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Our Torch 

3/8/2017

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Our Torch
 
By JAMES GROB
 
You can cast your dark shadow, you can hide her from us; you can mock her, taint her, conceal her, put her in your darkest, coldest, most dank and odiferous corner.

But we will find her. 
Dust her off, shine her, brighten her back to a warm glare.
 
She's Liberty.
 
She's in our hearts
She's in our minds
We dream her.

Hide her from us?
Steal her from us?
Tell us she's yours and not ours?

She's Liberty!

She's our child, she's our parent, she's our sibling.
Many have fought for her, died for her, many more live for only her.

Hide her from me?
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She holds my hand and whispers the passion of freedom into my soul.
She's my voice, she's my song.
She's love and she's power. 
And grace and hope.

In light and darkness,
I will find her and hold her close
I will share her spirit, with all
Even with you
Who try to hide her from us.

And we will never let her go.
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Cast selected for On Golden Pond

3/8/2017

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Cast selected for On Golden Pond
 
The Davis County Players have announced the cast for the 2017 spring production of "On Golden Pond."
 
The play will be presented at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, April 7 and 8, at the Iowa Theatre in Bloomfield. Auditions were held at the beginning of the month, and the cast list is as follows:

 
  • Norman Thayer, Jr...............................Wayne Van Mersbergen
  • Ethel Thayer........................................Cathy Roberts
  • Charlie Martin.....................................Jack Knox
  • Chelsea Thayer Wayne........................Terri Williams
  • Billy Ray...............................................Roman Combs
  • Bill Ray.................................................Brian Stevenson
  • Operator..............................................Michelle Combs
 
Rehearsals are well under way. The play is being directed by Aaron Gingerich.
 
On Golden Pond, by Ernest Thompson, was presented to great critical and popular acclaim  -- first off, then on Broadway. It is a touching, funny and warmly perceptive study of a spirited and lovable elderly couple facing their twilight years. The local and regional audience is sure to enjoy the Davis County Players' interpretation.
 
The successful play has seen thousands of productions worldwide and was made into an Oscar-winning movie starring Henry Fonda and Katharine Hepburn. A musical version was also created for PBS, starring Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer.
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