Funny Girl Rehearsals Stir Venice Little Theatre
The Venice Little Theatre to open Funny Girl on Wednesday with a 30 person cast and staff intensively finishing sets costumes and props. Director Fred Dransfeldt guides backstage efforts as 440 yards of corduroy stage curtains and more than 20 set designs take shape while star Geri Becker prepares 15 costume changes and the cast runs through key numbers.
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M.B. Macfarlane
Venice Little Theatre
Fred Dransfeldt
Cornelia Vercheski
Ken Blount
Katharine Pratt
Stilley
Joan Dillon
Geri Becker
Bev Gerety
Atlanta
Calcutta
Fanny Brice
Carl Norman
Dransfeldt
VLT
Henry McCandless
Eddie Ryan
Blood Drive Sponsored by Sarasota Medical Society Auxiliary
The South County unit of the Sarasota County Medical Society Auxiliary seeks blood donors on Doctor's Day March 80 from 8 am to 8 pm at Venice Hospital Blood Bank. Mrs. Robert L. Woelfel chairs. Laurel Nelson coordinates with donations going to a general community fund.
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South County
Sarasota County Medical Society Auxiliary
Robert L. Woelfel
Laurel Nelson
Englewood Craftsmen Plan Annual Potluck Dinner
The Englewood Guild of Artists and Craftsmen will host a potluck dinner at the Englewood Recreation Center on Orange Street Wednesday March 25 at 6 p.m. The club provides meat and beverages. members and guests bring a dish to pass and their table service. Reservations are due by Saturday March 21. Contact Wanda MacKinnon at 474-7230 to reserve. Election of officers will be held and a report on the guild arts and crafts show will be given.
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Englewood Guild of Artists and Craftsmen
Englewood
Orange Street
Wanda MacKinnon
Venice Area Garden Club to host Spring Flower Show on Avenue
The 1981 Venice Area Garden Club Spring Flower Show will be a walking event March 26 and 27 along Venice Avenue with exhibits in local businesses. Judging starts at 10 30 a m Thursday and includes horticulture in a bank show with a variety of plant categories plus a junior division.
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Venice Avenue
Venice Area
Garden Club
Venice-Nokomis Bank & Trust
Floyd Bohm
Paul
Venice area SAC meeting previews school programs
The Venice Area School Advisory Council will meet Tuesday March 24 at 8 p.m. at Garden Elementary School Venice. Dr. James Fox and the Sarasota County School Board will attend as the council reviews presentations on each South County school's special programs and accomplishments.
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Venice Area School Advisory Council
Garden Elementary School
Venice
South County
James Fox
Sarasota County
Schoo
Venice High School
Metropolitan Opera Star Helen Dellera to Speak in Venice
Former Met soprano Helen Jepson Dellera will discuss her two careers at the Venice Opera Guild meeting on Tuesday March 24 at 1 30 p m at Grace United Methodist Church East Field Ave. The talk will feature recordings and a social hour hosted by Mr and Mrs Leonard Johnson of North Port. The event is free to attend.
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Metropolitan Opera
Helen Jepson Dellera
Venice Opera Guild
Grace United Methodist Church
East Field Ave
The
Met
Violetta
Mimi
Dellera
Leonard Johnson
North Port
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Dorothy Tompkins
Jason’s Gift Nook
Leslie Ryan
SAC
Bell Telephone Hour
Firestone Hour
Columbia Artists Management
Madam Dellera
Giovanni Martinelli
Richard Crooks
Lawrence Tibbett
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R.C.A
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