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A Kids-Eye View - Actors Get Silly But Bring Good Message For Children's Theater
by Elizabeth Rome
In the 15 years since he helped establish James Madison University's Children's Playshop, Bill Buck has watched the summer stock theater come full circle. "I've seen children who came the first year now going to college," said Buck, director of JMU's School of Theatre and Dance. "Entire families ...
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Valley Fest Returns With 10 Wineries, Music, Kids' Activities
by Heather Bowser
Valley Fest 2008, the Shenandoah Valley's eighth annual Beer and Wine Festival, returns May 24 to kick off the Memorial Day weekend.
Sponsored by the Harrisonburg-Rockingham Chamber of Commerce and NewBridge Bank, this celebration of Virginia wines and microbrews runs from 11 a.m. to 7 p. ...
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Comic Ballet Back By Popular Demand
After a five-year hiatus, Rockingham Ballet Theatre has revived its production of "Coppélia." The ballet, a comic tale of mistaken identities, presents the heroine, Swanhilda, with a dilemma: What to do when her fiancé falls in love with a living doll?
On the eve of their we ...
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