Midsummer's Eve Festival to feature opera at Longwood Gardens
The Opera Company of Philadelphia plans a Midsummer's Eve Festival June 21 to 23 at Longwood Gardens featuring Gaetano Donizetti's Don Pasquale and a chamber concert with Szymon Goldberg and others. Led by Margaret Anne Everitt, the project aims to bring opera and intimate music to Brandywine area venues, with rehearsals, outreach, and reduced admission dress rehearsals for students, tickets available at Longwood box office, Bag N Baggage in Wilmington, or by OCP phone.
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Mummenschanz Brings Whimsical Masks to Walnut Stage
In Philadelphia and at Walnut Street Theater Mummenschanz explores human emotion with giant masks and everyday objects. Performers Mark Olsen Mark Tho and Claudia Weiss transform objects like toilet paper into animals and romantic images. The show’s second half delves into desire and identity with inventive visual scenes. A Scott Paper donation of toilet tissue aided production though material quality posed challenges.
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Daily Times
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Walnut Street Theater
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Walnut Street
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Community events and notices from Springfield area
Springfield hosts an 18 piece orchestra at the mall on Sunday afternoon with free admission. The Springfield Chapter of TLA meets Thursday at the Township Building to celebrate its third anniversary with a disco night. An auxiliary to Darby Fire Co. sponsors a covered dish supper Tuesday evening at the firehouse. The Red Cross Bloodmobile visits Grace Chapel on Monday for blood donations. Cross swimming lessons begin July 10 with several sessions at the junior high school nattorium. Contact details and fees included.
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Springfield Mall
Springfield
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Quarry St
Red Cross
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Darby
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Chester High seeks 1939 yearbook for collection
Delco Diary reports Chester High School principal Dr. Anthony Iacono seeks a 1939 yearbook to complete the on hand collection. Call or mail Chester High School 10th and Barclay Sts., Chester 19013 if you can help. A Eddystone elementary program honored sixth graders Connie Henderson and David Brown with Eddystone Memorial Legion Post 844 awards for honor, scholarship, service, Americanism, leadership and courage. Gladys Blair presented. Fifth graders John Landino and Lori Wushensky were cited for winning America My Country essays.
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Chester High School
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Connie Henderson
David Brown
Eddystone Memorial Legion Post
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Legion
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Lori Wushensky
America
Country
Clifton Heights Ambulance Corps drives annual membership drive
Clifton Heights Ambulance Corps reports a month late membership drive with applications by June 30. Current members assured help for emergencies while the $5 family donation funds next year. Fourth of July Committee plans progress for the event with flea market spaces on the soccer field and parade route. Call Danny Louis to reserve a space for $10 and Ms. Smith for motorized floats. Marcus Hook youngsters invited to Cystic Fibrosis Bike-A-Thon at Borough Hall Saturday 9 a.m. to noon. Pre-registration 8:30 a.m., refreshments and prizes.
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Warren Manuel
Carol Ann Smith
Springfield Road
Danny Louis
Ms. Smith
Marcus Hook Area
Barbara Grear
Judy Bailey
Marcus Hook Borough Hall
Grear and Bailey
Borough Hall
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Clifton Heights
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