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The  Lovejoy  High  School  Theatre  Department  presents  A.R.  Gurney’s,
Pulitzer Prize-nominated play, The Dining Room, November 3rd and 5th at 7
PM at the LHS auditorium at 2350 Estates Parkway in Lucas. Spanning over
fifty years, audiences will get a peek into the humorous, meaningful, witty, and
touching comings and goings of one room—a dining room.

LHS THEATRE PRESENTS THE PLAY: THE ANT AND THE GRASSHOPPER AND ANNOUNCES CONTEST WINNERS

The Lovejoy High School Theatre Department kicks off its exciting 2011-12 season this month with a play for all ages, The Ant and the Grasshopper. Two performances of the classic Aesop fable will run on Saturday, September 24 at 2 PM and 6PM at the LHS auditorium. The department also hosted a coloring contest for the elementary schools at Hart, Lovejoy and Puster. Pictured here from left to right are Hart’s winners: Sanjana Jacob, Anyana Dalley and Salena Jacob pictured with LHS high school student Drew Shafranek who plays the Ant. Other winners from Lovejoy Elementary are: Hannah Wyrick, Elle Foster and Miyah Johnson; and from Puster: Allison Dwiggins, Avery Ashley and Kaleigh Mack. The winners all received two passes to one of the performances.

The Ant and The Grasshopper tells the story of a serious and hard-working Ant who isn’t expecting a new neighbor to drop in to his newly dug hole—the irresponsible, yet fun-loving Grasshopper! Having to prepare for a long, hard winter, the Ant refuses to participate in play; and on top of that, does not believe in having fun. Soon enough, winter comes, and the foodless Grasshopper and the friendless Ant must work together to survive. Providing a moral lesson about hard work and foresight, the new friends discover that there is more to life than they thought.
The show features senior favorites such as: Drew Shafranek as the Ant, Tessa Haas as the Grasshopper, Kensey Berry as the Spider and Maggie Wright as the Ant Queen. Junior Alex Adkins will portray the Ladybug, and freshman Katie Self will make her high school debut as the Butterfly.
Ticket prices for reserved seating are $5 for students/seniors and $7 for adults and are available online at Lovejoytheatre.org and at the LHS school store. For more information, please contact Catherine Shafranek at 214-212-3277 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . Journey inside the miniature life of bugs for a larger than life adventure and come see, The Ant and the Grasshopper!

This summer, Stone Scalf, a 3rd grader in Ms. Davis’ class at Puster Elementary entered a national contest called SPONSAFIER. It is through Toyota Racing and is for NASCAR. Stone loves NASCAR, knows all the drivers and watches the races intently.

The contest is in 5 phases. Stone has worked hard to get votes for his car. He made cards and handed them out. He & his sister made a video and a Facebook page. Stone’s car has already made it through the first round of public voting. In fact his car was in 18th place with over 23,000 cars at the end of Phase I. The next step, Phase II, began last week with a judges selection campaign and a subsequent judges pick of the final top ten. Stone's car is in 5th Place in Phase II.

Please help guaranty Stone's car makes it though Phase II and into the Top Ten.

Go to this link www.sponsafier.com/share/5883 and click the LIKE button to show your support. His car's name is FIRE. NO membership and NO sign up is required! It's easy and painless. You may LIKE it once a day, everyday until 10/04.

The judges picks are then reintroduced as the Top Ten FINALIST and will be voted on again in Public Voting II. If his car is in the TOP TEN during Public Voting II everyone can go to Stone’s design page again and vote for his car ONCE PER DAY FOR 15 DAYS. I will be sure to let you know if his car is chosen as a Top Ten FINALIST.

Gavin Casalegno, currently a 6th grader at SCMS, recently landed the lead role in the feature film "I am Gabriel". This film is directed by Mike Norris, son of Chuck Norris, and also stars Dean Cain and John Schneider and several others.

Gavin has been in the modeling and acting industry for over 7 years. He studies under the same acting coaches as such stars as Selena Gomez, Demi Lovato, Jennifer Stone, Logan Henderson, Madison Pettis and many more.

Last year he worked on the set of the film "Butter", which starred Hugh Jackman, Jennifer Garner, Ashley Greene, Olivia Wilde and Alicia Silverstone. Butter is scheduled to be released later this year.