Auditioning – it’s scary for everyone!

Director Howard Hummel and Assistant Director Carol Horowitz take notes as they watch auditions. Watching other people read can sometimes help an actor adjust his own reading.

Auditioning for a part is scary! Whether it’s a part in a play, a choir or an orchestra, there’s a huge fear of failure. Interestingly enough though, it’s just as scary for the director. Can he get a strong cast? Is there anybody out there who plays the oboe? Is there anyone who doesn’t sing…

A good man gone

Bob Hirt Going out for a “cup of joe” and a little exercise that morning, he hopped onto his bike and headed leisurely west on the heavily trafficked road. He knew it was going to be busy day with friends and neighbors in monitoring another tennis match. He loved that game with a passion that…

Introducing the 2016 Godfather’s Cup Champion

The players in the Godfather’s Cup

David “The Godfather” Mork Willie Mosconi played almost all his matches in a suit and tie and was a great American professional pool player. Between the years 1941-1957, he won the World Straight Pool Championship 15 times! In March 1954, he set a world record by running 526 consecutive balls without a miss over a…

Communication Today

Q. – What does it mean when you say you have a genre-based HD line-up? Where do I find it? A. – Recently Orbitel arranged all of our 100 plus HD channels into groupings according to their genre. For example, all sports channels are grouped together, all kids’ channels are grouped together, all news channels…

Savvy Travelers Club – summer news

Savvy traveler Len Herring in Brunei

Travel meetings are finished until October 13. Van Newville was our last speaker for the summer. He spoke about little getaways in and around Arizona. He knows this state intimately – between Vic Hermann and him, there were lots of suggestions for getting away during the hot summer months. We had updated information for summer…

Talking with Dad

Jean Newell, Associate Pastor, Sun Lakes United Methodist Church I was raised in a military family — Air Force, to be precise. Dad was an officer, so he was used to telling people what to do and that included my brother, sister and me. Dad expected us to do our best no matter what we…