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Encouragement and Merry Hearts

18 Sep

I experienced many joys last weekend during "the play" which is what we Homeschool Dramatic Society folks call this whole experience from tryouts through breaking down sets. One special joy was meeting two of you readers, one from Louisiana and one from Fentress County here in Tennessee. This ... View Post

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Mixed Signals

17 Sep

I love my time in the orchestra pit during Homeschool Dramatic Society plays because of what I see onstage. However, most of those two hours per performance are some of the most uncomfortable I spend anywhere ever! My jobs there are to remind the youngest dancers of their moves, to direct a song on ... View Post

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Of Light and Bandwagons

16 Sep

The real Anita Dittman has lived in the United States since shortly after World War II. Homeschooled actors and actresses performed the story of her life from 1933 to 1945 on the stage of the Cookeville Performing Arts Center last Thursday through Saturday. When the curtain opened, young Anita ... View Post

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Miracles in the Camp

10 Sep

Just a few more practices to go before the lights go up on Miracles in the Camp, this year's Homeschool Dramatic Society play. For our playwright and director daughter Mary Evelyn, this is play number 21 and it's play number 21 for her assistant director and mama, too. As I have told you in years ... View Post

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Wonder, Imagination, and Delight

15 Mar

Wednesday was such a delight for me. Our younger daughter invited me to accompany her and her children to a performance at Nashville Children's Theater. This theater is the oldest continually-operating professional children's theater in the U.S. NCT began in 1931 (the year my daddy was born). How ... View Post

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A Message of Love

21 Sep

Blindness cuts us off from things, but deafness cuts us off from people. -- Helen Keller The subject of this year's Homeschool Dramatic Society play is a personal subject in my family. No one in my family is deaf, and I don't know a deaf person among our ancestors. However, by the time I was ... View Post

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