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Bangor Youth Ballet is a nonprofit organization founded in 1994 to provide performance opportunities for young dancers and choreographers in the Bangor area.
Members hail from Bangor, Brewer, Eddington, Bucksport, Lubec, Veazie, Orono, Hudson, Blue Hill, Glenburn, Brooksville, Hermon, Swanville, Surry and Old Town.
Board member Jane Bragg of Bangor called to report that auditions for the group’s newest production, “The Little Mermaid,” are Sunday, Jan. 8, at Thomas School of Dance, 14 State St. in Bangor.
Auditions for nonpoint students begin at 4 p.m., at that site. Auditions for intermediate and advance students follow at 5 p.m., and those dancers should bring their point shoes.
An original ballet based on the Hans Christian Anderson story, “The Little Mermaid” is a new performance for the group, Bragg said.
This ballet will feature all new costuming and scenery, and funds are being raised to help cover production costs.
The ballet “will be presented in mid-June and has parts for all levels, male and female,” Bragg said.
Rehearsals will be arranged “not to compete with your dance class,” she said.
For those who might be new to the area, or unfamiliar with the ballet’s operation, Bragg wants you to know this nonprofit organization “welcomes everyone from any dance school and any area” to audition for Bangor Youth Ballet.
For more information about auditions or making donations to Bangor Youth Ballet, call Thomas School of the Dance at 945-3457.
With encouragement from Gov. John Baldacci, Cumulus Broadcasting Inc. hopes you will participate in its third annual Ton of Pasta event taking place at several sites on Saturday, Jan. 7.
The intent of the broadcasts is to encourage listeners to donate a ton of pasta to benefit Manna Ministries of Bangor to assist in feeding hungry Mainers this winter.
WQCB Q-106.5 FM will broadcast live, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 7, from the Brewer Hannaford supermarket.
WBZN Z-107.3 FM will broadcast live, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., from the Old Town Hannaford store.
WWMJ I-95 FM will broadcast live, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., from the Ellsworth Hannaford supermarket.
WEZQ 92.9 FM will broadcast, live 10 a.m.-2 .m., from the Hannaford on Broadway in Bangor.
Reservations are necessary by Tuesday, Jan. 10, for those wishing to attend a relay kickoff and dinner for the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life event this spring in Old Town.
The event is 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 25, at Bangor Banquet & Conference Center, 713 Hogan Road.
The dinner is free, courtesy of Evo Italian Restaurant and the Chocolate Grille.
Last year’s Relay for Life in Old Town raised $177,000, and the hope is even more can be raised this year.
Anyone interested in participating in the Old Town Relay for Life event is encouraged to attend the kickoff.
To help figure the number of diners, please RSVP to Mike Hart, 989-0332, or e-mail him at mike.hart@cancer.org no later than Jan. 10.
The e-mails and phone calls are coming in from the East Coast to the West Coast from grateful active-duty and retired military personnel regarding the laying of 4,500 wreaths on Dec. 15, at Arlington National Cemetery.
This annual event by members of the Maine State Society of Washington, D.C., is made possible through the generosity of Morrill Worcester, president of Worcester Wreath Co. in Harrington.
For example, retired U.S. Air Force Col. Ed Battle e-mailed to “pass along our thanks, on behalf of all those who have served, to the Worcester Wreath Co. for their patriotism and care in placing those wreaths on Arlington graves.
“We are a group of about 75 active duty and retired military officers of all services, and it moved us greatly to see someone still cares,” Battle wrote in the e-mail.
Battle was writing on behalf of the Alabama Chapter of the Military Officers Association of America.
And Brien Lamkins of Suffield, Conn., wrote to “convey my heartfelt appreciation” to Morrill Worcester “for the kindness he has shown for our fellow brothers in arms and the supreme sacrifice they gave to protect us, our families and our way of life.
“Mr. Worcester, you are a gentleman and a caring human being,” Lamkins wrote. “I thank you for this gesture, and I know that our fallen servicemen would thank you also.”
Joni Averill, Bangor Daily News, P.O. Box 1329, Bangor 04402; 990-8288.
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