COUNTY LIFE
Theater auditions slated Aug. 26-27
North Central Texas College Drama sceduled auditions for the Broadway Cult Classic, “Be More Chill,” at 6:30 p.m. on Aug. 26 and 27.
This will be NCTC drama’s first musical at the Denton’s Black Box Performing Arts Center at 318 E Hickory St., Denton.
“Be More Chill” is about your atypical love triangle – between a guy, a girl, and the supercomputer inside the guy’s head. The guy is desperate to fit in, the girl’s dream is to stand out, and the supercomputer just wants to take over the world.
The New Yorker raves, “If you fed Dear Evan Hansen to the Little Shop of Horrors plant, you would get Be More Chill.” With a Tony Award®-nominated score bursting with addictively catchy earworms.
Auditions are open to all current students, and to community members ages 16 and up. They are looking for seven men, and six women.
Everyone who auditions will be given everything at the audition, and no preparations will be necessary. There will be an acting, singing, and movement section for the auditions.
The production dates are Oct. 4-6 and Oct. 11-13 at 7:30 p.m.
So, come and join us for “Be More Chill” a mind-bendingly fun hit about the competing voices in all of our heads. The show contains adult language.
For more information all 940-668-3355 or email the director Thom Talbott at [email protected]
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Tackling biscuits and dumplings; columnist says love, luck needed in any recipe
When we were going through my grandmother’s house in Nocona after it sold, I found a few neat keepsakes, but the biggest treasure I thought I had found was her biscuit cutter. I was so excited to show my mother (her daughter) and just knew she would be happy it was found and would still be used after all this time.
My mother, however, had a different thought about my precious biscuit cutter. She said, “Suzanne, you know that biscuit cutter is just an old tomato paste can that has both ends cut out.”
I was still no less delighted with my cutter. I continue to use it today. My husband has bought me vintage, new and fancier cutters, but this cutter is something I go back to time and again.
My Memaw was recruited to be a lunch lady from 1952 to 1958 at Nocona Elementary, back when lunches were cooked, not “fixed.” Lenora Brown Burnett was an excellent cook and everyone knew it. She went on to work at the Nocona Major Clinic kitchen from 1958 to 1969.
You could only use shortcuts if you knew how to do it the long way. That is how I still approach cooking. You can only use a cake mix if you know how to make a cake with lots of ingredients, time and effort.
Read Suzanne’s Love & Luck column in the Thursday Bowie News on the On the Table page.
Top photo – Grandmother’s biscuit cutter and hand written recipes. (Photo by Suzanne Storey)
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Winter storm may hinder youth fair action
By BARBARA GREEN
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It’s a bitter cold January week, so it must be time for the Montague County Youth Fair, which opens Wednesday running through Saturday.
More than 330 students from across the county will compete in everything from golf ball art work to top dairy goat in this annual event where there are 1,160 entries. Almost every contest saw an increase in entries from the prior year.
Scheduling was still in flux at presstime due to pending weather. Watch the fair’s Facebook page for any late changes.
The All Together Show was moved to 5 p.m. on Jan. 8 in the show barn. It had been set for Thursday.
There were no changes for leadership day on Wednesday at presstime.
Read the full story on the fair in the Thursday Bowie News.
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