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South Williamsport-based studio has 6 feature twirlers at 5 high schools

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“Baton twirling is coming back to our area strong,” a news release from Phillips Fancy Footwork said. Phillips Fancy Footwork has six feature twirlers at five local high schools this season. “It has been a very long time since this many of my students have been twirling with the bands! I remember growing up probably 30 yrs ago my mother Marsha Phillips had many twirlers in the area! Then twirling died off in this area! Mostly due to the difficulty of this sport! It takes many yrs and hard work to become the icing on the cake to the band,” owner and coach Alana Jones said, ...

Museum to offer event with Muncy author

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The Thomas T. Taber Museum of the Lycoming County Historical Society will host its Coffee Hour at 10 a.m., Oct. 9, with a talk, “Traveling Through Time,” by Linda Poulton of the Muncy Historical Society. According to a news release, when Linda Poulton and her husband retired in 1994, they returned to Muncy, taking up residence in their restored 1848 Georgian-style brick home. “Within months, Linda and Bill discovered the Muncy Historical Society and its critical need for volunteers,” the news release said. “They both signed up, not realizing that it would be a thirty-year ...

CTL to present ‘Jekyll & Hyde, The Musical’ this month

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The Community Theatre League will invite audiences to step behind the façade and into the shadows of Victorian London, when it presents “Jekyll & Hyde, The Musical” on Oct. 10-12, 16-19, a press release said. “(The show) is a soaring gothic pop-rock score that navigates themes of ...

Covenant Central Presbyterian to host concert this weekend

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According to a press release, Covenant Central Presbyterian church will offer “a stirring patriotic concert along with music of pure joy” at 3 p.m. on Saturday. The show will be performed by trumpeters Chuck Seipp and Catherina Getchell Samuel, along with organist Todd Fickley. “The ...

Susquehanna Valley Chorale to perform two works in fall concert

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SUNBURY — According to a press release, the Susquehanna Valley Chorale will present two exuberant works: the contemporary piece “Gloria” by Michael J. Glasgow and a choral standard “Te Deum” by Dvorák at 3:00 p.m. Oct. 19 at Zion Lutheran Church in downtown Sunbury. Patrons are ...

Weis Center to present world music from Ukraine

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LEWISBURG — Bucknell University’s Weis Center for the Performing Arts will welcome world music ensemble Kurbasy from Lviv, Ukraine at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 17, according to a press release. A free pre-performance talk will take place in the Atrium from 6:30-7 p.m. Kurbasy is on tour in the USA ...