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CLT’s ‘Little Mermaid’ a swimming success
EMILY WEAVER
Editor
Cherryville Little The-
ater’s production of “Dis-
ney’s The Little Mermaid
Jr.” is the perfect, charming
show for any family to see.
From powerhouse singing,
upbeat music and smooth
choreography to the perfect
delivery of witty one-liners
and polished acting, it’s a
show you don’t want to
miss.
The play continues for
two final performances this
Friday, Aug. 10, and Satur-
day, Aug. 11 at 7 p.m. at the
Cherryville Little Theater,
301 W. Academy St., Cher-
ryville. Tickets will be sold
at the theatre for $8 for
adults and $6 for kids, stu-
dents and senior citizens.
Proud parents and patrons
packed the theatre Friday
night as the curtain rose on
the opening act of a play and
its players who kept the
house erupting with applause
at the end of every scene.
Kings Mountain’s Sophia
-Kellstrom, as the in-
domitable sea witch “Ur-
sula”, stole the spotlight -
along with the voice of Ariel.
Her powerhouse singing
‘voice and polished stage
presence almost make the
audience want to rout for the
villain. Her commanding
performance of “Pour Un-
fortunate Souls” had some in
the crowd swaying.
And even a sudden power
outage, from a transformer
that blew down the street
didn’t throw her or her
henchmen Flotsam (Kenan
Caldwell) and Jetsam (Kobe
Caldwell) off course while
they continued to act out
their scene in a darkened the-
ater. Power was restored in
less than a minute and the
troublesome trio in the
“power of the darkside”
scene didn’t miss a beat.
The Caldwells of Cher-
ryville played the part of the
squirmy sea snakes superbly,
slithering their way into
scenes with stealthy finesse.
Cherryville’s Sarah Fox
quickly stole the heart of the
audience as the beautiful
young mermaid “Ariel”
wanting so desperately to be
a ‘Part of Your World”.
Perched on the edge of the
stage, she sang the hit song
with poise and. passion, but
just as eloquently and confi-
dently played the role of
Ariel without a voice - will-
ing to do anything to live in
the world above.
Sarah Fox of Cherryville stole the heart of the audience as
the mermaid Ariel in CLT’s production of The Little Mermaid.
In the background is Matt Brown of Kings Mountain as Floun-
der.
Kaleb Caldwell of Cher-
ryville starred in the role of
Ariel’s overly-protective fa-
ther “King Triton”, demand-
ing a witty French lobster,
Sebastian (Carver Thomp-
son) be his Soughter s body-
guard.
Shelby’s Tiionipson tick-
led the crowd several times
as the cool crustacean, who
Local restauranteur
fishes Pacific waters,
reels in a catch for diners
Left to right, Lane Bolin, Robert Bolin, Angel Peterson, Ryan Bolin on a fishing trip in Alaska.
= EMILY WEAVER
Editor
Employees of 238 Chero-
kee Street and friends trav-
eled across the continent on
a fishing excursion in July
that netted 350 pounds of
Alaska King Salmon, Hal-
ibut and Rockfish. The im-
pressive catch from the Gulf
of Alaska will be served at
the restaurant Thursday, Fri-
day and Saturday nights this
week. -
With highs in the 50s, off
the coast of Sitka, Alaska,
-”
- ARRESTS
JULY 30: Joseph Lee Short,
24, 111 Bain Rd., resist, delay,
obstruct, communicating
threats, $1,000 bond, secured.
JULY 30: Lavarshea Mar-
quis Tribble, 30, Monroe, DWI,
$1000 bond, unsecured.
JULY 31:Toshia Rochelle
Floyd, 31, 404 Belvedere Cir-
cle, school attendance law vio-
lation.
JULY 31: Katie Hannah
Conard, 58, 216 Catherine St.,
assault with deadly weapon,
written promise.
! AUG. 3: Tiffany Jo Carri-
gan, 34, 203 N. Dilling St.
order for arrest for failure to ap-
. pear, $2000 bond, secure.’
AUG. 3: Justin Watts, 27,
eight anglers cast their lines
and their, nets, July 7-14,
reeling in the specials cus-
tomers have craved.
“We went last year and
brought fish back and served
them in the restaurant. It was
such a tremendous hit that
we decided to do it the same
time again this year,” said
Robert Bolin, owner of 238
Cherokee Street.
Robert was given a trip to
Alaska as a birthday present
in July 2011. That present
has now become a tradition
that has delighted both fish-
809 Church St., worthless
check, criminal summons.
AUG. 4: A 17-year-old male
was charged with larceny and
possession of stolen goods, both
misdemeanors, $10,000 unse-
ermen and diners.
“People are still talking
about the fish from last
year,” he said.
Robert’s wife, Lane, and
son, Ryan, went with him on
this year’s trip to Alaska,
along with Amanda and
Brandon White and Angel
Peterson. Kora Corey, man-
ager of 238 Cherokee Street,
and Amy Corey went fishing
in the cool Pacific waters
shortly before the Bolins and
brought back several fish to
add to the catch.
m KINGS MOUNTAIN POLICE LoG
cured bond.
AUG. 4: Jeffery Tyrone
Ross, 41, 1417 Shelby Rd., as-
sault on female, no bond.
See POLICE, 5A
Hurray...
Happy Birthday
she’s 50l
Pam Moore
from, The Gang
found himself in hot water,
escaping from a cleaver-car-
rying chef and trying to
avoid the wrath of King Tri-
ton when Ariel falls prey to
Ursula.
Matt Brown of Kings
Mountain never floundered
in his role as, “Flounder”,
winning the audience with
his songs, his sass and his
sidekick expertise.
Eighteen-year-old An-
drew Childers of Kings
Mountain also shined as the
scavenging “Scuttle”,
singing and “squawking” his
way into the spotlight.
Playing Ariel's “mersis-
ters” Claire Hicks of Gasto-
nia, Madison Ramsey of
Kings Mountain, Cheyenne
Hoffman of Cherryville,
Molly Smith of Boiling
Springs, Linsey Wagner of
Kings Mountain and Cydney
Wallace of Shelby wowed
the crowd with their rendi-
tions of “Daughters of Tri-
ton” and “She’s in Love”
and their fluid choreography.
Madison Ramsey, with an
excellent French accent,
brought a lot of fun to the
stage as “Chef Louis”, along
with back-up chefs played
by Claire Hicks, Molly
Smith, Linsey Wagner and
Cydney Wallace.
Cherryville’s John Ran-
dall exercised a great British
accent in his role as Prince
Eric’s right-hand man
“Grimsby”.
Sophia Kellstrom of Kings Mountain stole the show in her role
as the indomitable sea witch Ursula.
Photos by EMILY WEAVER / HERALD
~ And Darden Rice of
Cherryville brought a confi-
dent, princely air to the
charming, spellbound role of
“Prince Eric”.
Also starring in the play
are Kenan Caldwell and
Caleb Grisdale as sailors;
Josiah Beman as pilot; Jen-
nifer Beman, Josiah Beman,
Caleb Grisdale, Patience
Foster, Jordon Grimes, Lau-
rie Ricardo and Ely Thomp-
son as sea creatures; Kyra
Howard as seahorse; Claire
Hicks, Madison Ramsey,
Laurie ‘Ricardo, Molly
Smith, Linsey Wagner and
Cydney Wallace as
princesses; Jordon Grimes,
Caleb Grisdale and Ely
a
Thompson as gulls; and,
Cheyenne Hoffman as Car-
lotta.
Twenty-five students who
range in age from 10 to 18
from Cherryville, Kings
Mountain, Belmont, Grover,
Gastonia, Lincolnton and
Boiling Springs are in the
cast. Although the cast is
young in age, it iS many
years wise in talent.
The play is under the di-
rection of Connie Fox and
Page Thompson. Daniel Fox
is helping with sound,
Jimmy Savage is helping
with lights and Alayna Bre-
anne Smith has also helped
behind the scenes.
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Gary Ramsey
| August 5thi
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Happy
Birthday
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