Local Area Activities

Sec­ond Har­vest Pro­duce Mar­kets to be held

Ohio Heart­land Com­mu­nity Action Com­mis­sion will be host­ing free pro­duce mar­kets Tues­day, Sept. 27 and Fri­day, Oct. 28 from 12 to 2 p.m. in its park­ing lot at 124 Buehler Street in Galion. Cus­tomers must live in Craw­ford County and are required to sign an income eli­gi­bil­ity form and present photo iden­ti­fi­ca­tion. Cus­tomers should bring their own bags and boxes. If you are inter­ested in vol­un­teer­ing for either mar­ket, phone (419) 468‑5121 for addi­tional information.

There are lim­ited reg­is­tra­tions avail­able for O.H.C.A.C.’s back­pack pro­gram. The pro­gram pro­vides chil­dren with back­packs filled with enough child-friendly, non­per­ish­able, and easy to con­sume food to last one week­end. The pro­gram is for Galion City School stu­dents involved in the free or reduced lunch pro­gram. Par­ents must be able to pick up the packs at the O.H.C.A.C. office each Fri­day between 3:30 and 4:15 p.m. and return them the fol­low­ing Mon­day to be replen­ished for the upcom­ing week­end. For more infor­ma­tion, con­tact O.H.C.A.C. at (419)468‑5121.

Pos­i­tive Aging Expo to be held

MANSFIELD — The Area Agency on Aging, Ohio Dis­trict 5, serv­ing North Cen­tral Ohio will host a pos­i­tive aging expo at the Rich­land County Fair­grounds on Tues­day, Sept. 27 from 9 a.m. — 2 p.m.

For more infor­ma­tion, please call 1 (800) 860‑5799 or check on the web at www.aaa5ohio.org

Night hike at Heck­ert Nature Pre­serve slated

Join Craw­ford Park Dis­trict nat­u­ral­ist, Josh Dyer, as he points out the sites and sounds of the for­est at night on Tues­day, Sept. 27 at Heck­ert Nature Pre­serve, 1601 State Rt. 19, west of State Rt. 602. The hike will start at 7:30 p.m. As the sun sets, life emerges. Lit­tle insects that were evad­ing pre­da­tion by day, make their nightly sojourns for food. And night-time strolls are an enjoy­able and relax­ing way to absorb more nature. Bring a flashlight.

For more infor­ma­tion con­tact the Craw­ford Park Dis­trict office at (419) 683‑9000. Look for infor­ma­tion on other pro­grams offered by vis­it­ing the web site at www.crawfordparkdistrict.org

Buck­eyes for Kids pro­gram at Lowe-Volk Park

Thurs­day, Sept. 29, learn about buck­eyes at 6 p.m. at Lowe-Volk Park, 2401 State Route 598, three miles north of U.S. Rt. 30.

Join Craw­ford Park Dis­trict vol­un­teer, Joy Etter-Link, for an infor­ma­tive and fun-filled pro­gram that will include a buck­eye craft.

Ohio Buck­eyes are native trees that were des­ig­nated as Ohio’s state tree in 1953. They grow well along streams, rivers and lowlands.

For more infor­ma­tion, please con­tact the Craw­ford Park Dis­trict office at (419) 683‑9000. Look for infor­ma­tion on other pro­grams offered by vis­it­ing the web site at www.crawfordparkdistrict.org

Excel­lence in Diver­sity Awards Din­ner to be held

MANSFIELD — OSU’s Mans­field office of Mul­ti­cul­tural Affairs will hold its inau­gural “Excel­lence in Diver­sity Awards Din­ner” on Thurs­day, Sept. 29 at 6 p.m. in Eisen­hower Hall. The keynote speaker will be Gene Smith, ath­letic direc­tor at The Ohio State University.

Tick­ets for the din­ner may be obtained by call­ing Dame­traus Jag­gers at (419) 755‑4110 or online at jaggers.7@osu.edu

Galion Pub­lic Library to host Har­vest Party for children

The Galion Pub­lic Library, 123 N Mar­ket St, will host a Har­vest Party for chil­dren in grades K — 2 on Sat­ur­day, Oct. 1 from 2 — 3:30 p.m. The fun will include fall sto­ries, crafts and games. Dec­o­rate a pump­kin, bob for apples and more.

Weather per­mit­ting, the party will be out­side for a por­tion of the day.

Reg­is­tra­tion is required for this free pro­gram. For more infor­ma­tion or to sign up, please call the library at (419) 468‑3203 and ask for the Children’s Room.

Sub­mit­ted by Ellen Buehrer, children’s librarian

Library to hold work­shop with local author

If you missed Rachel Mendell’s writ­ing work­shop ear­lier this month, you still have one more oppor­tu­nity to put your pen­cil and paper to work. Local author, Rachel Mendell, will be back on Sat­ur­day, Oct. 1 for her brand new, “Cre­at­ing Your Mem­oirs” workshop.

This two-hour work­shop will start at 9:30 a.m. and is designed to unlock dis­tant mem­o­ries and tap open doors that have long been shut. This will be done through the use of sim­ple every-day objects. Then,

you’ll learn tips on mak­ing a mem­ory into a story and get advice on cre­at­ing a longer work — your memoirs.

This work­shop is free, but reg­is­tra­tion is required. Call to (419) 468‑3203 to register.

Mor­row County Quilt­ing Guild to host show

MOUNT GILEAD — The Mor­row County Quilt­ing Guild will host a quilt show, “The ABCs of Quilt­ing” on Sat­ur­day, Oct. 1 and Sun­day, Oct. 2 at the Mt. Gilead Park Ave. Ele­men­tary School gym. Show hours are Sat­ur­day, 10 a.m. — 5 p.m. and Sun­day, 11 a.m. — 4 p.m. There is a free-will dona­tion to enter.

The Guild made a king-size quilt which will be raf­fled. The draw­ing will be held at 3:30 p.m. on Sun­day and the win­ner need not be present to win. There will also be a silent auc­tion and a sale table.

The hon­ored quil­ter will be Loraine Stacey, who will dis­play some of her work.

The Mor­row County Quilt­ing Guild was estab­lished in 1992. The group cur­rently has 33 mem­bers who share work­shops, show-and-tell, chal­lenge quilts and spe­cial projects. Com­pleted quilts are donated to Touch­ing Lit­tle Lives of Ohio, sol­dier quilts, Heart­beat of Mor­row County, Wit­ness Pro­tec­tion Pro­gram and Hospice.

Quilt lovers of all skill lev­els are wel­come to join. The Guild meets the third Sat­ur­day of each month at 9:30 a.m. at the First Pres­by­ter­ian Church, N. Cherry St. in Mt. Gilead. Sub­mit­ted by Cheryl Jason

Galion Area United Way wel­comes ‘Frank and Dean and Then Some’

The Galion Area United Way Cam­paign Event, “Frank & Dean and Then Some” will be held on Fri­day, Sept. 30 at the Galion Moose Lodge 303, 520 S. Mar­ket St. from 6:30 — 10 p.m. Scott Broth­er­ton and Damion Fontaine pro­vide a unique and unfor­get­table evening for a great cause.

Pre­sent­ing this event are First Fed­eral Bank of Ohio; Galion Moose Lodge 303; Galion Inquirer; Dostal & Kirk Insur­ance; Geyer’s Cor­po­rate Office and Mark Schnei­der Funeral Home.

Tick­ets are $15. Call (419) 468‑1257 or pick up at Fox Plumb­ing and Heat­ing, 126 N. Wash­ing­ton St., Galion.

Ohio Mutual plans plant­ing party with Park District

BUCYRUS —The Ohio Mutual Insur­ance Group, 1725 Hop­ley Ave, will hold a”planting party” in front of the main build­ing, on Sat­ur­day, Oct. 1, from 8 a.m. — noon. Vol­un­teers from Ohio Mutual, the Craw­ford Park Dis­trict and the com­mu­nity will plant a custom-created blend of seeds. The blend will even­tu­ally mature as a vivid land­scape of col­or­ful native plants dis­cov­ered by the area’s orig­i­nal set­tlers hun­dreds of years ago.

The inno­v­a­tive two-year con­ser­va­tion project, made pos­si­ble with coop­er­a­tion of the Craw­ford Park Dis­trict, is called the Ohio Mutual Prairie Pre­serve. The goal is to con­vert a vis­i­ble area of the company’s main cam­pus from turf grass to native prairie flora.

Car­rousel Anniversary

We invite you to join us Sat­ur­day Oct. 1, 2011 for the 20th Anniver­sary Go Round at Rich­land Car­rousel Park. Come bike, run or walk!

Meet us at the Car­rousel and begin your scenic bike tour. Choose the City Parks Ride (3.6mi) or explore the more exten­sive Rich­land B&O Trail. You will pass through sev­eral small vil­lages with neat oppor­tu­ni­ties to shop, sight­see or grab a refresh­ment. Up to 40 miles of beau­ti­ful woodlands.

After the bik­ers are off, the 5k Fun Run through down­town Mans­field begins, imme­di­ately fol­lowed by the start of our Mile Run/Walk, there is some­thing for every­one and all ages. All events fin­ish back at Car­rousel Park for another go-round, but this time on our fab­u­lous Car­rousel! Our hand-carved car­rousel was the first new car­rousel to be built and oper­ated in the United States since the 1930’s! Choose one of our 52 unique fig­ures (styled after G.A.Denzel & hand­i­capped acces­si­ble) to ride on while enjoy­ing the music of the Stin­son Band Organ.

Our down­town Hol­i­day Inn & Suites will be offer­ing a spe­cial rate for event par­tic­i­pants and a Fri­day Night Spaghetti Buf­fet for all par­tic­i­pants. After din­ner & social­iz­ing enjoy a short walk to the His­toric Car­rousel Dis­trict for a free live con­cert at The BrickYard.

Check us out on Face­book — 20th Anniver­sary Go Round.

Tif­fin Flea Mar­ket to be held

TIFFIN — The Tif­fin Flea Mar­ket, spon­sored by the Seneca County Jr. Fair Foun­da­tion, will be open Sat­ur­day and Sun­day, Oct. 1 and 2 at the Seneca County Fair­grounds, 100 Hopewell Ave. Tiffin.

Show hours on both days are from 9 a.m. — 4 p.m., rain or shine.

The fair­grounds are off State Rts. 18 , 53 or 224.

For more infor­ma­tion, please call man­ager Joan Zim­mer­man at 1 (419) 447‑9613 or 1 (419) 618‑4979 or visit: www.tiffinfleamarket.com

Learn the art of divid­ing peonies

MANSFIELD — Reg­is­tra­tion is open for a work­shop on divid­ing peonies, to be held at King­wood Cen­ter, 900 Park Ave. West, on Sat­ur­day, Oct. 1, from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Par­tic­i­pants will meet in the Exhibit Hall, located across from the Green­house. Cost of the class is $10, mem­bers & vol­un­teers $8, and must accom­pany advance reg­is­tra­tion. Admis­sion to King­wood is free with paid class reg­is­tra­tion. Bill Collins, Kingwood’s head gar­dener, will demon­strate the proper meth­ods of divid­ing and reset­ting peonies in the gar­den. Stu­dents will receive a divi­sion to take home and plant.

For more infor­ma­tion, or to reg­is­ter, call (419) 522‑0211, Ext. 107 Mon­day through Fri­day, from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. All fees must be paid in advance.

Bucyrus Lit­tle The­atre to hold audi­tions for sec­ond show

BUCYRUS — Bucyrus Lit­tle The­atre announces audi­tions for the sec­ond show of the 2011/2012 sea­son, “A Christ­mas Story”. Audi­tions will be held at the The­atre, 130 Songer Ave., on Oct. 2 and 3 at 6 p.m.

Those plan­ning to audi­tion should be pre­pared to do “cold” read­ings. There is no need to bring pre­pared mate­r­ial. This show is not a musical.

Those who have ques­tions prior to audi­tions may email the direc­tor of the show, Tracy McAdams, at tracyleemcadams@gmail.com.

Just a reminder, there are still three per­for­mances left of the sea­son opener “Lit­tle Shop of Hor­rors” Sept. 23, 24, and 25. Call (419) 562‑0731 to reserve tickets.

Mans­field Play­house holds audi­tions for Christ­mas Show

MANSFIELD — The Mans­field Play­house announces audi­tions for its upcom­ing Christ­mas pro­duc­tion “Best Christ­mas Pageant Ever” writ­ten by Bar­bara Robin­son and directed by Doug Wertz. Audi­tion dates are Tues­day and Wednes­day, Oct. 4 and 5, at 7:30 p.m. at the Play­house, 95 E. Third Street.

This delight­ful play tells the story of a cou­ple try­ing to put on a church Christ­mas show and hav­ing to cast the Herd­man Kids — a pack of awful pranksters that would try anyone’s patience. The Herdman’s cause may­hem on an epic scale but some­how the magic of Christ­mas prevails.

Per­for­mances will be Dec. 2, 3, 4, 9, 10 and 11.

For more infor­ma­tion, please email mansfieldplayhouse@hotmail.com or jmoser01@zoominternet.net. or call the Play­house at (419) 522‑8140 between 1 and 6 p.m., Wednes­day through Friday.

Fall Fes­ti­val and Ben­e­fit Auc­tion to be held at Camp Mowana

Camp Mowana’s annual Fall Fes­ti­val and Ben­e­fit Auc­tion will be held on Sun­day, Oct. 2 from 12:30 — 5:30 p.m. The day will fea­ture great food, hayrides, crafts and the oppor­tu­nity to meet “Johnny Appleseed.”

There will also be pony rides, a pet­ting zoo and pump­kin carv­ing for the kids. Blue­grass and tra­di­tional music will be per­formed by Fid­dle Tyme.

The auc­tion, fea­tur­ing quilts, fine hand­crafts and many other unique items will begin at 3 p.m.

Admis­sion and park­ing are free. Camp Mowana is located between Mans­field and Ash­land on Flem­ing Falls Rd., just east of US Rt. 42

For more infor­ma­tion, please call the camp at (419) 589‑7406.

Bulb plant­ing work­shop to be held

MANSFIELD — Reg­is­tra­tion is open for a work­shop on Bulb Plant­ing Tech­niques to be held at King­wood Cen­ter, 900 Park Ave. West, on Sat­ur­day, Oct. 8, from 10 to 11:30 a.m. in the Meet­ing Hall. Fee must accom­pany advance reg­is­tra­tion. Parking/admission to King­wood Cen­ter is free with paid registration.

Bill Collins, Kingwood’s head gar­dener, will answer many ques­tions about plant­ing bulbs, such as when to plant, soil type, how deep to plant, should they be fer­til­ized and more.

For more infor­ma­tion, or to reg­is­ter, please con­tact King­wood Cen­ter, Mon­day through Fri­day, 7 a.m. to 3 p.m., (419) 522‑0211, Ext. 107.

Olde Stark Antique Faire to be held

CANTON — The Olde Stark Antique Faire will be held on Oct. 8 and 9 and Nov. 12 and 13 at Stark County Fair­grounds, Exhi­bi­tion Build­ing, 305 Wertz Ave. Can­ton. The large, indoor antiques and col­lectibles show will run from 9 a.m. — 4 p.m. on Sat­ur­day and from 10 a.m. — 4 p.m. on Sunday.

For more infor­ma­tion, please call Bar­bara Gar­duno at 1 (330) 794‑9100.

Grace Brethren Church to host Char­ity 5K run and walk

Grace Brethren Church is cel­e­brat­ing its 50th anniver­sary with a 5K run and walk as part of the Con­nec­tions Week­end cel­e­bra­tion on Sat­ur­day, Oct. 8. All pro­ceeds will be donated to the “Back to School” pro­gram through Ohio Heart-land Com­mu­nity Action, which sup­plies needy chil­dren with school uni­forms, shoes and school supplies.

The pre­reg­is­tra­tion fee is $15 and includes a T-shirt for the first 50 peo­ple to reg­is­ter. A kid’s fun run is $5. Both fees must be post-marked by Sept. 26. Race day reg­is­tra­tion fee is $20.

To reg­is­ter online, visit www.galionschools.org (click on the Con­nec­tions link) or send a reg­is­tra­tion form to: Grace Brethren Church, 1055 Win­ches­ter Rod, Galion. Please make checks payable to the Grace Brethren Church.

For more infor­ma­tion, please call Jeff Pen­ning­ton at (419) 989‑5269 or visit: jeffpennington@ci.galion.oh.us

Olde Stark Antique Faire to be held

CANTON — The Olde Stark Antique Faire will be held on Oct. 8 and 9 and Nov. 12 and 13 at Stark County Fair­grounds, Exhi­bi­tion Build­ing, 305 Wertz Ave. Can­ton. The large, indoor antiques and col­lectibles show will run from 9 a.m. — 4 p.m. on Sat­ur­day and from 10 a.m. — 4 p.m. on Sunday.

For more infor­ma­tion, please call Bar­bara Gar­duno at 1 (330) 794‑9100.

Con­nec­tions Week­end Golf Scramble

The Galion Coun­try Club, 4810 State Rte. 309, Galion will host the Con­nec­tions Week­end Golf Scram­ble (18 holes) on Sat­ur­day, Oct. 8. Check-in begins at 8:30 a.m. with a shot­gun start at 10 a.m.

The fee per player is $100 and includes golf with cart, burger or brat lunch with chips, brown­ies and pop, door prizes, prox­im­ity games and skins game. Make up your own four­some or be paired up by the coun­try club. A por­tion of the entry fee may be tax deductible.

Please make checks payable to Galion Com­mu­nity Foun­da­tion. Mail along with names of play­ers, their hand­i­cap, address, phone num­ber and e-mail address to: Galion Booster Club, c/o Rod Vose, 472 Port­land Way North, Galion, Ohio 44833.

Play will be a scram­ble for­mat and hand­i­caps will be used in a fair and equi­table way, pro­vid­ing all teams a very good chance to com­pete and win this event.

Per­fec­tion — Cobey Com­pany to hold annual reunion

The Per­fec­tion — Cobey Com­pany annual reunion will be held on Sat­ur­day, Oct 8 and will start with a trip down Mem­ory Lane, a two to three-hour tour of the plant. Meet at 1 p.m. at 328 S. East St., cur­rently Covert Mfg. Note: No open-toed shoes. Have your own eye protection.

Con­tinue to rem­i­nisce and dine at the Galion Moose Lodge, 520 S. Mar­ket Street at 5 p.m. Cost of the meal is $18 per person.

To make reser­va­tions, or for more infor­ma­tion, please con­tact Karan (Ron) Christ­man, 720 N. Main St., Lot 15, Mt. Gilead, Ohio 43338.

What’s all the Buzz about?

Craw­ford Park Dis­trict vol­un­teer, Joy Etter-Link, invites you to come out to Lowe-Volk Park, 2401 State Rt. 598 and make a bee mobile on Tues­day, Oct. 11, at 6 p.m. Observe the indoor bee hive and get a “taste of honey.” All sweet kids up to fifth grade are wel­come. Lowe-Volk Park is located three miles north of US Rt. 30.

For more infor­ma­tion, con­tact the Craw­ford Park Dis­trict office at (419) 683‑9000. Look for infor­ma­tion on other pro­grams offered by vis­it­ing the web site at www.crawfordparkdistrict.org

GCH plans ‘Walk on the Wild Side’ women’s event

Women from all over the area will have a chance to “walk on the wild side” at a brand new event on Oct. 13, AT 5 p.m. at St. Joseph’s Activ­ity Cen­ter, 115 Lib­erty Street in Galion.

The event, which is being planned and hosted by a spe­cial women’s group called the “Divas and Dar­lings of the Galion Com­mu­nity Hos­pi­tal Foun­da­tion”, will ben­e­fit women’s health ser­vices at Galion Com­mu­nity Hospital.

This year’s event is being spon­sored by Obstet­rics and Gyne­col­ogy of Galion as well as My Floors of Galion.

“Avita Health Sys­tem is work­ing towards edu­cat­ing and pro­mot­ing well­ness for the women of our area,” com­ments Tammy Schott, Galion Com­mu­nity Hos­pi­tal Foun­da­tion director.

“The Foun­da­tion and our Aux­il­iary are excited in their joint effort to help raise the nec­es­sary fund­ing which will ben­e­fit women’s health ser­vices for the hospital.”

Tick­ets for this event are $25 a per­son and can be reserved by call­ing Tammy Schott at the Galion Com­mu­nity Hos­pi­tal Foun­da­tion office at (419) 468‑0566.

For more infor­ma­tion on the “Walk on the Wild Side” ben­e­fit event, visit www.galionhospital.org.

Bloom­ing Grove UMC to hold Rummage/Bake Sale

The Bloom­ing Grove United Methodist Church, 9665 C.R. 20, Bloom­ing Grove will hold a Rummage/Bake Sale with lunch on Sat­ur­day, Oct. 15 from 8 a.m. — 2 p.m. The soup and sand­wich lunch may be car­ried out.

Dried flower work­shop to be held

MANSFIELD — Reg­is­tra­tion is open for a work­shop on dried flow­ers design, to be held at King­wood Cen­ter, 900 Park Ave. West, on Fri­day, Oct. 14, from 10 a.m. to 12 noon in the Meet­ing Hall. Fee must accom­pany advance reg­is­tra­tion. Parking/admission to King­wood Cen­ter is free with paid class registration.

Bill Collins, Kingwood’s head gar­dener, will demon­strate how to cre­ate a beau­ti­ful autumn flo­ral design using a mix of dried flow­ers, seed pods and grasses. Stu­dents will cre­ate their own arrange­ment to take home.

For more infor­ma­tion, or to reg­is­ter, please con­tact King­wood, Tues­day through Sat­ur­day, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., at (419) 522‑0211.

King­wood to sell lily bulbs

MANSFIELD — The Ohio Lily Soci­ety will hold its fall sale of bulbs in the King­wood Cen­ter Meet­ing Hall, 900 Park Ave. West from 12 noon to 3 p.m. on Sun­day, Oct. 16. Many new lily vari­eties, as well as some of the more com­monly grown favorites, will be sold. Rea­son­able prices make this an ideal oppor­tu­nity for the gar­dener to obtain high-quality bulbs.

Mem­bers of the Ohio Lily Soci­ety will be avail­able to answer ques­tions about desir­able vari­eties and grow­ing lilies. The bulbs for this sale come from the gar­dens of mem­bers of the Ohio Lily Soci­ety and from whole­sale grow­ers. The soci­ety pur­chases bulbs in quan­tity for resale to the pub­lic. Prof­its from the sale will go for the sup­port of the Ohio Lily Society.

For more infor­ma­tion on this and other activ­i­ties at King­wood Cen­ter, please call (419) 522‑0211, Mon­day through Fri­day, 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. King­wood is eas­ily reached from the north or south via Inter­state 71 or Route 13, and from the east or west via U. S. Route 30.

Heal­ing Jour­ney series to start in October

Home­Care Mat­ters Home Health & Hos­pice will be start­ing their Heal­ing Jour­ney series in Octo­ber. The classes will be held every Thurs­day in Octo­ber and the first Thurs­day in Novem­ber start­ing at 6 p.m. at the Home­Care Mat­ters office, 1220 N. Mar­ket St. in Galion.

This series is to help you dis­cover what grief is and to develop a guide for your jour­ney of heal­ing. The classes are free and open to indi­vid­u­als and fam­i­lies in the com­mu­nity who have grief and loss needs. You can come alone or together with a fam­ily mem­ber or friend. Please call Joel at (419) 468‑7985 for more infor­ma­tion or to reg­is­ter for the classes. Reg­is­tra­tion is required. Home­Care Mat­ters is a not-for-profit orga­ni­za­tion serv­ing Craw­ford, Huron, Mar­ion, Mor­row, Knox, Rich­land, Seneca and Wyan­dot counties

Ash­land Uni­ver­sity presents Madri­gal Feaste

ASHLAND — Ash­land Uni­ver­sity Depart­ment of Music cor­dially invites every­one to cel­e­brate the hol­i­days at the 36th Annual Madri­gal Feaste slated for Wednes­day through Sun­day, Nov. 30 to Dec. 4. All per­for­mances begin at 6:30 p.m. in Red­wood Hall.

Tick­ets go on sale to the pub­lic on Mon­day, Sept. 26, at 12 noon through the Ash­land Uni­ver­sity Box Office at (419) 289‑5125 or online at www.ashland.edu/tickets.

Directed by Dr. Row­land Black­ley, direc­tor of choral activ­i­ties, the Madri­gal Feaste is a din­ner the­ater based on the period of Queen Eliz­a­beth I of Eng­land around 1600. With enter­tain­ment pro­vided through­out the evening, the event includes Christ­mas car­ols, cer­e­mo­nial music and madri­gals per­formed by the Ash­land Uni­ver­sity Cham­ber Singers while the Madri­gal Play­ers present a new play each year along with other the­atri­cal stunts through­out the evening. Per­former cos­tumes are designed as authen­tic recon­struc­tions of period apparel; and the Feaste includes a four-course meal cul­mi­nat­ing in flam­ing bread pud­ding. Veg­e­tar­ian meals are avail­able upon request.

The 2011 Madri­gal Feaste Cham­ber Singers fea­ture Jonathan Barko as the King and Lau­ren Mas­saro as the Queen along with their court, includ­ing Jes­sica Blake, Sam Diemer, Erin Lin­gen­fel­ter, Brandy Riha, Katie Stone, Alex VanScoy, Katie Vargo, Jor­dan Black, Bret Cow­den, Matthew Daw­son, Christo­pher Gof­fos, Derek Jack­en­heimer, Cur­tis Reynolds and Drew Roth­haar. Led by Eddie Car­ney as the Jester, the Madri­gal Play­ers include Austin Arnold, Mad­die Beer, Kelsey Bowens, Jensen Glick, Katie Mounts and Nate Sayatovich.

A veg­e­tar­ian meal option is avail­able upon request. Due to prepa­ra­tion of meals, tick­ets are not avail­able at the door.

For more infor­ma­tion, visit the Web site at www.ashland.edu/music or con­tact Tri­cia Apple­gate, coor­di­na­tor of per­form­ing arts pub­lic­ity and events, at (419) 289‑5950 or tapplega@ashland.edu.

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