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The Kings Mountain Herald
February 22, 2007
LIFESTYLES
MR. AND MRS. DAVID MICHAEL EVANS
(Anna-Marie Goforth)
Goforth-Evans couple wed
at home of bride’s parents
Anna-Marie Goforth and
David Michael Evans, both of
Gastonia, were recently married
at the home of the bride’s par-
ents in Kings Mountain. Rev.
Richard Spencer officiated.
The bride is the daughter of
Paul and Debbie Goforth of
Kings s Mountain. She is the
granddaughter of Jean Porter
Spencer and the late Charles R.
Porter, Charles E. Goforth and
Mary Schenck Goforth. She is a
graduate of Kings Mountain
High School and works at AGI
Media.
The groom is the son of Gary
and Debra Evans of Winchester,
IL. He is the grandson of Harold
and Geraldine Boes of Hannible,
MO and Eleanor Evans and the
late Theodore Evans of
Winchester, IL. He is a graduate
of Winchester High School and
is employed at AGI Media.
Following the ceremony, Paul
and Debbie Goforth hosted a
reception at their home.
she was 29. After her master told
her, her husband, Jon, and the
rest ofthis slaves that he was
going #0 possibly sell some of
them soon, she told Jon that they
either had to flee or risk being
sold and separated. He did not
see thegpoint in escaping, so she
packedta few belongings and left
that gnight without him.
Although she found freedom
and refuge in the North and was
wanted in the South, she made
at least 19 trips back South to
save around 300 slaves, most of
them mere strangers to her. One
wanted poster claimed a $40,000
reward on her head. There was a
close call or two along the way,
but she carried a weapon with
her and never got caught. When
other slaves in the Underground
Railroad were in her company
seeking freedom and had second
doubts, she said. that she just
showed them her weapon and
“never lost a single one.” “You'll
be free or you'll be dead,” she
declared. After all of her efforts
in that dark time of America’s
history, she made a difference in
the world, if to none other than
those 300 slaves. She asked the
audience, “What y’all doing to
make this world a better place?”
Hickling acted out another
brave hero in the abolitionist
movement, Henry “Box” Brown.
He was born a slave in
Lo RichriondiaVa anchshipped hinn- |
self in a wooden crate to free-
dom in Philadelphia with a little
help from Mr. Smith
(Ostergaard), a shoemaker and
shoe store owner in Va. “I spent
most of the (26 hour) trip on my
head. Nobody cared about the
printing that read ‘This side
up,” she said.
Levi Coffin (Ostergaard) was
coined “President of «= the
Underground Railroad” for his
clever ways of helping slaves
escape. On one trip to freedom,
28 slaves were about to pass a
bridge controlled by slave
hunters. Their only hope was to
act like a procession of mourners
for a funeral. He gave the
women mourning cloths and
told them to keep their heads
down. They passed by without a
hitch. John Parker bought his
own freedom and helped 4,000
slaves in all to safety, Ostergaard
said.
Many other heroes helped
change the course of history and
break the bondages of slavery.
Ostergaard said that they honor
all Americans, past and present,
who stand up for what is right.
Children’s Librarian Christy
Conner said that the library will
have Bright Star Children’s
Theatre back this summer for an
interactive mystery show during
Summer Reading. Ostergaard
and another actress performed
Aesop’s Fables for Summer
Reading last year.
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‘The Mousetrap’ opens Friday
at Kings Mountain High School
Kings Mountain High School
presents this year’s winter play,
The Mousetrap, written by Agitha
Christie and directed by teacher
Misti Arter. Performances will be
held in the Barnes Auditorium at
KMHS on February 23 and 24 at
7 pm and on Sunday, February
25, at 3 pm. Tickets are $6 for
adults, $5 for students and senior
citizens, children six and under
get in free and KMHS
Renaissance Club benefits apply.
According to Arter, “The
Mousetrap is the longest running
play in London. It is a murder
mystery centering around the
newly established guest house
ran by Mollie (Jennifer Cole) and
Giles (Andrew Turner). As their
new guests arrive a snow storm
begins and traps the guests
together as a killer is on the
loose. This is a suspenseful
drama that keeps the audience
on the edge of their seats and
guessing up to the final scene.”
For some of the talented stu-
dents this play will be their last
performance in high school. Cole
has also “played in Everything I
Needed to Know I Learned in
Kindergarten and co-directed This
is a Play, which won a superior
rating, an excellence in directing
award, and two acting awards at
the NC Theatre Conference Play
Festival,” Arter said. “Turner
may be remembered from Scooter
Thomas Makes it to the Top of the
World, Guys and Dolls and Flowers
for Algernon for which he won
honorable mention for best act-
ing at the 2006 NCTC. Eric
Pardo, who plays Trotter, was
Harry the Horse in Guys and
Dolls and Harry Grimer in Don’t
Pet My Rock, both at KMHS.
Adam Pasour, who plays
Christopher, was Milton in All of
the Timing, the 2006 KMHS
Senior play. Ben Hart, who plays
Major = Metcalf, has been
Jonathan in How to Succeed in
Business Without Really Trying,
Professor Nemur in Flowers of
Algernon, for which he received
an honorable mention in acting
at the 2006 NCTC Play Festival.
Megan Bradshaw, who plays
Mrs. Boyle, was General Matilda
B. Cartwright in Guys and Dolls
at KMHS. Lorrin Plyler, who
plays Miss Casewell, and Alex
Lopez, who plays Mr
Paravincini, will be debuting in
this production of The Mousetrap.
For more information, contact
Misti Arter at KMHS at 704-734-
5647.
COCKTAILS
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Susan Champion, wife of Mimi's
Director Jim Champion, plays
the actress Lu White. The play-
book said that she “is a veteran
of many KMLT performances,
including the Nunsense musicals,
Same Time Next Year, Dearly
Departed, and A, My Name is
Alice.” She met Champion, “the
love of her life”, when he was
directing her first performance
with KMLT.
Punkin Higginbotham plays
the incomparable Dody de Vries.
“She debuted with KMLT 20
years ago in The Sound of Music.
Through the years she played in
Murder takes the Stage, Catfish
Moon and Steel Magnolias. . .Her
favorite roles have been Betty in
Catfish Moon and Truvy in Steel
Magnolias. She also directed
KMLT’s Forever Plaid and
Harvey.”
Dena Blalock plays the wife of
Mimi’s lawyer. According to the
playbook, “Since Dena started
volunteering at’ KMLT and by
being on the Board of Directors,
she has wanted to get back into
performing in plays. She said, ‘I
always had an interest in per-
forming, since last appearing in
Lil Abner, Cats and On Broadway
in high school (many years ago).
I am a little rusty. I would like to
dedicate this new start to my
new first grandbaby, Jaden.”
Eighteen-year-old Alex Fields
plays Lester Calthorpe, Edith’s
boyfriend. He has been involved
with the theatre over the past
four years. He describes himself
as an “iconoclast who aspires to
be the king of Dominaria.”
John Bennett, who plays the
Butler, “has appeared in Annie
Get Your Gun, The Fantastiks and
was last seen on stage singing
the part of Jim in the Greater
Shelby Community Theatre pro-
duction of Pump Boys and
Dinettes. He also appeared in
Titanic: The Musical in Gastonia
and Art for a Steal in Cherryville.
He is also an active director.”
For reservations or more infor-
mation call 704-730-9408 or visit
www.kmlt.org.
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