Life briefs: Concerts, a showcase, Start with Hello, and a Crestline Lions Club project
Schools invited to free Mansfield Symphony performances
The Mansfield Symphony Orchestra will present its annual free education concerts Thursday and Friday as part of the MSO’s Operation Bridge Building (OBB) program. The performances feature the theme A Universe of Music, are geared to align with Ohio's Learning Standards for English Language Arts and include narration and multimedia elements.
This year’s Operation Bridge Building concerts feature music from Gustav Holst’s “The Planets” and are presented free to students in kindergarten-fifth grade. Additionally, the concerts will be offered as an in-person educational field trip experience at the Renaissance Theatre and as a livestreamed educational video experience for educators and their students.
The OBB K-2 program will be offered at 11:45 a.m. Thursday and 9:45 a.m. Friday with the grades 3-5 program at 9:45 a.m. Thursday and 11:45 a.m. Friday.
Mansfield Symphony Maestro Octavio Más-Arocas will lead the concerts, along with accompanying narration and storytelling provided by Renaissance Education Manager and Teaching Artist, Dauphne Maloney. Participating schools will receive accompanying materials with sample lessons and suggested further study to complement the concert experience.
Schools also are invited to schedule free in-school concerts with Mansfield Symphony chamber groups, including a woodwind, brass and string ensembles, by contacting the Renaissance Education Department at 419-522-2726, ext.212 or email dauphne@mansfieldtickets.com.
Renaissance announces open registration for RYOT Workshop Showcase
The Renaissance Youth Opera Theatre (RYOT) announces open registration for its Workshop Showcase scheduled for Jan. 28.
The RYOT Workshop Showcase will offer opportunities for young actors to work one on one and in small ensembles with Director Lori Turner and other guest professionals to develop and grow vocal skills, hone their acting chops and perform in a smaller cast setting.
Offered as an opportunity for participation by students in second through 12th grade, the workshop will be limited to a maximum of 20 performers per age group (second-sixth grade; seventh-12th grade). Rehearsals for the showcase will begin on Dec. 28.
There is an activity fee of $15 per child with scholarships available to participants. To register for the workshop, families may visit eventbrite.com.
For more information, contact Lori Turner at lori@mansfieldtickets.com. The Renaissance Youth Opera Theatre Program is a part of the Mechanics Bank Education Series.
Galion Schools host Start with Hello Week
GALION — Galion City Schools recently participated in Start with Hello Week, promoting student interaction with daily activities. Start with Hello Week is a program through the Sandy Hook Promise organization to promote activities designed to fight social isolation in schools and encourage friendships.
The week began with Meet and Greet Monday, where students wore comfy clothes to “get comfy meeting new people.” Upstander Tuesday allowed students to wear hats to celebrate the day’s theme, “Hats Off to Upstanders.” On Wednesday, Galion students wore green to show Start with Hello Week pride.
Trusted Adult Thursday saw students wear shirts depicting their favorite superhero to honor their adult heroes. Start with Hello Week ended with “Looking to a Brighter Future,” where students dressed like their future selves or wore their favorite college clothes to celebrate who they will be in years to come.
The Galion Schools also offer Buddy Benches at Galion Primary School. This bench is a place for students who are feeling lonely to sit and, without saying anything, signal that they need someone to play with or a friend.
Crestline Lions Club completes Fall into Service project
CRESTLINE — The Crestline Lions Club Sunday completed its second annual Fall into Service project at the Little League Complex in Crestline. Seven club members scraped and painted the concession stand and bathroom facility at the complex. Supplies were donated by Holcker Hardware and Schneider-Gompf Funeral Home.
The Crestline Lions Club has served the Crestline community for more than 70 years. Other projects include the annual Subs For Sight fundraiser that benefits the club's Sight Fund and the barbecue chicken dinner fundraiser that raises money for the Crestline fireworks display.
The Crestline Lions Club and Club Branch meet the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month. The Crestline Lions Club meets at 7 p.m. in the basement of the Trinity Lutheran Church in Crestline and the Club Branch meets at noon in the meeting room at VFW Post 2920.
The club is always looking for new members. Anyone interested can call Clayton Herold at 419-689-3711.
Loudonville museum speaker to discuss serial killer
LOUDONVILLE — The Cleo Redd Fisher Museum in Loudonville kicks off its fall Speaker Series on Monday with a look Cletus Reese, the former resident of Coshocton County who sparked headlines in the 1950s after a streak of murders.
Local author Mark Sebastian Jordan will examine the story of Reese, illustrating his talk with numerous pictures and looking into the secret that may have motivated much of Reese's bizarre behavior.
The Speaker Series continues in November with John Moser, of Ashland University, discussing Operation Torch − the allied gamble to retake North Africa during World War II.
The Speaker Series is free and open to the public. The program will be held in the lecture hall of the Cleo Redd Fisher Museum, located at 203 E. Main St. in Loudonville. Doors for the event will open at 6:30, with the program beginning at 7 p.m. Guests are encouraged to arrive early as seating is limited. For more information visit crfmuseum.com.
This article originally appeared on Mansfield News Journal: Mansfield Symphony kids concerts, Youth Opera at the Renaissance
