Twist & Shout • October 22

JACKSON

by Teresa Jackson, Director of Theatre

Iowa Central’s Fall Play runs for 6 nights and moves to a New Space: BHS Auditorium

US A Teen History

Iowa Central is in the midst of an Amazing Transformation! Those driving on the Fort Dodge campus will see that construction is already underway for an extraordinary Center for Performing Arts which will light up not only the campus, but our entire community and region. In the meantime—while drills and machines whir across campus, the Music and Theatre Department is savoring the gorgeous architecture of the Bio Health Science Building, and those in the sciences are loving the creative energy of the student traffic now echoing through their halls. As I was searching for plays this summer to feature our incoming and returning students, the title of US A Teen History did not excite me, but from the first page to the last, I was captivated by the creative genius of the writing. I was thrilled to discover such a unique theatrical piece. It’s both a play and a musical—both a comedy and drama—and has a multitude of shifting spaces, characters, story lines, and messages. It’s truly a multi-dimensional experience which will feature 50 Iowa Central student performers. All who auditioned were given the opportunity to help bring US A Teen History to

life.

Authors Flip Kobler and Cindy Marcus have been writing together for more than 25 years. They spent many years at Disney where they penned the largest-selling video in history: Lion King II: Simba’s Pride as well as the sequels to Beauty and the Beast, Pocahontas and more. They have written for television and film projects, but their real passion is running their national teen theatre camps—which is where this production premiered in Jefferson City, MO, in the summer of 2014.

In writing this show, their intent was not to make the play feel like a history class, but they wanted to stay true to the intent of history and the impactful contributions of teens throughout the ages. Their aim was to tell the tale in a fun way, to spotlight stories many may not have heard, and to leave audiences with something to ponder. Irony and humor are often more powerful than proclamations. They entreat future directors and actors to “hold a mirror up to America, to suggest a solution rather than delivering heavy handed sermons about the complex problems like racism or sexism or any ism that the country still struggles with.”

Ultimately, “this show is meant as a celebration of America. Yes, we still have a long way to go to become that more perfect union and shining light on where we need to improve is important.” The authors also encourage writing original material—selecting which scenes to spotlight and finding ways to create original works in the process—which we’ve done. This has been an amazing collaboration with the cast—and I’m excited to premiere a poem written by me and transformed into an original rap by

Hugo Harp, one of my students, about the Underground Railroad. It’s truly one of the most unique pieces I’ve ever had the opportunity to create with a cast. We’ve had tremendous fun together—and the proximity of the audience at BHS auditorium which can house 220 seats per night creates an intimacy we’ve yet to experience with an audience at Iowa Central.

The parking will be a breeze! The BHS is located on the south side of the campus and can be accessed easily from the Kenyon Road entrance. Parking is directly across from the Bio Health Science building—in the Iowa Works parking lot. Parking is also easily accessible in the AST Parking Lots 3 and 4. As a result of the large cast and smaller seating capacity, we have elected to run 6 performances. The show opens Monday, October 10 and runs consecutively through closing night on Saturday, October 15.

So—mark your calendars and reserve your seats soon for Iowa Central’s fall production of US A Teen History which will run October 10-15 at 7:00 p.m. in the BHS Auditorium. Tickets will be $10 for adults and $5 for students with Iowa Central faculty, staff and students attending for free. Tickets will be on sale at the Iowa Central bookstore or online: the link to the website is https://secure. iowacentral.edu/bookstore/Details.asp?ProdID=1277&category=6 . The other option is to log on to www.iowacentral.edu/bookstore and click on tickets--on the top row menu bar in the middle. Tickets will be available at the door, but due to a more intimate setting—with fewer seats available each night—we highly encourage reserving seats ahead of time so that we can accommodate all patrons who want to attend.

Storytellers:

Actor

Actor

INDIGENOUS

Lesley

Ensemble A Ensemble B Rehearsal Assistants

Ben Meyer

Caitlyn Bushby

Caeley Coady

Patricia Grimes

Andrea Grundon

Anyston Henning

Annaka Holthaus

Grace Minor

Rebecca Rainwater

Ashley Reicks

Erin Shinn

Carrie Stephenson

Kate Tyre

Maddy Vinchattle

Meyuelyn Enriques

Madi Maschmann

Ash Wacholtz

Jeremiah Brown Owen Brent Hailey Davis

Matthew Anderson Chris DeSmit Luis Fuentes Shelby Stoffa

Chanthavisouk Dominic Hammel

Adonis Henderson Hugo Harp

Klein

Kuehnast

Mooney

Dennis Morgan

Smith

Sean Peters

Stanek

Bo Tracy Cameron Swanson

Anguiano

Hendrickson

Kolacia

Josie Harvey Skyler Kunz

Pontes

Williams

Costumes & Comedy

by hailey brueschke

The Community Health Center of Fort Dodge is gearing up to host their annual fundraiser this Fall where guest can enjoy dinner, live/silent auctions, and a performance by Comedian Jackie Fabulous.

“Our annual fundraiser has three elements to it,” said, Regina Suhrbier, Outreach Coordinator. “There is a fun in person event, raffle ticket sales and the silent auction can be accessed by anyone online.” The event, formally known as “Masquerade Ball” has recently gone through a name change and is now being called, “Costumes and Comedy.”

“This is our first official year for our fundraiser being called ‘Costumes and Comedy.’ We know for our future fundraisers we always want to incorporate comedy so we thought this name would be more fitting,” said Suhrbier.

For this year’s fundraiser, the Community Health Center is hoping to raise enough funds to purchase another mobile dental unit in hopes of being able to go around the schools and give dental exams every six months. “We did a test run with our current mobile dental unit last spring taking a dentist and staff directly to the schools and it was very successful,” said CEO Renae Kruckenberg. “We plan to expand the program and are excited about helping local families have easier access to dental care.”

Efforts for the fundraiser will kick-off with the start of raffle ticket sales during the first week of October that can be purchased from the Community Health Center’s Staff, at Shimkat Motor Co., and online Tickets will be available from the health center staff, at Shimkat Motor Co and online. Tickets are $25 each or 5/$100 and get you entered to win one of three prizes to be drawn for live at the event on November 12.

The prizes are $1000 Visa Gift Card, $800 Shimkat Prize ($500 gift card and an auto detail) and $500 Grocery Gift Card (Choice of Hy-Vee or Fareway). The online/ silent auction will begin on Friday, November 4th at 4 p.m. with many auction items available to the public for bidding on online all week leading up to the event. The online auction will end on Saturday, November 12 during the event.

“Participants will be able to bid from home or bid from their phone on items while they are at our event.” said Suhrbier. Some special larger items will be part of a live auction that you can preview online but must be present at the event to bid on. Guests will also be able to preview items for the live auction at Shimkat Motors a week before the fundraiser. The night will begin at 6 p.m. with happy hour for guest to mingle and bid on the silent auction.

Dinner will then begin approximately at 7 p.m. Guest will be served a delicious dinner of roast beef or chicken, cheesy hashbrowns, green beans, taco salad, pasta salad, broccoli cauliflower salad and a dinner roll. Drinks will be available for purchase at the bar and new this year, an amazing assortment of desserts will be auctioned off during dinner.

“Last year we brought in a comedian, and it was so well received, we decided laughter is the best medicine and the perfect entertainment for our fundraising evening.” said Suhrbier.

This year’s the FD Community Health Center has booked comedian Jackie Fabulous.  Jackie is a regular at top comedy clubs around the country. Guest may recognize her from America’s Got Talent as she was a semifinalist on the 2019 season. She has charms that even made Simon Cowell blush.

Jackie has also been featured on Arsenio Hall Show, Gotham Comedy Live, FOX, BET, Last Comic Standing, Kevin Hart’s LOL Network, and more. Now she is appearing to entertain the guests in Fort Dodge to help support the Community Health Center.

“Costumes and Comedy” will begin at 6 p.m. on Saturday, November 12th in the Showroom at Shimkat Motor Co., 3126 5th Ave.

Tickets are $45 in advance or $50 at door. Event and raffle tickets will be for sale the first week of October at Shimkat Motor Co., online at www.biddingforgood.com/ chcfortdodge or at Community Health Center of Fort Dodge.

This is an adult event only. Any person or business wishing to contribute to the auction or interested in sponsorship of the event can contact Regina Suhrbier at 515-576-6500 or by email at rsuhrbier@chcfortdodge.com.

Kruckenberg added, “The clinic’s ability to continue to operate and serve our community is due in part to the generous support of donors. For many kids and families the health center is their primary care and they are not able to travel easily to other facilities for more care. “One goal of Community Health Center is to reduce barriers to healthcare, taking the care where it is needed most just makes sense.”

by Alyssa Sparks

The Comedia Musica Players has been hard at work preparing for its annual production, 9 to 5 The Musical. Directed by same dream team that brought you Catch Me If You Can! Alyssa Sparks (Stage), Dan Cassady (Music), Emily Eastwood (Choreography), and Shelly Bottorff (Pianist), the cast is well on its way to another successful musical in November!

9 to 5 The Musical is a hilarious story of friendship and revenge set in the late 1970s. Dolly Parton herself wrote the music and lyrics for this musical and may even make a cameo in the show!

The story starts with the joy we all feel as we wake and get ready for the workday ahead. We are introduced to our leading ladies Violet (Lindey Krug), Doralee (Morgan Merrill), and Judy (Esther Laupp) after the first big musical number, 9 to 5, when Judy joins the team at Consolidated Industries for her first ever foray into the working world after her husband, Dick (Rex Daisy), leaves her for a much younger woman. We are also introduced early on to a handful of the other office gals, Maria (Briley Singer), Kathy (Alison Swanson), Margaret (MaryJo Laupp), and Roz (Jennifer McAtee).

We discover right away that each of these gals has their own role to fulfill in the office heirarchy. Kathy is the office gossip who enjoys talking about everything happening around the office with anyone who will listen. Margaret is the office drunk who is given the opportunity to clean up her act later in the show. We discover that Roz is the office snitch who just might be secretly in love with their egotistical, lying, hypocritical bigot boss Franklin Hart Jr. (David Everson). David certainly does a great job of giving Franklin Hart Jr. the smarminess he needs for the role.

Lindey Krug does a terrific job of capturing Violet’s dry personality and Morgan Merrill brings a little bit of Dolly to the stage with her bubbly country personality. Esther Laupp does an amazing job of capturing Judy’s innocence and transformation into a confident working girl throughout the show. They all discover even more about themselves as we watch them transform into the boss babes they were meant to be!

We are also introduced during 9 to 5 to one of the men in the office who just might be the only man in the office that does not objectify the women working in it, Joe (Nathan Schelle). He makes it very clear during the show that he has feelings for Violet, but he does so respectfully, and he stands up for the women, eventually helping to take down Franklin Hart Jr.. Nathan Schelle’s nice guy persona is spot on!

Violet, Doralee, and Judy are eventually pushed to the boiling point with Franklin Hart Jr.’s antics and come up with a plan to get even with him. It may hilariously go wrong at first, or so they think, but eventually they are able to live out their wildest fantasy by giving Franklin Hart Jr. the boot. They start running the office as they see fit and give the office their dream makeover, taking control of the company that has always kept them down.

9 to 5 The Musical is outrageous at times, thoughtprovoking at others, and even has a little bit of romance! It has characters that we can relate to and music that is catchy and recognizable. You’ll be singing songs from the show well after you see it!

9 to 5 The Musical will be performed at FDFAA Phillips Luxury Apartments Auditorium, 1015 5th Ave N, Fort Dodge, November 10 through 12, 2022 at 7:00 p.m., with an additional matinee on Saturday, November 12 at 2:00 p.m. Advanced seating tickets are on sale starting October 5 at Hy-Vee in Fort Dodge and through the Comedia Musica Players website. Admission is $15 for adults, $10 for child/ student tickets. The Comedia Musica Players was founded in 1968 by Larry Mitchell and Scott Griffith. Email info@ comediamusica.com, visit www.comediamusica.com, or follow them on Facebook at www.facebook.com/ comediamusicaplayers, Instagram, and Twitter at @ comedia_musica.

9 to 5 The Musical is presented through special arrangement with Musical Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. (www. mtishows.com)

9 TO 5 THE MUSICAL CAST

Violet Newstead Lindey Krug

Doralee Rhodes Morgan Merrill

Judy Bernly Esther Laupp

Franklin Hart Jr David Everson

Roz Keith Jennifer McAtee

Joe Nathan Schelle

Dwayne Sean O’Connor

Josh Mikeal Campbell

Missy Holli Campbell

Maria Briley Singer

Dick Rex Daisy

Kathy Alison Swanson

Margaret MaryJo Laupp

Bob Enright Mikeal Campbell

Tinsworthy Terry Kocher

Detective Rex Daisy

Doctor Parker Gaines

Candy Striper Tristan Holst

New Employee Jordan Martin

Men’s Ensemble Nathan Schelle, Sean O’Connor, Mikeal Campbell, Rex Daisy, Parker Gaines, Jordan Martin

Women’s Ensemble Holli Campbell, Briley Singer, Alison Swanson, MaryJo Laupp

‘Arsenic and Old Lace’

returns to Webster City

Classic comedy to open Oct. 12 at WCCT. Webster City Community Theatre will open its new season in October with the classic comedy, “Arsenic and Old Lace.”

The play will be held at the performing arts center, 1001 Willson Ave., Webster City, on Wednesday, Oct. 12 through Saturday, Oct. 15 at 7 p.m., and Sunday, Oct, 16 at 2 p.m.

Tickets are $12 each and will go on sale Saturday, Oct. 8 at the box office. The box office is open from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. Saturdays, from 5 to 7 p.m. Weeknights and one hour prior to curtain on performance days. Tickets may also be reserved by calling 515-832-4456 or via email, tickets@wcctonline.org.

Abby and Martha Brewster, two spinster sisters living in Brooklyn, NY, are known for their generosity and charity. But their latest charity

endeavor – sending off lonely old men to their heavenly reward – becomes more complicated when their nephews come home for a visit. One nephew is a theater critic, the other is a wanted felon. The third nephew thinks he’s President Theodore Roosevelt and is digging the Panama Canal in the cellar.

New this year

Audience members who enjoy food and drinks at the Grid Iron from Oct. 1-16 may have an opportunity to win a $50 gift card to the Grid Iron. Save your receipt, sign it with your name and phone number. Bring the receipt to the show and turn it into the box office. We’ll enter it into a drawing for the gift card. The drawing will be held Oct. 16.

American Anthem

Sun Oct 16, 2022 – 3pm

Fort Dodge Middle School

FORT DODGE AREA SYMPHONY

COPLAND - An Outdoor Overture

Rachel DeVore FOGARTY - Spoon River

COPLAND - Our Town

Tom SHADONIX - Webster County Suite

William Grant STILL - Symphony No. 3 “Symphony Sunday”

Abby and Martha Brewster have a way of relieving older gentlemen of their loneliness with just a sip of their homemade elderberry wine. Unfortunately, for the men, the recipe includes a little arsenic, strychnine and just a pinch of cyanide. In this photo, one of the gentlemen inquiring about renting a room from the Brewster sisters is Mr. Gibbs (Mark Dohms). Abby (Loween Getter) and Martha (Cathy Olson) insist he try their wine. Is he destined to be their 13th victim?

Five performances of “Arsenic and Old Lace” by Joseph Kesselring comes to the Webster City Community Theatre stage October 12-16.

Joshua Barlage, conducting

Single tickets

$15.00 Adults

concert.

Students

Mark

calendars

The cast includes:

Loween Getter as Abby Brewster

Pat Powers as The Rev. Dr. Harper

Todd Edeker as Teddy Brewster

Max Anderson as Officer Brophy

Hank Christeson as Officer Klein

Ericka Barloon, soprano

Cathy Olson as Martha Brewster

Abby Sharp as Elaine Harper

Kevin Sharp as Mortimer Brewster

Mark Dohms as Mr. Gibbs

Ken Theobald as Jonathan Brewster

Al Yungclas as Dr. Einstein

Bill Greenley as Officer O’Hara

Joe Gail as Lt. Rooney

Doug Getter as Mr. Witherspoon

Anne Blankenship is the director, assisted by Katie Hildal.

by hailey brueschke

Fort Dodge Area Symphony has been busy getting ready to celebrate 73 years of music performances for their upcoming 2022-2023 season.

This season continues their tradition of presenting exhilarating performances of familiar works by well-known and lesser-known composers.

Each year the FD Area Symphony features four concerts each season; two classical, one holiday, and a young artists concert for the community to enjoy.

The first of four concerts will showcase American Composers titles “American Anthem.”

This concert will feature works by Aaron Copeland including “An Outdoor Overture” and “Our Town.” “Webster County Suite,” a 1996 commissioned work by FD Area Symphony’s own, Tom Shadonix and William Grant Still’s high spirited Symphony No. 3 which is also nicknamed “Symphony Sunday.”

Rachel Devore Fogarty’s setting of master’s poems, “Spoon River,” will also be featured and sung by Soprano Ericka Barloon, a recent Young Artist Competition Winner.

Ericka Barloon is a graduate from the University of Iowa where she attained a Bachelor of Music degree in Vocal Performance and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Music Education. During her time at University of Iowa she performed as Dorbella in Mozart’s ‘Cosi Fan Tuttle,” Elizabeth March in Mark Adamo’s “Little Women,” and Clara Johnson in Lucas and Guettel’s “The Light Plaza.”

Since then, she has performed as a soloist with the Cedar Rapids Orchestra and won first prize in the University of Iowa’s ICA competition.

The FD Area Symphony will perform at 3 p.m. on Sunday, October 16 at the Fort Dodge Middle School, 800 N 32nd St.

Tickets are $15 for adults and free for students. They can be purchased at the door the day of the concert.

By Tom Tourvillea look back

FROM A “ONE HIT WONDER” TO ONE OF THE TOP ROCK PRODUCERS IN MUSIC

REMEMBERING DONNIE BROOKS

on a lot of the big rock and R&B shows in and around Los Angeles. Not as a headline art ist but as some new kid looking for a break. Brooks was already close friends with the Bur nette Brothers, Dorsey and Johnny, so he used that connection as well.

With the help of the Burnette Brothers, Brooks was introduced to Era Records. In 1959 he released “Lil’ Sweetheart” with little chart movement. He followed that up with “White Orchid,” again for Era that saw this song sell almost 50,000 copies. Now Era’s interest in Brooks increased.

In March of 1960 Brooks entered the charts on the Era label (#3018) with a song titled, “Mis sion Bell/Do It For Me.” For many surprised music “insiders” the record rocketed to #7 on Billboard’s Hot 100 chart. When it was all said and done, “Mission Bell” had sold over 8 mil lion copies.

There were a lot of people that did not hold much hope for this new venture, but they all missed the mark ex cept for Brooks and Kurtz. What they did is create one of the most successful package rock and roll shows of the late ‘80s and into the late ‘90s. They would put 10-15 artists on their package show backed by a house band and tour all across the U.S. A buyer could spend up to $8,000-$10,000 and get all that entertainment. It was a monster success. It was especially popular here in the Midwest as they played dozens of venues all across Iowa.

After the ‘90s the tours stopped and Brooks started doing voice over work. Sadly, Brooks died of a heart attack in 2007. He was 71 years old.

Here was a true “one hit wonder” being part owner of one of the most successful rock tours of the ‘90s. Don nie only appeared at our Laramar Ballroom once. I dis covered he was added to the Fall R&R Harvest Dance show at the Ballroom in August of 1960.

I have thought about writing this story a long time but I wasn’t sure what direction to take this. I knew it was time to share the story of the late Donnie Brooks. While most remember him as a “one hit wonder,” he was so much more than that. He would finish his music career as one of the most successful and well-known rock show and tour producers ever! This is a fascinat ing story. Let’s take a look back at Donnie Brooks.

In 1936 Donnie was born John Dee Abohosh in Dallas, Texas. At a young age his broken family moved to Ven ture, CA where he was adopted by his stepfather and again took on another new name, John D. Faircloth. At a young age John decided he had something special; he was a very skilled singer.

Faircloth maintained a trait that he would use often and that was using different names, to record under to make a record. Names such as Johnny Jordan, Dick Bush and Johnny Faire, were just a few he used. It was not uncommon in the record business to change names as you recorded, but Faircloth changed his name with adapt skill.

To hopefully get ahead in this record business, Fair cloth took on manger Linda Stewart. It was time for another name change, this time Donnie Brooks was chosen and it would stick for his career. Stewart took the new Donnie Brooks and started to get him booked

His follow up single for Era Records was “Doll House/Round Robin,” Era #3028. This single went all the way to #31 on the charts. In time, it also sold over one million copies. I guess you could say Donnie Brooks was having a very respectful year. Both of these songs earned Donnie gold records.

Soon Brooks was a regular on American Bandstand and it wasn’t long before he was also on the big screen in “Swingin’ Summer,” “Get Yourself A College Girl” and “The Love-ins.” Sammy Davis Jr and Frank Sina tra hired Donnie to open for them for their Vegas and Tahoe shows.

Soon the ‘70s turned into the ‘80s and Donnie was looking on how to extend a long-gone recording career.

Over these many years he had befriend and gotten to know so many different artists, he had a lot of music business friends. He came up with idea to ask them to do rock and roll package shows with him singing as well as MCing. He was a close friend of music produc er, Ron Kurtz and Brooks & Kurtz formed a partner ship to produce the show now titled “30 Years Of Rock & Roll.”

I for one will always remember Donnie Brooks.

&Drinks

dining:

716 Main Humboldt

Amigos 280 N. 1st St.

Applebee’s 2810 5th Ave. S

Bloomers on Central 900 Central Ave. Brownie’s Cafe 1712 Central Ave.

Buffalo Wild Wings 2909 5th Ave. S. CasaBlanca Steak House Hwy 169

Ardys Mae Coffee and Dessert 14 S. 14th St. Community Tap & Pizza 2026 5th Ave. S.

Peking Garden 510 5th Ave. S.

Lizard Creek Ranch 1762 Johnson Ave

The Stadium 2001 2nd Ave. N.

Lomitas Mexican Restaurant 2223 5th Ave. S.

Mineral City 2621 5th Ave. So.

Ninja Sushi Steak House 407 S. 25th St.

Perkins 511 S. 32nd St.

Pizza Ranch 3311 5th Ave. S.

Sneakers 1317 Central Ave.

A Pinch of Love Cafe 850 S. 18th St.

Shiny Top Brewing 520 Central Ave.

Tea Thyme 2021 6th Ave. S.

The Sports Page 2707 N. 15th St.

Tom Thumb Drive Inn

Tres Amigos

Tropical Smoothie

Village Inn

1412 A. St.

3521 5th Ave. S.

2813 1/2 5th Ave. S.

2002 N. 15th St.

Willow Ridge Golf Course.......1788 Madison Ave.

Zakeer’s Family Restaurant......... 425 2nd Ave. S.

FAST-FOOD:

Frenzy Cafe

3232 1st Ave. S. Harty’s Caddy Shack

1101 Central Ave. Hacienda Vieja

Burger King 2814 5th Ave. S

Casey’s Carry-Out Pizza 2007 N.15th St.

1518 3rd Ave. NW Ja-Mar Drive-In

329 S. 25th St.

Scooter’s

Pulse

LOCAL EVENTS CALENDAR

Andrew Hoyt LIVE

6pm-8pm

Soldier Creek Winery

October 8 Apple Fest 10am-5pm

The Community Orchard- Fort Dodge

SPRINGVALE FARM

October 1

Spooky Terrariums

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Fort Dodge Public Library

Apple Fest

10:00 AM - 5:00 PM

The Community Orchard- Fort Dodge

October 2

Apple Fest

10:00 AM - 5:00 PM

The Community Orchard- Fort Dodge

Garden Walk by Artist Mary Muller Blanden Art Museum

920 3rd Ave South, Fort Dodge

Auditions for Hawkeye Community Theatre’s production of Scrooge, the Musical Hawkeye Community Theater

521 North 12th Street • Fort Dodge

BINGO

3pm-5pm

Soldier Creek Winery

October 3

Auditions for Hawkeye Community Theatre’s production of Scrooge, the Musical

Hawkeye Community Theater

521 North 12th Street • Fort Dodge

October 4

Garden Walk by Artist Mary Muller Blanden Art Museum

920 3rd Ave South • Fort Dodge

October 5

Fall into Fort Dodge

5:30 PM - 8:00 PM

Webster County Fairgrounds

Hawkeye Theatre Production Mama Won’t Fly

7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Hawkeye Community Theater

October 6

Garden Walk by Artist Mary Muller Blanden Art Museum 920 3rd Ave South, Fort Dodge

Afro-Latino Festival

8:00 AM - 12:30 PM

Fort Dodge Public Library

Hawkeye Theatre Production Mama Won’t Fly

7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Hawkeye Community Theater

Alex Trevino LIVE at Shiny Top Brewing

7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Shiny Top Brewing

October 7

Hawkeye Theatre Production Mama Won’t Fly

7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Hawkeye Community Theater

Pumpkins and Ponies 10am-4pm Springvale Farm

Walk to End Alzheimers

Fort Dodge Middle School

Purdue University presents University Choir

Fort Dodge Middle School

FD Area Quilters, Inc. PresentsA Sea of Quilts

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Webster County Fairgrounds 22770 Old Hwy 169 S. • Fort Dodge

Hawkeye Theatre Production Mama Won’t Fly 2:00 PM

Hawkeye Community Theater

October 9 Apple Fest 10am-5pm

The Community Orchard- Fort Dodge

Jive for Five LIVE 3pm-5pm Soldier Creek Winery

Garden Walk by Artist Mary Muller Blanden Art Museum 920 3rd Ave South • Fort Dodge

FD Area Quilters, Inc. PresentsA Sea of Quilts

10:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Webster County Fairgrounds 22770 Old Hwy 169 S. • Fort Dodge

October 10

US A Teen History

7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Iowa Central Community College BioScience Auditorium on Campus

October 11

US A Teen History

7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Iowa Central Community College BioScience Auditorium on Campus

October 12

Fort Dodge Coin Club Show 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM

Fort Dodge Museum Opera House

US A Teen History

7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Iowa Central Community College BioScience Auditorium on Campus

Arsenic and Old Lace 7pm-9pm

Webster City Community Theatre

October 13 Craft Night 6:30pm-8:30pm Soldier Creek Winery

Adam Moe LIVE at Shiny Top Brewing

7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Shiny Top Brewing

Arsenic and Old Lace

7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Webster City Community Theatre

Rummage Sale Noon - 5:00 PM

First United Methodist Church

October 14

All Ready Dead Tour by Davwood Productions

5:30 PM - 10:30 PM

The Cardiff Center at Fort Frenzy

Neil Anders LIVE 6pm-8pm

Soldier Creek Winery

Arsenic and Old Lace

7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Webster City Community Theatre

US A Teen History

7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Iowa Central Community College

BioScience Auditorium on Campus

Rummage Sale

8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

First United Methodist Ch

October 15

Daybreak Rotary Chili & Cinnamon Roll Drive Thru Supper

4:00 PM - 7:00 PM

First Presbyterian Church

Suddenly Hollow LIVE at Shiny Top Brewing

7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Shiny Top Brewing

US A Teen History

7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Iowa Central Community College

BioScience Auditorium on Campus

Rummage Sale

9:00 AM - Noon

First United Methodist Church

Arsenic and Old Lace

7pm-9pm

Webster City Community Theatre

Apple Fest

10am-5pm

The Community Orchard- Fort Dodge

October 16

Garden Walk by Artist Mary Muller Blanden Art Museum

920 3rd Ave South

BINGO

3pm-5pm

Soldier Creek Winery

OCT

Apple Fest

10am-5pm

The Community Orchard- Fort Dodge

Arsenic and Old Lace

2:00 PM

Webster City Community Theatre

Fort Dodge Area Symphony American Anthem

3:00 PM

Fort Dodge Middle School

Holy Trinity Parish Spaghetti Dinner

4:30 PM - 7:00 PM

Corpus Christi Center

October 17

FDSH Choir & Orchestra Fall Concert

7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Fort Dodge Middle School

October 18

Garden Walk by Artist Mary Muller Blanden Art Museum

920 3rd Ave South

October 20

Garden Walk by Artist Mary Muller Blanden Art Museum 920 3rd Ave South • Fort Dodge

Neil Anders LIVE at Shiny Top Brewing 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Shiny Top Brewing

October 22

Veteran’s Outreach Event at Iowa Central Community College Bioscience & Health Building 9:00 AM - Noon

October 23

Garden Walk by Artist Mary Muller Blanden Art Museum 920 3rd Ave South • Fort Dodge

October 24 Book Sale

5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Fort Dodge Public Library

October 25

Garden Walk by Artist Mary Muller Blanden Art Museum

920 3rd Ave South • Fort Dodge

October 27

Emma Elsbecker LIVE at Shiny Top Brewing

7:00 PM - 9:00 PM • Shiny Top Brewing

Fall Instrumental Concert

7:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Iowa Central Community College

October 28

Section 7 LIVE at Shiny Top Brewing

7:00 PM - 9:30 PM • Shiny Top Brewing

Ethridge Netz LIVE

6pm-8pm

Soldier Creek Winery

October 29

Section 7 LIVE at Shiny Top Brewing

7:00 PM - 9:30 PM • Shiny Top Brewing

Join us on October 8th

at the Fort Dodge Middle School

for the 2022 Walk To End Alzheimer's Fort Dodge!

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Addie Schulte

What is your first memory of experiencing music for the first time?

My first memory of experiencing music was my first year at the McSweeny’s School of Arts children’s chorus. My best friend at the time was super into the choral arts and she introduced me to the group. I remember loving practices and feeling so excited about the music we were making. I never knew what my voice was capable of. When our first concert came around, I just felt so comfortable on stage. I knew that this would not be my last time on stage.

Walk us through a typical school day for you.

Age: 17

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In what ways will the arts and culture be a part of your life in 30 years?

In 30 years, I hope that I will have instilled my love for the musical arts in my children. I want to give them all of the extraordinary experiences that I had growing up from a children’s chorus to private voice lessons to being in junior musicals. The arts gifted me with so much joy and passion and I hope to instill that into my children someday.

What makes you happiest?

Artistic Outlets:

My artistic outlets are mainly through my involvement at school. Show choir is one of my biggest artistic outlets because I love expressing myself on stage through dancing and singing. I cannot wait for later in the season when we get to start performing; the thrill of being on stage exhilarates me. Cheer is another one of my favorite artistic outlets that allows me to express myself and display my positive personality. I’m so excited for this year’s competition cheer season where we perform in state cheerleading and for basketball cheerleading (my favorite season!)

What activities are you involved with at school and in the community?

My fine arts involvements at St. Edmond have included Gaelic choir, Concert choir, Chamber choir, Show choir, All-Iowa Show choir, musical, Showcase, and small group speech. My other involvements have included football cheerleading, competition cheerleading, basketball cheerleading, cross country, cross country manager, and Play like a Champion. I have also been involved in leadership positions such as Gaelic choir President, Concert choir President, student body Secretary, Student Ambassador, and cheerleading captain. In the community, I stay involved by lecturing and eucharistic ministering at weekend masses at Holy Trinity Parish.

I wake up around 6:00 A.M. most mornings so I can be at school for Show choir practice that starts at 7:00 A.M. On the days I don’t have show choir, I’ll enjoy my morning by getting a workout in or enjoying an extra thirty minutes of sleep. My school day is packed full of classes. My favorite class is Service where I get to help out in Mrs. Lennon’s three-year-old preschool room. You can often catch me working on one of my four Iowa Central college classes in the library during the school day. At the conclusion of the school day, I head to work at the Saint Edmond After School program. I work there every day after school from 3:00-5:00 P.M. in the preschool through kindergarten room. After work, I head home to work on homework and eat supper with my family before heading to cheer practice, to babysit, to cheer a football or basketball game, to chamber choir practice, or to one of my many other involvements.

If you could play any role, who would you want to play, and why?

If I could play any role, I would want to play Penny Pingleton from Hairspray. I grew up loving the movie and musical Hairspray. It was my sister and I’s favorite movie for a while so we watched it on repeat. I love all of the songs in Hairspray and I would just adore being in the scenes of a movie that I grew up loving. I also love the combined aspect of singing and dancing in the movie which is probably why I enjoy show choir so much.

What are your plans after high school?

After high school, I plan on attending a college out of state to study kinesiology with a pre-physical therapy emphasis. I am currently undecided about which university I will study at. I will continue college after my undergraduate degree in a physical therapy program to fulfill my dream of becoming a pediatric physical therapist.

The people I surround myself with are my most predominant source of joy. This includes my family and my close circle of friends. Children are one of my other main sources of happiness. I love each and every one of my SEAS children and all of the children I babysit for. These children are oftentimes the highlight of my day and they always can bring a smile to my face. I also have to mention that ice cream sure does make me happy :)

What, or who, inspires you?

My parents have always been a big inspiration for me. They’ve been my most significant role models and supporters. I wouldn’t be the successful young lady I am today without them. My dreams for the future also inspire me. I have lots of challenging goals for myself and striving to achieve them motivates me to do many things. My old vocal teacher, Mr. Ben Wegner, has also had such an impact on me. He inspired me to get out of my comfort zone and bolstered my vocal growth. He had an influential role in shaping me into the musician I am today.

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Jacci Hindt

Growing up, I always found myself enjoying arts of different kinds and spending hours trying to draw, paint, and craft. I experimented with music, participated in band, dance and theatre; but it wasn’t until I was a little bit older and was able to take a Photography class at school that I finally clicked with an Art. From that moment on, it grew right along with me and I’m not certain I ever put a camera down.

Tell us about your education and professional experience up to this point.

After graduating high school, I took off to California to attend college for Dance and Performing Arts but quickly found myself back in Iowa attending Iowa Central. I graduated with my AA and went on to DMACC to receive a degree in Photography. I began Jacci Addison Studios back in 2008 and Addison James Boutique in 2014. The process of building these businesses and remaining focused on the skills needed to run them, have truly been my biggest educational tools. In addition to that, I spent 8 years as Adjunct Instructor at Iowa Central teaching a variety of classes to the Photography students and watching them go on to succeed. I truly love being able to share my successes and failures to help encourage others to live out their dreams.

What challenges you?

As an entrepreneur I think my biggest challenge is self-doubt. It’s so easy to begin comparing your life, art, and success to everyone around you. The truth is, we never see what’s actually happening on the other side and everyone’s definition of success and their end results look different.

What is the most rewarding part about your work?

The most rewarding part of my work is hands down the people I get to work with. You get to meet so many really cool, genuine people who become friends. I also enjoy being able to make my schedule work to be present for my kids.

How has your role as a photographer/entrepreneur changed over the years?

When I first started out as an Entrepreneur, I was unsure of just about everything. I began as a hobbyist, grew to a second shooter, traveled the United States with After Dark and truly soaked in every single ounce of knowledge anyone would give me (I still do). As time has gone by, my roles have changed. I quickly transformed into an owner who wears a million hats with the coolest team beside me. When you always remember where you began, you truly start to see that anything is possible.

What advice would you give to someone wanting to start their own business?

My biggest piece of advice to someone wanting to start their own business is to remember that hearing “no” is okay. We are conditioned to see “no” as a bad thing but what it really means is something better is out there. It’s so easy to devalue yourself and your art in fear of someone saying no. Someone else who values your art will see your worth. You will have your highs and you will have your lows, but entrepreneurship is about how you get back up and keep fighting.

11. You win 2 tickets to anywhere! Where do you choose to travel and who do you take with you?

If I won 2 tickets anywhere, I would send two of my team members to the Maldives where I couldn’t access them to give them work. In all seriousness, they are the reason I get to live my dream everyday and I am thankful beyond words that they believe in me and my vision!

12. Who, or what, most inspires you? In what ways?

Inspiration is what keeps me going every single day. I truly look around me each day and see people that inspire me; they might be people who have built incredible businesses, people who have overcome barriers built against them, people balancing the chaos of life, people meant to inspire others, and sometimes a simple quote I find on social media. In my personal life I am often inspired by my friends who are the best cheerleaders, the amazing Rochelle Green who always knows the right thing to say when I need encouragement; and my kids who make me strive to be the best version of me and always bring me back to my why.

Hometown: Rockwell City • Profession: Entrepreneur; Owner at Jacci Addison Studios (Photography, Videography, and Social Media Marketing Manager) and Owner of Addison James Boutique

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