Beauty and the Beast is All School Play   

The costuming for this year's all school play, "Beauty and the Beast" is nothing short of fantastic. Senior Kellie Wonders does a great job as "Beauty" and senior Zach Warner does a near professional job of playing "The Beast". There's plenty of other great costumes, and a great story to be told.  The curtain rises at 7:30 this Thursday, Friday, and Saturday.  New this year is a Sunday matinee at 3:00.  Tickets will be sold at the door for $5.00.

This weekend, March 13-16, we invite you to step into the enchanted world of Broadway’s modern classic, Disney’s  "Beauty and the Beast". Based on the Academy Award winning animated feature, the stage version of  Disney’s Beauty and the Beast" includes all of the wonderful songs from the film, written by Alan Menken and the late Howard Ashman, (the team responsible for Little Shop of Horrors), plus new songs written especially for the stage version by Howard Ashman and Tim Rice. 

You will be transported to a lovely French provincial town where the beautiful Belle, played by newcomer to the stage, senior Kellee Wonders, lives with her father – a dotty inventor. When her father, senior Jesse Webster, doesn’t return from a trip to the local fair, Belle rushes off to find him. To her dismay, she discovers he is being held captive in an old castle by a horrible monstrous beast played by senior Zach Warner. She trades her freedom for his and the “tale as old as time” begins.  Lumiere, the candlestick (junior Zach Pearce), Cogsworth, the clock (senior Andrew Osborne), Mrs. Potts (senior Heidi Stockford) and Chip (sophomore Nate Nastase), all welcome Belle to the castle hoping that this is the girl to make them “Human Again.”  They lead the cast, inviting Belle to “Be Our Guest” and performing with her in a celebration of song and dance.

Meanwhile back in the village, Gaston (senior Sabin Enerson), stung by Belle’s refusal of his marriage proposal, is plotting with his silly sidekick LeFou (senior stand-out Joe Rodriguez) and Monsieur D’Arque played by newcomer Nathan Riley to put Belle’s father in an asylum.  According to Gaston’s plan this will cause Belle to marry him to save her father.  Of course the three silly girls, Mary Bocks, Maria Miller, and Katelyn Cordero, who have been chasing after Gaston do not like this idea one bit. 

Back at the castle, the way Belle tames the unfortunate Beast and his ultimate transformation into a handsome prince continues to enthrall audiences.  You won’t want to miss the transformation scene with effects never before done on the Hudson stage.  Filled with spectacular costumes (created especially for this show by Jean Durling), and set (designed and built by Paul Merillat and Rick Riley), Disney’s Beauty and the Beast" offers a great opportunity to bring the entire community together for family theatre at its best. 

Don’t miss this year’s all-school play.  The curtain rises at 7:30 this Thursday, Friday, and Saturday.  New this year is a Sunday matinee at 3:00.  Tickets will be sold at the door for $5.00.

Brownie Girl Scout Display Donated to Hudson Museum 

In honor of Girl Scout Week, Hudson Area Girl Scouts presented the Hudson Museum with a framed display of the current Try-Its (badges) for Brownie Girl Scouts. This will be on display in the front window during the month of March and then will reside in the Scout Room upstairs. The Second Grade Brownie Troop #180 (Helping Hands for Hudson) and the Kindergarten Daisy Troop #249 each have a display in the other front window. Stop by the Hudson Museum and see what the Scouts in Hudson have done over the years.

Thompson Museum Offers Easter Holiday Tours

Do you have a houseful of relatives with nothing to do over the Easter holiday or spring break?  Why not schedule a tour of the Thompson Museum!  Tours of the Museum are available by appointment anytime by calling the Museum at 517-448-8125.  Visitors to the Museum during the Easter holiday can see the formal place settings on the dining room table, and Easter bunnies hidden throughout the house. 

The museum, housed in an 1890 Queen Anne home, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. From the ornate metal roof to the ashler cut stone foundation, the home is breath taking. The interior of the home is filled to the brim with the collections of three generations of Thompsons.

Visitors have the unique opportunity to see the changes that have occurred in the home from years of living, and as personal styles of individuals have changed over the years.

For more information visit www.thompsonmuseum.org or call the Museum at 517-448-8125.

Lincoln Elementary Reading Program

Lincoln Elementary invited Ronald McDonald to come and share his Book Time program with the preschool, kindergarten, first and second graders. The program is designed to motivate students to read more often because reading is FUN and it will help them SUCCEED.

Hudson Friday Club Meets

The Hudson Friday Club met at the home of Sara Evens. Ray Lennard from the Thompson Museum gave a very interesting talk on the women who served in the Civil War as soldiers and spies. The next meeting will be at the home of Sally Darr.

Birth Announced

Little Sarah Frances Marry arrived into our family on March 5, 2008. She weighed in at 6 lbs. and is 19 1/2 inches long. The very proud parents are Marc and Roxana Marry of Livonia. The proud grandparents are Carmel and Bill Trewern of Australia and Phil and Sandy Marry of Hudson. We love you, little one, and welcome to the clan.

Library Notes

Friends of the Hudson Public Library are planning a spring booksale. The date is not set yet but we are looking at the last week or two of April. Start sorting your bookshelves now and we will have a drop off place set soon so you can bring them in.

This Saturday from 1-2 p.m. there will be a Dr. Seuss Story time at the library, all children from the community are welcome to join us....please use the back entrance.

Next Monday, March 17th there will be a St. Patrick’s Day craft & story time from 6 - 7 p.m. at the library, use the back entrance.

Pajamas are welcome at this one!!

March 31st from 6 - 7 p.m. will be another story/movie time featuring Dr. Seuss.

Hula Hoop Contest

At Sacred Heart School K-3 grades had a hula hoop contest, we have many activites during the month of March along with the contest to see how many books the students will read.  If the students can read 7,500 books  by the end of March, Mr. Lee and Mrs. Johnston will slip on a slip and slide that will end into a pool of cool whip!  Photo by Jeaniene McClellan.

Sacred Heart Rock-a-thon

The students at Sacred Heart School had their annual Rock-a-thon to help raised money and awareness for illiteracy.  Photo by Jeaniene McClellan.

Third Grade Wax Museum at Lincoln Elementary

  

During Parent-teacher conferences, 3rd graders from Lincoln elementary performed in a wax museum.  The students spent weeks researching their famous person of the past.  Some of the famous people included:  Christopher Columbus, George Washington, Henry Ford, Harriet Tubman, Betsy Ross, and Pocahontas.  The students dressed up and told about the lives of these famous people.  The 3rd graders did a marvelous job performing for any interested audience.  The Lincoln staff was very proud of them!

Sarah Wollet On Adrian Dean's List

Sarah Wollet, a junior at Adrian College, was named to the Dean's List for the fall semester.  Sarah was also recently inducted into the Mortar Board National College Senior Honor Society.  Sarah is a 2006 graduate of Hudson High School.

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