Children’s Stage Adventures and Shakespeare are coming back to town, and auditions for the production of “Shakespeare’s Midsummer Dream” will be held at 11:30 a.m., Monday, Jan. 23, at the Washburn District Elementary School gymnasium.
Approximately 50 children, grades 1-8 (WDES students only who submitted their permission slips) will be cast to appear in the show with CSA’s professional actor/educators.
The performances will take place on Friday, Jan. 27, at 1 p.m. for students and at 6:30 p.m. for the community and guests. Tickets will be on sale at the door.
“Shakespeare’s Midsummer Dream” is a new musical adaptation of Shakespeare’s romantic comedy “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” written to be performed by 50 children. When four friends run away from their problems at home they end up in an even bigger mess in an enchanted forest, inhabited by fairies, sprites and magic flowers. When local workmen stumble into the forest, mistaken identity and mischievous practical jokes ensue.
Children planning to audition should arrive by the scheduled starting time and plan to stay for the entire two-hour session. No advanced preparation is necessary.
Rehearsals will be conducted from 2:30 to 7 p.m. every day of the week prior to performances. Although not all cast members will be needed at every session, those auditioning must have a clear schedule for the entire week, and if selected, be able to attend all rehearsals for their role.
A detailed rehearsal schedule will be distributed at the conclusion of the auditions. Cast members scheduled to rehearse for the full four hours in one day will be served snacks and a light meal thanks to community support and the After School Program staff taking their time to cook.
The first rehearsal will begin about 30 minutes after the auditions. Approximately 15 children will need to stay for this important first rehearsal. Snacks will be provided.
Morgan Swan of Woodland and Eric Monzel of North Ferrisburgh, Vt., will be the team of actor/educators from Children’s Stage Adventures. This is their first tour with CSA, though both have extensive backgrounds working with children in theatre.
The residency in Washburn is made possible by the Washburn Schools District, Washburn 21st Century ASP, The Aroostook Partners in the Arts, Old Iron Inn and everyone in the community.
Come out and support the youth of your community while enjoying a great show.
On Dec. 14, Mrs. Walker took seventh- and eighth-grade students to Problem Solving Day at the University of Maine at Presque Isle.
Ashton Henry, Beckam Vaughn, Patrick Tardie II, and Arianna Elliott did a great job representing WDES in such a positive way.
They joined middle school students from across Aroostook County to engage in STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) activities. They worked with students from other districts on four different competitive tasks which required them to collaborate to come up with a winning solution.
Bottle drive
Washburn Boyscout Troop 177 will be holding a bottle drive on Saturday, January 21st, 2017, from 9 to 12, in Washburn, Wade, Perham… All proceeds will help fund the boyscouts’ 2017 National Jamboree trip this summer.
Graduation fundraisers
The 2017 Washburn Project Graduation students will sell baked potatoes at the Jan. 24 home basketball game against Ashland, and also at the Jan. 31 basketball game against CAHS. The price will be $5 each or a donation.
The group will also take orders for pizzas that can be either picked up or delivered to your house in the Washburn area on Super Bowl Sunday. Anyone wishing to order a pizza can contact Erica Vaughn at 551-6744, Tony Gumprecht at 551-4392, or any of the Washburn seniors for an order form.
The price will be $10 for a large 1-item pizza and each additional topping is $1 each.
Washburn Library
The Washburn Memorial Library hours are Monday 1pm – 7pm and Tuesday through Friday 11am – 4:30pm. The Girl Scouts meet each Friday afternoon (that school is in session) at 3pm downstairs in the King room. For more information, please contact Lois Walton at 455-4814.
Class of 2018
The Washburn District High School Class of 2018 is holding a beef raffle of one cow with a 350 minimum hanging weight. The beef is donated by the Viola Family at Fortune Smiles Farmstead, LLC, in Perham.
This grass-fed and locally grown livestock will be cut and wrapped to the winner’s specifications by Todd Jandreau of Cedar Grove Meat Processing of Stockholm. Only 400 tickets will be sold. Tickets are $10 for one or five tickets for $45.
The drawing will be held on Jan. 24 at the home basketball game. For additional information or to meet your meat, please contact Debra Viola at 498-3433.
Birthdays
Those celebrating birthdays between Jan. 18 and 24 include: Penny Rand, Arthur Mayo, Bob Miller, Ira Wright, Troy Plante, Ashley Doody, Brenda McCoy, Isaac Easler, Shirley Jewell, Liza Skinner, Jeremy Belmain, Philip Bishop, Kevin Goodine, Josh Plummer, Keith Corey, Dennis Harris, Cheryl Wark and Jim Whitmore.
Anniversaries
Celebrating an anniversary between January 18 and 24 will be Fred and Ruth Woodman.
Amy Sawyer is the correspondent for Perham, Wade and Washburn. She can be reached by calling 227-8679 or by e-mailing sawyer.amysue@gmail.com.
