS ANNUAL CHRISTMAS TEA ON FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6. BY ANN MARIE SCHEIDLER THE NORTH SHORE WEEKEND
For the Guild of St. Mary, it’s all about tradition when it comes to the holidays and its annual Christmas Tea is one of its most special. Cochairs Nicole Elliott and Rebecca Foster-Goodman will ensure that this year’s celebration on Friday, December 6 lives up to what past attendees have come to love. “Women have really embraced this new event as a holiday must,” says Elliott. “It’s something we look forward to now to celebrate Christmas— it’s truly a community-building event.” Lake Forest’s Guild of St. Mary is made up of more than 500 women and has been serving the church and community for 85 years—from the Christmas Sharing Tree program for Most Blessed Trinity Parish, to the Guild’s involvement in the monthly food drives benefitting the Holy Family Food Pantry. Proceeds from the Christmas Tea will benefit the Church of St. Mary and its philanthropic initiatives, which the Guild carries out most prominently through its Circles—smaller groups of women within the Guild who meet once a month to connect and discuss service opportunities. Four years ago, the Christmas Tea was introContinued on PG 10
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FOR WINNETKA’S CATHY HIRSCHMANN, CHILDREN’S THEATER HAS BROUGHT A LIFETIME OF MAGIC. BY MONICA KASS ROGERS THE NORTH SHORE WEEKEND
By 4:05 p.m. on a chilly Thursday afternoon and the Winnetka Community House’s Matz Auditorium has filled with the cast for Children’s Theatre of Winnetka’s (CTW) upcoming production of Beauty and the Beast. Eighty children perched on folding chairs chatter, waiting for the play rehearsal to begin. On stage, costumed lead characters practice bits of choreography. Gaston tosses his sidekick LeFou stage left, a move that looks suspiciously like one the grinning twosome might execute on their own in junior high hallways. Upstage, the handsome prince twirls beaming Belle in circles—her long hair flying out behind. And stage right, a very teapot-ly Mrs. Potts practices lines with clock-man Cogsworth, who today seems to be missing his wind-up key. All of this is in motion until the small, blonde figure of co-director Cathy Hirschmann stands up in front of the assembly and calls things to order, efficiently launching yet another rehearsal. Efficiency comes easily for Hirschmann, who has spent most of her life working with children’s theater. Next week’s production of Beauty and the Beast will be Hirschmann’s 25th show with CTW—a milestone that she says came in a flash. “The years doing this have gone by so quickly,” says Hirschmann, taking a short break to think back on the progression. “And I’ve loved every minute.” Hirschmann came to CTW after helping with the “Main Show” for the Winnetka’s Children’s Fair. She first served as choreographer for The Wiz, and then, stepped up to become director of CTW’s fall show, a position she Continued on PG 10 Matthew Williamson as the prince and Olivia Ratke as Belle PHOTOGRAPHY BY MONICA KASS ROGERS
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