The Kings Mountain Herald
July 17, 2008
eweaver@kingsmountainherald.com.
Twelve youthful players in
Kings Mountain Little Theatre's
Summer Drama Camp domi-
nated the Joy Theatre stage
Friday and Saturday nights
winning over the hearts of the
audience in their live presenta-
tion of “Alice in Wonderland.”
Drama Camp co-leader Dan
Treharne, known to the kids as
“Mr. T” said that he was very
proud of them after the show
Friday night. He said that he
asked the young actors and
actresses before the play to raise
their hands if they were nerv-
ous. One by one, their little
hands shot up to the sky.
But nervous or not their pres-
ence on stage seemed natural
for most. With quick set
changes by drama camp coun-
selors and stage hands, the
Wonderland was brought to
life. However it may not have
been as wondrous without the
colorful “mad” characters por-
trayed by Jesse Gregory (Alice),
Brandon Howard (Lewis
Carroll), Gracie Plonk (White
Rabbit), Kyra Howard (Little
Alice/Doormouse), Aubrey
Hallman (Caterpillar/Cheshire
Cat), John Randall (Mad
Hatter / Gardener), Jack Pearson
(March Hare/Pigeon), Matthew
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Brown (King of Hearts), and
storytellers Bethany Mansfield
and Morgan Flitt.
The mad hatters tea party
drew several chuckles from the
crowd as a curious Alice
(Gregory) grew more puzzled
with each word from the silly
March Hare (Pearson), Mad
Hatter (Randall) ~and
Doormouse (Howard). “Would
you like a little more tea?” the
Mad Hatter asked.
“Well, I haven't had any yet,
so I can't very well take more,”
Alice replied.
“Ah, you mean you can't very
well take less,” the March Hare
said.
“Yes. You can always take
more than nothing,” the Mad
Hatter added as Alice pondered
the thought and the audience
giggled. :
A young Brown, playing the
.role of the temperamental King
of Hearts (in Kathryn Schultz
Miller's adaptation of the play),
drew even more laughter from
the audience when he shouted
“Off with your head!” After the
boisterous decree he didn’t miss
a beat, as he switched his com-
posure to charmingly ask Alice,
“do you play croquet?” For the
croquet game he picked a few
kids from the house to be his
“arches.” After his turn, he com-
Bg Wonderland’
EMILY WEAVER/HERALD
Kings Mountain Little Theatre's Summer Drama Camp put on a great show last weekend with their
performance of "Alice in Wonderland." Front row, left-right, Gracie Plonk, Kyra Howard, Matthew
Brown, Jack Pearson, John Randall, Bethany Mansfield. Second row, I-r, Chandler Champion,
Morgan Flitt, Brandon Howard, Aubrey Hallman, Abigail Mansfield. Back row, I-r, Meghan Etters,
Jesse "Soup" Silcott, Nathan Katen, Gabriel Thomas, Caleb Byrd, and Sydney Gregory.
manded the audience to cheer.
After Alice's swing, he told
them to “boo.” They happily
complied with both requests.
And at the end of the night, the
campers were not the only ones
with smiles on their faces.
Abigail Mansfield and
Chandler Champion were tech-
nicians. Camp counselors were
Caleb Byrd, Meghan Etters,
Sydney Gregory, Nathan Katen,
Casey Owensby, Jesse Silcott
and Gabriel Thomas. “Alice in
Wonderland” was performed
under the direction of Kings
Mountain High Drama teachers
Dan Treharne and Traci
Morrison. It was presented in
cooperation with the KMLT and
KMHS Theatre Department.
Blood drive Friday at ARC
Neisler Center
The American Red Cross
reports that its blood inventory
levels are so low it is unable to
sufficiently meet the demand of
local hospitals. A blood. drive .
will be held 1:30-6 p.m. Friday,
July 18th at the American Red
Cross Neisler Center, 210 S.
Piedmont Ave., = Kings
Mountain.
Free Cleveland Mall Chick-
fil-A coupons will be given for
donations and all donors can
enter a drawing for a chance to
win one of three $1,000 gas
cards.
While there is a constant need
for all blood types, donors with
type O positive, O negative, A
positive and A negative are
strongly encouraged to donate.
Type O is the most common
blood type and is used exten-
sively by hospitals. Type O
donors are considered universal
red cell donors because their
blood can be given to almost
* everyone in emergencies when
there is no time to type a
patient’s blood.
Most people who are age 17
or older and weigh at least 110
pounds are eligible to give
blood every 56 days.
Mauney Memorial calls
for old books, movies
and audio
Mauney Memorial Library
needs your old books, movies
and audio books. If not entered
into the library’s collection,
donated materials will be sold
in Mauney’s Book Nook area.
The sale of these items will help
the library purchase new books,
movies and audio books.
Donations can be dropped off
during normal business hours.
For more information, call 704-
739-2371.
CC Arts Council to fea-
ture ‘Baseball as Art’
exhibit July 10
The Cleveland County Arts
Council, 111 S. Washington
Street in Shelby, is hosting a
new exhibit titled “Baseball as
Art,” which will run until
August 28, 2008.
The exhibit will feature over
50 pieces of artwork by local
and national artists. For more
information, contact the CCAC
at 704-484-2787.
Free work available
from Cross Connection
Carolina Cross Connection, a
youth and adult Christian out-
reach ministry, is interested in
doing summer work in the Kings
Mountain area.
The ministry reaches those
who need assistance in the com-
munity, free of charge. Services
include minor home repairs,
wheelchair ramps, painting, yard
work, cleaning and other tasks.
Anyone interested may call
704-538-9113. :
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