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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1977
Page
3
The article traces table manners from early practice to the colonial era, noting use of wooden trenchers and bowls into the revolution. It describes burl bowls carved from maple, ash and beech, lathe turning for plates and noggins, and the shift to pewter in the sixteenth century, with elders noting scarce surviving American woodenware before 1700.
A historical note traces woodenware production from 18th to early 19th century New England. It highlights London wood turners, Henniker NH workshops, and family lathe work. Barrels and buckets from Hingham MA spread across the region, with nests of boxes and Shaker wares valued for craftsmanship. emphasizes age dating challenges and warns buyers to avoid doctored pieces.
IceHouse Theatre invites singers and dancers to audition for Pajama Game to close the 1976/77 season in Mount Dora on April 5 and 6 at 7 30 p m. Directed by Allen Wilson and choreographed by Betty Burke, the musical runs May 12 15 and 20 22 featuring hit songs Hey There Steam Heat and Hernando s Hideaway.
IceHouse Theatre presents The Dark At The Top Of The Stairs directed by John Heist. Cast includes Ricky Winklin from Altamonte Springs as the 10 year old, Molly Horton as Lottie Lacey, Bonnie Swanson as Cora's wife, Ralph Swanson as Morris Lacey, and Larry Sands in the lead Robin Flood with locals Mike Baker Tom Lackey Melinda Barlock and ey. Show runs Thursday March 31 through Sunday April 3. a night of live theatre is urged over television.
The Mount Dora Art League presents an April display of Jean McDowell’s watercolors in the Chamber of Commerce gallery. McDowell, born in St John Canada and raised in Winnipeg, began painting at ten and studied at Winnipeg School of Art Musgrove Academy Chicago Academy of Fine Arts and with Eliot O Hara.
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