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GECA sets auditions
News Staff Report The Greater Escambia Council for the Arts is holding auditions for the upcoming children / youth production – Beatrix Potter’s Peter Rabbit. If you are ages 6 to 18 and want to try out, come to the theater Sunday, January 13, at 2 p.m. The theater is located at the corner of Nashville and Trammell. This is not a musical so you do not need to prepare.
by Atmore News access_time7 years ago
POA buys hardware store
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Pride of Atmore, the group initially formed to restore the Strand Theatre and now the leading force behind the city’s downtown revitalization effort, recently accomplished one of its primary goals with the purchase of the building in which Atmore Hardware did business for decades. Details of the transaction were not readily available, but POA Executive Director Foster Kizer said this week that acquisition of…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 years ago
Candyland Christmas Party
More than 100 children, adults enjoy free food, fun, toys By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer While free food and entertainment for everyone and free toys for the youngsters were the top attractions for many attendees, the woman who organized the 12th annual Candyland Christmas Party said the event’s success provided proof of the real reason for the Christmas season. “It was marvelous in His sight; to God be the…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 years ago
On ‘The Polar Express’
For the seventh year, the dining car at the Derailed Diner was transformed into the train car scene from “The Polar Express” for six nights in December. Atmore native Barbara Turk, the Diner’s marketing director, pulls together a cast (from this area) to make the movie come alive for youngsters, many of whom come in their pajamas. Shown are, from left, Ellen Johnson Willis, Phil Johnson, Andrew Willis, Sharon Poulsen,…
by Atmore News access_time7 years ago