Christmas pg 5 11-26-14
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'Christmas Carol'
Walter Wright as The Ghost of Christmas Present and Real Carpentier as Ebenezer Scrooge. Courtesy photo.
'Christmas
Carol' starts
Dec. 5
PUTNAM ó Thereís a chill in the air and weíve even seen some snow - the holidays are here! This year The Theatre of Northeastern Connecticut at the Bradley Playhouse invites you to revisit Scrooge and Marley and all their ghostly friends, as it presents the perennial favorite A Christmas Carol. The show opens Dec. 5 and runs for three weekends.
Performances are at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 5, 6, 12, 13, 19 and 20 and at 2 p.m. Dec. 7, 14 and 21. Tickets are $17 for adults and $14 for seniors and students. The Bradley Playhouse is located at 30 Front Street (Route 44) in Putnam, CT.
All seats are reserved. Reservations may be made with a major credit card online at www.thebradleyplayhouse.org or by calling 860-928-7887.
Tickets may be purchased at the theater box office, either before the performance or at the door.
The TNECT production is co-directed by Kathleen Atwood and Scott Guerin, with Annette Hebard providing choreography. Ebenezer Scrooge is played by Real Carpentier and Jim Douglas appears as Marley. The Ghost of Christmas Past is Maya Summiel, The Ghost of Christmas Present is Walter Wright and Kevin Fazzina plays The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come. The Cratchit family, led by Roy Simmons playing Bob Cratchit and Liz Eklund as Mrs. Cratchit, includes Matthew Carpentier, Sydney Dubitsky, Lauren Langelier, Brooke Boisvert, Anna Carpentier and AJ Soares as Tiny Tim.
As always, at this time of year, the Bradley requests that theater goers keep those less fortunate in their hearts and minds. After all, this is the true meaning of Christmas. Nonperishable food items and warm hats, gloves, mittens and scarves contributed by patrons will be donated to Daily Bread and the Putnam Family Resource Center. Anyone who brings these items to the theater, will be entered in a raffle to win a copy of The Annotated Christmas Carol.
First produced in 1995, this yearís production of A Christmas Carol is adapted from Charles Dickensí novel by Romulus Linney.
When Mr. Linney was asked to create a new adaptation of the classic story, he did not remember reading the book nor seeing any of the numerous stage versions. He said ìI vowed to stick to the bones of the story as closely as I could to take the evolution of Scrooge seriously, and to try and find, as he goes, the child within him that slowly emerges from his ordeal to such bountiful happiness.î
Menus pg 5 11-26-14
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Woodstock public schools
Monday: Chicken patties on buns, fruit. Tuesday: Nachos, black beans, fruit. Wednesday: Chicken tenders, carrots, fruit. Thursday: Ziti, meatsauce, green beans, fruit. Friday: Pizza, fruit.
Pomfret Community
Monday: Hamburgers, baked beans, watermelon. Tuesday: Macaroni and cheese, pork ribs, green beans, grapes or raisins. Wednesday: Beef and bean tacos, red pepper cups, fruit. Thursday: Stromboli, broccoli, apple slices. Friday: Baked chicken , peas, pineapple/pear cups.
Putnam Elementary/Middle
Monday: BBQ chicken dippers, broccoli, mango and Craisins. Tuesday: Baked ziti, meatsauce, roasted vegetables. Wednesday: Chicken and cheese quesadilla, Cuban black bean salad. Thursday - Wolf Mea;: Beef burgers, sherbet. Friday;: Putnam Special Pizza, spinach salad with tomatoes and cucumbers.
Putnam High
Monday: Santa Fe steak wraps, fresh vegetable salad. Tuesday: American Harvest Salad. Wednesday: BBQ chicken quesadilla, Mexicali corn. Thursday: General Tsao chicken, vegetable fried rice with stir fry vegetables, spring rolls. Friday: Pizza.
Dazzle pg 6 11-26-14
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PUTNAM ó The Holiday Dazzle Light Parade committee has named the Town of Ashford as this yearís parade Grand Marshal in honor of the townís tercentenary celebration.
The 13th annual parade is set to roll at 5 p.m. Nov. 30 downtown.
Once again this year, the parade committee will present a ìlitter free paradeî. Before the parade begins, an army of volunteers from High Pointe Church in Thompson will hand out trash bags. At the conclusion of the parade, volunteers will walk the parade route picking up trash bags from the crowd and depositing the bags into a town of Putnam Public Works truck. According to parade organizer Gary Osbrey, ìOur first attempt at a litter-free parade last year was a hit. People bought into the concept and the result was a noticeably cleaner town immediately following the parade. We are grateful for the trash bag donation from the The Last Green Valley (last yearís Grand Marshal) and the volunteers from High Pointe Churchî. The 13th annual Holiday Dazzle Light Parade will step off at 5 at the Grove Street monument and will follow Grove Street merging right onto South Main Street, left on Front Street (through the center of downtown Putnam), right onto Kennedy Drive (at Cargill Falls) and will travel past Rotary Park and Riverfront Commons on Kennedy Drive taking a right onto Providence Street and will end at the Owen Tarr Sports Complex at the corner of Providence and School streets.
Rain date is Dec. 7. Entry forms are available at WINY Radio, the Putnam Town Hall on online at www.winyradio.com.
For more information, contact parade organizer and chairman, Gary Osbrey at 860-928-1350 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Seventy three pg 7 11-26-14
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73 Years
Raymond E. Cutler and Rita A. (Roy) Cutler are celebrating their 73rd†wedding anniversary.† They were married Nov. 27, 1941, at The Most Holy Trinity Church in Pomfret.† They have seven children†-†Ray Jr., David, Joanne, Russell, Anita, Elaine and Susan; 14 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren and 2 great-great-grandchildren.†