Streetcar Company Enters 5th Decade with Classic Production of Oliver
LACONIA — The Streetcar Company, the Lakes Region's longest running community theatre group, has announced the cast for the inaugural production of its 5th decade, "Oliver" by Lionel Bart and produced by special arrangement with Tams Witmark Music Library.
Taking the lead in this production will be many seasoned local performers who have been delighting local audiences for many years. Dave Bownes will be leading the group as the ever unscrupulous Fagin. His gang includes the talents of Riley Alward and Jack Harding who will be sharing the role of The Artful Dodger.
Both of these talented young men have been seen on the local stage before. Harding recently appeared as Sebastian in a GMHS production of "The Little Mermaid" and Alward has been seen with St. Car as Chip in Beauty in the Beast and Winthrop in "the Music Man".
Oliver is being played by Tyler Browne who is finishing up a production with the Winni Playhouse. Rounding out Fagin' s gang are youth from Laconia, Gilford, Belmont, Moultonborough and Meredith including: Andrew and Brandon Fielders, Ryan and Jordan Witham, Alec Thomson, Matteo Van Steensburg, Kelli Ryan, Emily Paronto and Addison Clifford. Other leads include Rodney Martel as Bill Sykes, Kat Beliveau as Nancy, Roland Dubois as the Bumble and Aja Mallette as Widow Corney.
Cast members include Patte Sarausky, Joe Higgins, John Pelletier, Jenn Schillenger and many, many talented kids and young people from all across the Lakes Region.
The production team is being headed up by director Matt Demko who is the drama teacher at Gilford Middle/High School. Demko's past accomplishments include productions of "the Music Man", "Urinetown" and "The Little Mermaid."
He is supported by a talented production team including current president of Streetcar and long time director, J Alward and Doreen Richards as producers. Local dance teacher Amelia Hamilton Miller of Frates Creative Arts is doing the choreography and music is being handled by Karen Jordan of the Lakes Region Singers Chorale with Phil Breton accompanying. Matt Richards is heading up scenic design and construction and the rest of the visual team is being headed by lighting designer Jordan Tankard, costumer Kris Martel and scenic artist Janet Reidy.
The production is set to open at Inter-lakes Community Auditorium on Friday April 26 and run through Sunday matinee on April 28. "Oliver!" is a fan favorite and this production is not to be missed. Many memorable musical numbers will have audience members tapping their toes including: "Consider Yourself, Oom Pah Pah, and I'd Do Anything For You". "Oliver!" promises to be a great time for the whole family. Tickets will be available at Streetcarcompany.com or through local vendors when the show dates get closer. For more information contact the production team via email at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .
Taking the lead in this production will be many seasoned local performers who have been delighting local audiences for many years. Dave Bownes will be leading the group as the ever unscrupulous Fagin. His gang includes the talents of Riley Alward and Jack Harding who will be sharing the role of The Artful Dodger.
Both of these talented young men have been seen on the local stage before. Harding recently appeared as Sebastian in a GMHS production of "The Little Mermaid" and Alward has been seen with St. Car as Chip in Beauty in the Beast and Winthrop in "the Music Man".
Oliver is being played by Tyler Browne who is finishing up a production with the Winni Playhouse. Rounding out Fagin' s gang are youth from Laconia, Gilford, Belmont, Moultonborough and Meredith including: Andrew and Brandon Fielders, Ryan and Jordan Witham, Alec Thomson, Matteo Van Steensburg, Kelli Ryan, Emily Paronto and Addison Clifford. Other leads include Rodney Martel as Bill Sykes, Kat Beliveau as Nancy, Roland Dubois as the Bumble and Aja Mallette as Widow Corney.
Cast members include Patte Sarausky, Joe Higgins, John Pelletier, Jenn Schillenger and many, many talented kids and young people from all across the Lakes Region.
The production team is being headed up by director Matt Demko who is the drama teacher at Gilford Middle/High School. Demko's past accomplishments include productions of "the Music Man", "Urinetown" and "The Little Mermaid."
He is supported by a talented production team including current president of Streetcar and long time director, J Alward and Doreen Richards as producers. Local dance teacher Amelia Hamilton Miller of Frates Creative Arts is doing the choreography and music is being handled by Karen Jordan of the Lakes Region Singers Chorale with Phil Breton accompanying. Matt Richards is heading up scenic design and construction and the rest of the visual team is being headed by lighting designer Jordan Tankard, costumer Kris Martel and scenic artist Janet Reidy.
The production is set to open at Inter-lakes Community Auditorium on Friday April 26 and run through Sunday matinee on April 28. "Oliver!" is a fan favorite and this production is not to be missed. Many memorable musical numbers will have audience members tapping their toes including: "Consider Yourself, Oom Pah Pah, and I'd Do Anything For You". "Oliver!" promises to be a great time for the whole family. Tickets will be available at Streetcarcompany.com or through local vendors when the show dates get closer. For more information contact the production team via email at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .
Last Updated on Wednesday, 13 February 2013 23:33
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Brandt Denniston selected as Board Chairman of the Lakes Region Symphony Orchestra
MEREDITH — A good leader "makes the difference". That has certainly been the case for the Lakes Region
Symphony Orchestra, a regional community orchestra located in Meredith.
The LRSO was originally sponsored by the New Hampshire Music Festival, offering musicians in the
community an opportunity to gather during the winter months to play music through the Laconia Adult Education program.
As the number of amateur and professional musicians expanded, it was decided that a re-organization to a separate non-profit organization was necessary. In the spring of 1988, a board of directors, consisting of several dedicated orchestra members was formed. Out of the love for music, they created the framework for the community orchestra as it is today.
Over the years the LRSO has been very fortunate to have had several dedicated board chairmen.
Since 2007, Chris Mega, a Meredith resident and pianist with the orchestra for many years, served as board chairman. Mega brought many talents to the board as organizer, artistic enhancer, and provided beneficial financial direction to the orchestra. Due to his many other commitments, Mega recently made the difficult decision to step down as chairman.
This winter, the search committee spent several months interviewing a number of candidates for the chairman position of the LRSO Board of Directors and has selected Brandt Denniston, a resident of Springfield.
Deniston brings to the board a love of music and a history of service to his country and his community. He comes from a banking family that has been a lifelong patron of the Mobile (AL) Symphony. As an adult he served as a Marine Corps officer in Vietnam. Deniston later obtained his master's degree and joined the business world and was hired by IBM.
He is married to Donna Denniston, the principal cellist of the Lakes Region Symphony Orchestra. They have three grown sons. Two have advanced degrees in Music Performance and one earned his PhD in Psychology.
During Deniston''s years as a business man and a family man, he found time to be a Scout leader and worked to raise funds to support the Bergen (NJ) Youth Orchestra, the Ridgewood (NJ) Symphony Orchestra and the Ridgewood High School Marching Band.
In his current hometown of Springfield, he has served on the municipal budget committee for the Kearsarge Regional School District, has been treasurer of the historical society and the town recreation committee. He is currently working on the town capital improvement program.
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Brandt Denniston (Courtesy photo)
Symphony Orchestra, a regional community orchestra located in Meredith.
The LRSO was originally sponsored by the New Hampshire Music Festival, offering musicians in the
community an opportunity to gather during the winter months to play music through the Laconia Adult Education program.
As the number of amateur and professional musicians expanded, it was decided that a re-organization to a separate non-profit organization was necessary. In the spring of 1988, a board of directors, consisting of several dedicated orchestra members was formed. Out of the love for music, they created the framework for the community orchestra as it is today.
Over the years the LRSO has been very fortunate to have had several dedicated board chairmen.
Since 2007, Chris Mega, a Meredith resident and pianist with the orchestra for many years, served as board chairman. Mega brought many talents to the board as organizer, artistic enhancer, and provided beneficial financial direction to the orchestra. Due to his many other commitments, Mega recently made the difficult decision to step down as chairman.
This winter, the search committee spent several months interviewing a number of candidates for the chairman position of the LRSO Board of Directors and has selected Brandt Denniston, a resident of Springfield.
Deniston brings to the board a love of music and a history of service to his country and his community. He comes from a banking family that has been a lifelong patron of the Mobile (AL) Symphony. As an adult he served as a Marine Corps officer in Vietnam. Deniston later obtained his master's degree and joined the business world and was hired by IBM.
He is married to Donna Denniston, the principal cellist of the Lakes Region Symphony Orchestra. They have three grown sons. Two have advanced degrees in Music Performance and one earned his PhD in Psychology.
During Deniston''s years as a business man and a family man, he found time to be a Scout leader and worked to raise funds to support the Bergen (NJ) Youth Orchestra, the Ridgewood (NJ) Symphony Orchestra and the Ridgewood High School Marching Band.
In his current hometown of Springfield, he has served on the municipal budget committee for the Kearsarge Regional School District, has been treasurer of the historical society and the town recreation committee. He is currently working on the town capital improvement program.
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Brandt Denniston (Courtesy photo)
Last Updated on Wednesday, 13 February 2013 23:30
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Lakes Region Tea Party Program Focuses on Opposition to Sustainable Communities Initiative
MOULTONBOROUGH — The Lakes Region Tea Party will meet on February 20 at 7 p.m. at the Moultonborough Public Library.
The main topic will be the Granite State Future program which has been described by Tea Party activist Tim Carter as ''an onerous top-down HUD Sustainable Communities Initiative that aims to give local planning control to the Federal Government.''
Carter and Nnacy Duren will give a presentation on the program. There will also be a summary of a recent meeting on wind turbine projects in the Newfound Lake area.
Contact Tim at stainsolver.com for more details.
The main topic will be the Granite State Future program which has been described by Tea Party activist Tim Carter as ''an onerous top-down HUD Sustainable Communities Initiative that aims to give local planning control to the Federal Government.''
Carter and Nnacy Duren will give a presentation on the program. There will also be a summary of a recent meeting on wind turbine projects in the Newfound Lake area.
Contact Tim at stainsolver.com for more details.
Last Updated on Wednesday, 13 February 2013 23:24
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Adult Ed offers Meditation Basics Class starting March 5
LACONIA — Laconia Adult Education is offering a two-week Meditation For Health & Relaxation Basics class starting on Tuesday, March 5.
The class will meet from 6:00-8:30 p.m. in Room 215 in Laconia High School. The class will be taught by Carol Wallace, a health educator who has seen first hand the health issues associated with stress.
The course is designed to help people cope with, and in some instances, eliminate the stress in their lives through simple but very effective techniques to minimize the effect of stress on the body.
Wallace has studied many different approaches that alleviate the damage due to stress and found that the most effective and easiest way to ease or eliminate stress is by learning to meditate and to understand the different methods of breathing which will help to relax and calm.
The class will explain the physiology of stress and why meditation really works. The goal of the class is to teach students how to control the stresses in life in order to achieve better health and ways in which to
use these techniques in everyday life.
To enroll in the class or for more information, call the Laconia Adult Education office at 524-5712.
The class will meet from 6:00-8:30 p.m. in Room 215 in Laconia High School. The class will be taught by Carol Wallace, a health educator who has seen first hand the health issues associated with stress.
The course is designed to help people cope with, and in some instances, eliminate the stress in their lives through simple but very effective techniques to minimize the effect of stress on the body.
Wallace has studied many different approaches that alleviate the damage due to stress and found that the most effective and easiest way to ease or eliminate stress is by learning to meditate and to understand the different methods of breathing which will help to relax and calm.
The class will explain the physiology of stress and why meditation really works. The goal of the class is to teach students how to control the stresses in life in order to achieve better health and ways in which to
use these techniques in everyday life.
To enroll in the class or for more information, call the Laconia Adult Education office at 524-5712.
Last Updated on Wednesday, 13 February 2013 23:18
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