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Show Gourmet of theatre? Try this tasty dish by M. Dale Schofield Hear ye, hear ye! If you are a gourmet of the theatre, have an appetite for fine music, and savor the arts, then you are in luck. The Beaver Civic Arts Council is preparing a cultural smorgasbord that will leave you weak with excitement and expectation but gratified and fulfilled beyond your wildest imagination. The best cultural chefs of Beaver County - right at this moment - are brewing the most tasty summer arts program that has ever come off the griddle. For hors d'oeuvres there is the Dungeon of Arts. This fascinating art gallery is in the basement of the old Beaver County Courthouse, and is indeed the old dungeon or jail - that in its time housed many a desperado. Chefs Sherman Carter and Chloe Fillmore are planning an interesting exhibit of art work and will have the "Dungeon" open to the public during July and part of August. TASTY SALAD Now for the salad - "Dick Whittington and His Amazing Cat," by Pat Hume. But you don't like cat in a salad, you say? Well maybe you've never tried it. One thing is for sure; this Children's Theatre Production will leave you wanting more. Chef Chris Hutchinson and her cooks Sharon Jones and Linda Robinson have put more twists into this musical set in the fourteenth century than Dick's cat has lives. They are working with a cast of twenty-five talented boys and girls ages ten to fourteen. four-teen. This salad bar will be open July 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th in the old Beaver County Courthouse. ENTREE For the main course there is not one but two fabulous entrees! Have you ever hummed to yourself that nostalgic melody, "Try to Remember?" Well you're going to have the opportunity op-portunity to eat - excuse me -I mean see and hear the musical comedy from which it came - none other than "The Fantasticks!" Chefs Ann Messer and Gordon Johnson are putting the ingredients together for this delightful musical comedy. It has been one of the most popular off-Broadway and touring musical productions of all time. And we will have it presented to us right here in Beaver. You can fill your plate the evenings of July 10th, 11th, 17th, 18th, 22nd and 24th. It will leave you feeling so good and wanting more that you will dash for the second entree - "Our Town." ANOTHER HELPING Yes, "Our Town," by Thorton Wilder, is one of the best known stage plays of the past fifty years. The chefs preparing this tasty portion have had much experience satisfying your culinary cultural desires. Who else but Hal Hickman and Gay tha Benson would be stirring up such a concoction. con-coction. You'll love every minute of it and you may go back for a second helping because it will be served July 23rd, 25th, 31st and August 1st, 7th and 8th. Both entrees will be presented in the old Beaver County Courthouse. And listen, folks, we have some new lighting in that place that will literally knock your eyes out. So you think you are too full for dessert? Don't you believe it! What you have had so far will make it impossible im-possible for you to get out of the month of July without sampling not one but two desserts. DELICIOUS DESSERTS You like cheesecake smothered with strawberries - or fresh peaches maybe? Well the Beaver Ladies Barbershop Chorus will give a concert the evening of July 21st in the Beaver High School Auditorium. Ruth Crook is preparing the cheesecake and Hal Hickman will pour on the strawberries. Hal Hickman!?!? Now what is he doing over in the dessert section? See, we told you nobody could resist it. And for a hot fudge sundae - or you name YOUR favorite dessert - Gordon Johnson and Nell Smith will give a one hour concert the evening of July 29th in the Beaver High School Auditorium. Gordon is a virtual virtuoso on the piano and what more can be said about Nell. They will each do some solo work. NO CALORIES! Oh yes, you'll be delighted to know that the desserts contain no calories. Come to think of it, neither do the hors d'oeuvres, salad, nor the two entrees. Now where would you find another smorgasbord like that? I say no place! So, loosen the belts, prepare to tuck a napkin under your chin, and get those cultural gastric juices flowing. 'Cuz come July you can go on a smorgasbord binge that will leave you nothing but trim, happy, and feeling just a wee bit better about that little old world around you. |