October 29, 2011 Great Northwoods Journal Page 9

The Colonel Town Players

present the musical

MY FAIR LADYBook and Lyrics by Music by

ALAN JAY LERNER FREDERICK LOEWEAdapted from George Bernard Shaw’s Play

“PYGMALION”November 4, 5, 11, 12 at 7:30 PMMatinee November 6 at 2:00 PM

Lancaster (NH) Town HallAll seats are $8.00 at the door

Presented by special arrangement with Tams-Witmark Music Library, Inc.

Annual

and L u n c h e o nBy Gate of Heaven Parish

Tabernacle Society

Saturday, Nov. 5from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

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My Fair Lady----------------(Continued from Page 1)story of Eliza Doolittle (playedby Courtney Vashaw-Piper)—aCockney flower girl who dreamsof becoming a lady, and HenryHiggins (played by PeterGair)—a professor of phoneticsand speech who wagers with hisfriend Colonel Pickering(Dennis Mackay) that he canteach Eliza to speak well enoughto pass her off as royalty. Atfirst, Eliza despises his arrogantand demeaning manner, but sheultimately falls in love with thetyrant, wins him the bet, andeveryone’s heart. Along the wayEliza contends with an upper-crust suitor, Freddy Eynsford-Hill (Connor MacDonald-Heit)—Higgins’ socialite mother(Pat Jansen) and his housekeep-er Mrs. Pearce (ChristineCaouette)—and her own ne’er-do-well father (Grant Fuller).When Eliza demands thatHiggins respect her for the ladyshe has become, it seems thattheir future may be doomed.Can a simple flower girl findhappiness with an educatedgentleman? All will be revealedin our production of “My FairLady”.

Cast of ‘My Fair Lady’ to be presented Nov. 4, 5, 11, 12 at 7:30 p.m. and November 6 at 2 p.m.at the Lancaster Town Hall. (Photo by Eric Piper)

The director for this produc-tion is Jon “Jay” Dugan-Henriksen, Joan Sweeney will

direct the music, AnitaBonnevie is the accompanist,and Judy Erickson will manage

the stage and the cast.

On November 11, 2011 at 7p.m., over a half dozen localmusicians will be taking thestage at the Littleton OperaHouse to raise money for theAdaptive Sports Partners of theNorth Country (ASPNC). Theentire family will enjoy enter-tainment showcasing the talentof local musicians from righthere in the White Mountains,

the Mount Washington Valley,Gilmanton Iron Works, andneighboring Vermont.

The show dubbed 11.11.11@7by event sponsor, The VintageRose, will feature the sounds ofKatie Rose, Ashley Miles, KayWoods, Allen Pihl, RandyMessineo, Jim Barnes, andDave Saikin.

Katie Rose is a musician on a

mission, who uses her sweetvoice and powerful lyrics toaffect positive change throughmusic. Born and raised in theNorth Country, Katie’s love forher home is reflected in hersongs. Most of all, Katie’s musicbrings people together, andgives them a break from theeveryday routine.

Jim Barnes, Balladeer, of

Gilmanton Iron Works, N.H.has been performing as a singerand actor for nearly 40 years. Asa singer/songwriter Jim hasappeared at Old Home Dayevents and summer concertseries all across NewHampshire and on into Maine,Massachusetts and Vermont.His music reflects life here inthe Granite State, and is enthu-

Local musicians band together to supportAdaptive Sports Partners of the North Country

siastically received andreviewed. His long list of actingcredits includes summer theatreappearances at the RochesterOpera House, dinner theatrewith The Governor’s Inn(Rochester), mystery dinner the-atre with Get a ClueProductions, as well as commu-nity groups such as Ann White’sNorthwood Theater Workshopand the Lakeside Players(Strafford).Lakeside Players(Strafford, NH). LakesidePlayers (Strafford, NH).As asinger/songwriter Jim hasappeared at Old Home Dayevents and Summer ConcertSeries’ all across NewHampshire and on into Maine,Massachusetts and Vermont.His two CD’s New HampshireOn My Mind and Made In TheGranite State reflect life here inNew Hampshire and have beenenthusiastically received andreviewed.Randy Messineo wasborn and raised in Lawrence,Mass. Randy developed a pas-sion for music at a young age.Influenced by folk artists of the1960s, Randy has kept the pas-sion alive throughout the lastseveral decades performingacross the United States andEngland. After returning fromEngland, Randy traveledthroughout the Deep Southareas of the country and eventu-ally decided to settle in theNorth Country where he contin-ues to perform at various ven-ues.

Ashley Miles is a 14 year oldsinger/songwriter from Concord,Vt. She has been performingsince the age of seven. Ashley iscurrently the New HampshireCountry Music AssociationsFemale Vocalist of the Year (13-16) and has held the vocalisttitle for the past three years.She performs new and tradition-al country music as well as herown original music. Ashley iscurrently working on her firstCD.

Mikala (Kay) Woods hasalways loved music ever sinceshe can remember. She’s playedand sang in front of her familyfrom a very young age, but shebelieves her musical journey hasjust begun. She appeared in aproduction of Grease, playingthe role of Miss Lynch. She hasalso been a part of the LisbonRegional School band. Lately,honing her guitar playing hasbeen her focus. When she isn’tplaying her music, she is outplaying sports or reading anadventure book.

Dave Saikin is the newestmember of the May – SeptemberLilac Trio+1 and also plays basswith SweetJamm (big band),guitar with SpeakEasy Trio(30’s/40’s jazz group), and hasalso been an active pit bandmember for the last four Profile

Opera House ---------------(Continued on Page 14)

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A Loop Hike in VT: Big Deer andLittle Deer Mountains

Happy HikerStory and photos by John Compton

Senior meals schedule

Nearly a decade has passedsince my wife and I moved toBethlehem. We are still awed bythe natural beauty that aboundsin this area. And, we are stillastounded by how little traveltime is involved in reachingthese picturesque places. Fromour former home in the mega-lopolis of Philadelphia, it tookseveral hours of driving on con-gested roadways to escape theurban sprawl. And even afterenduring that ordeal, we stillcouldn’t reach any destinationthat was remotely similar towhat we now have literally atour doorstep!

Occasionally, it’s refreshingto venture slightly beyond myNew Hampshire doorstep andexplore other areas. Recently, Idrove to the neighboring Stateof Vermont to hike the trails atGroton State Forest. Asalways, I was pleasantly sur-prised at how little travel timewas involved. In less than anhour from leaving my home, Iwas at the trailhead. Althoughthis was my first time to explorethis location, records show thatthe French were exploring thisarea at least as early as 1704.For planning my hike, I foundthe following website to be par-ticularly useful: http://groton-v t . c o m / R e c r e a t i o n / T r a i l s / T r a i l s .htm

The roadways within theState Forest are closed for theseason. Therefore, I parked atthe entrance (off VT Route 232)and then walked the mainaccess road to pick up theOsmore Pond Loop Trail. Alongthe way, I did a couple of shortoff-trail forays to poke around inthe nearby forest. One such ven-ture, involved a short traipse offthe road to take a closer look ata fireplace that could be seensitting back in the woods. As Iunderstand it, this fireplace wasa fixture within the RecreationHall for a CCC camp that waslocated here in the early 1930s.There are also old cellar holesand stone fences at this same

location.On a separate tramp through

the woods (about a tenth of amile or so from the old CCCcamp), I came across theremains of a vintage automobilethat perhaps dates back to thelate 1920s. There must be aninteresting story as to how thisold car ended up here in themiddle of the forest in Vermont!After visiting the “Bonnie &Clyde” style car, I returned tothe roadway, which eventuallyled me to the shoreline ofOsmore Pond. In the distance,on the other side of the pond, Icould see Big Deer Mountain,which I would be visiting laterin the day.

From this northern end ofOsmore Pond I began hiking theOsmore Pond Loop Trail south-ward to reach the Little DeerTrail. It’s a short and easy scam-per up this trail to the top ofLittle Deer Mountain. From theledges on this petite mountainthere is a very nice vista thatincludes Lake Groton and themountainous terrain surround-ing it. Also seen from here isnearby Spruce Mountain, whichis easily identifiable by its point-ed peak. There was somethingabout the Little Deer viewpoint,which seemed to exude a feelingof coziness. If more time hadbeen available, it would havebeen a very pleasant place tolinger for an hour or more.

After visiting Little Deer, itwas onward and upward to BigDeer! From the Little DeerTrail, it was a short hop, skipand a jump to pick up the BigDeer Mountain Trail from thesouth end of the Osmore PondLoop Trail. The trail to Big Deerpasses through some veryattractive woods along the way.It is overall a very easy hike, butthere is a short-lived steep sec-tion on the final approach to thesummit.

There are two viewpointsatop Big Deer Mountain. Theblue-blazed trail leads you toone of them, whereas the other

Relics in Vermont woods

Big Deer Mountain view from Osmore Pond

viewpoint is accessed via a spurpath that is unmarked, butquite obvious and easy to follow.However, extreme caution mustbe exercised when visiting thisviewpoint. There is a sheer cliffat the end of the path!

The viewpoint off the maintrail of Big Deer has many simi-larities to those of Little Deer,such as the vista overlookingLake Groton, and a pleasingview of the pointed peak ofSpruce Mountain. In addition,both of the Big Deer viewpointsprovide an impressive view ofthe White Mountains off in thedistance in New Hampshire.Some of the more easily recog-nizable mountains include thehuge mass of Mt. Moosilauke, as

well as the high peaks in andaround the Franconia Notch.

After a thoroughly enjoyablevisit atop Big Deer, I completedmy loop by hiking northward onthe Big Deer Trail to the trail-head located near the mainaccess road for the Groton StateForest. It bears mentioning thatthe trail system in this forest isvery well maintained, and thetrail junctions are all very wellmarked.

Regarding the overall lengthof my loop hike, it’s difficult tobe precise since I’m uncertainabout the distances involved inthe road walking that isrequired when the park is closedfor the season. However, I wouldroughly guess that it was about

a six-mile loop. It took aboutthree hours to complete at aleisurely pace.

To sum it up, I was verypleasantly surprised by thequality of hiking that is avail-able at Groton State Forest, andwas amazed at how little time ittook to drive to this Vermontlocation from my home in north-ern New Hampshire. All thehikes at this location are rathereasygoing, and that’s okay. Notevery hike needs to be an epictrek to the high peaks!

(You may contact the authorby e-mail atrandonneur8@yahoo.com, or vis -it his Blog at http://1happyhik -er.blogspot.com/)

Lake Groton viewed from Little Deer Mountain

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The third and fifth gradersalong with their teachers Mrs.Tilton, Mrs. Brown, and Mrs.Holcombe, cordially invite alllocal veterans to attend ourVeterans’ Day social onTuesday, Nov. 8th from 8-9:30a.m. in the Groveton

Elementary School cafeteria.Students will show their grati-tude through performing songsand poems. Our presentationwill be followed by a social withlight snacks and beverages. Weencourage Veterans to bring inmemorabilia to share with the

students. All Veterans in atten-dance will receive a copy of poet-ry written by the fifth gradersabout some of our localVeterans. We look forward toseeing you at our social.

Groveton Elementary Third and FifthGraders Honor Local Veterans

Lunenburg Elementary School was the scene of a FirePrevention Assembly on Thursday, Oct. 20th. In addition tolistening to a short video presentation, which on safety, stu -dents had the chance to see two of the fire trucks and havetheir questions answered by members of the local fire depart -ment. Kindergarten and Grade 1 students posed for a picturewith Sparky the Fire Dog and the automated fire hydrantnear the end of the instructional session.

(Photo by Nancy Croteau)

WHITEFIELD — As anenthusiastic supporter of ourlocal Toys for Tots program,Mountain View Grand has cre-ated a holiday special offer forits Tower Spa customers. Spacustomers who bring a new,unwrapped toy (with a mini-mum $10 retail value) to theSpa between now and December9 will receive a gift certificatevalued at 30 percent off any 50-minute or longer spa treatment.This includes massages, body

wraps and body scrubs.Certificates will be valid untilNovember 1, 2012. This specialmay not be combined with anyother offer or package.

Toys for Tots gathers donat-ed toys each holiday season forchildren who would otherwisego without on Christmas morn-ing.

For further information,please call Mountain View SpaManager Lauren Ripa at 837-0080.

This free workshop: “ParentLeadership in Special EducationTraining” will be held onMonday, November 14, from 6 to8:30 p.m., White MountainsRegional High School, 127Regional Road in Whitefield.

This training will help par-ents gain the leadership skillsneeded to effectively work withschool districts to increase fami-ly-school partnerships in specialeducation. Family members andschool district personnel are

encouraged to apply. It will be atotal of three evenings,November 14, November 21 andNovember 28.

Free workshop to be held at WMRHS

Workshop--------------------(Continued on Page 14)

Mountain View Grand holidayspecial to benefit Toys for Tots

To celebrate the end of NECAP testing, Groveton third, fourthand fifth graders spent time making scarecrows. Thanks goto second hand stores in Lancaster and Groveton for donatingitems. Enjoy the students’ creativity as you drive by the ele -mentary school. Marshall Ravens and Luke Schafermeyer,above, posed with their scarecrow as Groveton ElementarySchool celebrated the effort students put into the NECAPtests. Groveton fifth grader, Bailee Lambert, below, showedoff the start of her scarecrow. (Photo by Vicky Bailey)

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kets, trays, baked goods, candy.Shepherd’s pie luncheon from11:30 to 1 p.m., Adults, $6 andchildren $3.

Christmas Bazaar atGroveton United MethodistChurch from 10 to 2 p.m. Teatable, food tables, white ele-phant, fancy table, silent auc-tion, and much more.

Local Crafters’ Sale andOpen House at 8 Main Street,Groveton starting at 1 p.m.Homemade Jerky, furniture,sculptures, fiber arts, photogra-phy, stained glass and more.Hosted by Caron’s GatewayReal Estate.

Sunday, Nov. 629th annual Christmas

Bazaar from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. atConcord School, Dickson Gym-nasium in Concord, Vt. Pre-sented by Concord Booster Club.

Friday, Nov. 18The third Open Mic spon-

sored by the Great North WoodsCommittee for the Arts will beheld at 7 p.m., at the ColebrookPublic Library. A donation of $5for nonperformers is suggested.All proceeds go toward bringingarts programming to the NorthCountry.

Saturday, Nov. 19White Mountains Regional

High School Life Skills class willhold a pancake breakfast atChrist United MethodistChurch hall in Lancaster from 7

to 10 a.m. Enjoy a complete pan-cake breakfast: pancakes, baconor sausage, maple syrup andorange juice, coffee, tea or hotchocolate. $5 per person. Comeand enjoy a delicious breakfast.

Lancaster Open-Mic from 6to 9 p.m. at Christ UnitedMethodist Church Hall inLancaster. $3 suggested dona-tion. Musicians of all ages wel-come. Call for more information:Lyndall 788-2660.

Saturday, Nov. 2611th Annual Craft Fair, 9

a.m. to 3 p.m., at the CarrollTown Hall on School St. in Twin

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