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July 14, 2017
State line cast adds area talent
By Garth Snow gsnow@kpcmedia.com
“Seussical, Jr.” in Hicksville, Ohio, will have a certain Indiana voice. Triniti McFarland of Carroll Middle school will play Mayzie in the confluence of Dr. Seuss stories. She will sing opposite Josh Fine of Hicksville as Horton. She will converse with Katherine Berger of Fairview (Ohio) High School as Cat in the Hat. Allen County, in fact, is well represented in the cast of 65 young people from five counties and two states. Fort Wayne, Harlan, New Haven and Woodburn also have youth in the second such summer production at the restored Huber Opera House & Civic Center. “It’s a nonprofit, totally run by volunteers, so there are no paid people at all at the Huber,” volunteer Chris Feichter said after a recent rehearsal. Sound crews or other tech help might be employed at a production, but that’s the size of the payroll. “The board of directors pretty much take
Local instrument maker offers quick ukulele intro By Garth Snow gsnow@kpcmedia.com
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Katherine Berger (left) of Fairview (Ohio) High School plays Cat in the Hat opposite Triniti McFarland of Carroll Middle School as Mayzie in “Seussical, Jr.” at the Huber Opera House & Civic Center in Hicksville, Ohio. The Fort Wayne area has several students in the July 21-23 production.
care of all the details of maintenance, repairs, the productions, doing fundraising and those kinds of things. I do some grantwriting for them. We’ve been lucky to get a couple of grants.” Like the many, varied Huber productions, adver-
tising for the first youth project in 2016 was pretty much by word of mouth. “Youth theater is one of the pieces of the puzzle that we initiated last year, and it was such a success that people were like ‘What are See CAST, Page A12
Harlan to unite to help park that unites Harlan
‘SEUSSICAL, JR.’
Friday, July 21, 7-9 p.m.; Saturday, July 22, 7-9 p.m.; Sunday, July 23, 2:30-4:30 p.m. Huber Opera House & Civic Center, 157 E. High St., Hicksville, Ohio. Adults $12, seniors $10, children $8.
Richard Ash can’t transform a ukulele novice into an independent artist instantly. But give him 2.5 hours and he will have the student playing the basics. “We learn a handful of chords, and strum those chords and hum along and we do a number of songs from ‘Clementine’ to ‘The Lion Sleeps Tonight,’ and two hours into the class they’re changing chords pretty easily,” Ash said. The owner of Woodcraft Instruments usually teaches audiences from the Midwest and beyond at his Woodburn shop. Or he follows the folk music circuit across the South and beyond. But from 9:30 a.m.-noon Saturday, Aug. 5, he will share more than a quarter-century of ukulele know-how at the Fort Wayne Community Center, 233 W. Main St. Sign up at fortwayneparks.
org. Aspiring uke players will pay $65 for the lesson and their own ukulele. You read that correctly. “They will take the ukulele with them,” he said. The beginners’ model won’t have the same luster as those that fill the walls in Woodburn, but the instruments will suffice for the introduction and the short-term. “It’s a one-time thing for most of the people,” Ash said. “They’re doing this for entertainment and they can work on this from home.” Ash has taught a ukulele class through the Fort Wayne Parks Department for about five years. “I’ve also done harmonica and tinwhistle. I’ve done a variety of programs with the Parks Department, and it’s very well organized,” he said. Some of Ash’s students have gone on to join See INTRO, Page A13
FEMALE HAIR LOSS
By Garth Snow gsnow@kpcmedia.com
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Edward Kouder has watched the Harlan Community Park grow to include three lighted baseball field, tennis and basketball courts and more. The bell from the former Harlan Elementary School rests at the approximate site of the original concession stand.
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Harlan Days will HARLAN DAYS celebrate the familiar Aug. 3-5, Harlan standards of a small- Community Park, town summer Aug. north of State 3-5. Expect a kids’ Road 37 (Maysville parade, a big parade, and a pancake break- Road), Harlan. For the full schedule, fast. visit harlandays. Look for balloon com. rides, too, and helicopter rides, a cruise-in car and bike show, the Harlan Hustle 5-K Fun Run, nightly entertainment and food. The community and its guests also will celebrate and support the recreation program that keeps more than 130 kids on the ball diamonds spring and early summer. The festival also will help fund the soccer, basketball, tennis and street hockey facilities at the host Harlan Community Park. The numbers keep growing. The facilities keep growing. The festival that helps to make it all possible keeps growing. Edward L. Kouder has watched much of that growth since he moved to Harlan. He hopes to watch still more growth in his