Abrams Spotlight Productions Inc. will hold auditions Aug. 23-24 for its winter musical “White Christmas,” to be presented Dec. 1-4 and Dec. 8-11.
Individuals can audition from 6-8:30 p.m. either day at the Nancy Byng Community Theater, 5852 Maple St., Abrams. Individuals who audition should come prepared to sing 24-32 bars of a song, preferably from a musical. They can sing a cappella or play music on their phone. The auditions will also include a reading from the script and a group choreography number. Comfortable clothing and shoes are recommended.
The musical calls for various roles, both male and female, 15 years and older, plus one actress 10-12 years old. No experience is necessary, and all are welcome to audition.
Irving Berlin’s “White Christmas” tells the story of a song-and-dance team putting on a show in a Vermont inn and falling for a stunning sister act in the process. The show is full of dancing, laughter and great music. The score features “Blue Skies” and, of course, the unforgettable title song, “White Christmas.”
Rehearsals will start during the last week in August and will be mainly on Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday nights. Anyone interested in helping out behind the scenes can contact ASPI at 920-826-5852 or theater.aspi@gmail.com. Irving Berlin’s “White Christmas” is presented through special arrangement with Concord Theatricals.
Salm returns as VP with Hospital Sisters
Hospital Sisters Health System, which operates St. Clare Memorial Hospital in Oconto Falls, has announced Mary Salm will serve in a new role as vice president of mission and spiritual care.
Salm served in various roles at HSHS for 18 years, most recently as director of spiritual care, mission integration and ethics for HSHS hospitals in Wisconsin and Door County Medical Center. In June 2021, Salm left to work as the director of spiritual care for Ascension Wisconsin. Now, HSHS welcomes her back.
“With nearly two decades of experience within health care, Mary brings such value to our team,” says Rachelle Barina, chief mission officer of HSHS. “It is such a privilege and honor to welcome her back and continue to represent our core values of respect, care, competence and joy which is lived by all who work at our hospitals.”
In Salm’s new role, she is a champion of efforts to integrate values and HSHS’ mission of revealing and embodying Christ’s healing love for all people through high-quality Franciscan health care ministry at HSHS hospitals. She helps weave workplace spirituality into culture and deepen colleagues’ connection to purpose through ministry formation.
Friends selling books, raffle tickets Labor Day
The Friends of Suring Area Public Library will be busy with events during Labor Day weekend, starting with the annual used book sale “Twice Sold Tales” Sept. 1-3 at the Village Municipal Building Learning Center, 604 Main St., Suring.
The sale will take place from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. There will be books for all ages and reading levels, plus puzzles, board games, DVDs, CDs and audio books. VandeWalle candy bars will be sold at these book sales, along with raffle tickets.
The Friends also will be selling raffle tickets at some of the Labor Day weekend activities at the Suring Veterans Park. Raffle tickets will also be sold at the Suring Area Public Library, until 5 p.m. Sept. 3. This raffle will feature many donated baskets and other prizes. Cost of the raffle tickets are $2 each, or three for $5. Drawing for these prizes will be held after the noon presentations and music by the Pulaski High School Band, near the band shell at Veterans Park.
All proceeds will be used to pay for extra supplies, snacks and prizes for year-round adult and children’s program activities, special equipment at the library, other purchases and programs.
Library gets $25K WPS grant for expansion
Wisconsin Public Services awarded a $25,000 grant July 20 to help renovate and expand the Lakes Country Public Library.
Library Board and BEC member Linda McKenna said the renovation and expansion project will go a long way in assisting an underserved Northwoods area.
“Every other community that has a public library also has two or more schools, while, as the only CLIC (Community Learning and Information Center) we must deliver far more than free and convenient borrowing of materials such as books/periodicals/DVDs,” McKenna said. “Other essential services found here range from making copies to job training to high-speed internet to signing up for health care, and so much more.”
AROUND THE COMMUNITY: ‘White Christmas’ auditions coming later in August
