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rv l»a*e 8 - PLAIINDKALER-HERALD, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17.1985 Drama club to present 'Once Upon a Mattress' Faith parishioners to get benefits from recycling drive j "Once upon a time there was a beautiful princess. .." That's the way most fairy tales begin. "Once Upon A Mattress," the spring musical to be presented by the McHenry High School East and West Drama Clubs, takes an old fairy tale and gives it a new twist. Audiences attending the April 19, 20, and 21 performances will see a new version of "The Princess and the Pea." Instead of a delicate, shy maiden, Princess Winnifred is an exuberant out-going, weight- lifting girl in search of a husband. She finds Prince Dauntless and his overly- protective mother, Queen Aggravain. Aggravain does everything in her power to prevent the marriage, but Winnifred and Dauntless are aided by King Sextimus and the entire court since the marriage laws states, "Throughtout the land, no one may wed 'til Dauntless to the alter's led." The show is a light-hearted romp through a fairy tale kingdom populated by comic characters and delightful music. >The cast of the show includes Aimee Laskowski as Princess Winnifred, Vito Gioia as Prince Dauntless, Carol Snyder as Queen Aggravain, Wayne Beyer, Jr. as King Sextimus, Cecelia Serritella as Lady Larken, Mark Etheridge as Sir Harry, Ed Serritella as the Minstrel, Karen VanKanegan as the Jester, and Dave Rustile as the Wizard. Performances will be in the auditorium at McHenry High School West Campus. Showtimes are 7:30 p.m. on April 19 and 20, and 2 p.m. on April 21. Tickets are $2 for seniors and students under 12, $3 for students, and $4 for adults. They may be purchased at the door. ART SHOWCASE Professional award winning artists from throughout the Midwest will be exhibiting and selling fine American art at the 26th annual Art Showcase on Saturday, May 11, from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Hemmens Plaza in Elgin. There will be no admission charge and the show will be held rain or shine, with the rain location being Hem­ mens Exhibit Hall. Members of the Faith Presbyterian Church of McHenry will co-sponsor the McHenry County Defender recycling drive on Saturday, April 20. The drive is held in the parking lot of McHenry Com­ munity High School West Campus, 4724 W. Crystal Lake Rd., from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. . The church, according to Earl Van De Wege of the Stewardship and Fund Raising Committee, is seeking to raise money for its building fund. They broke ground on March 31 for a $300,000 addition to their present building. The addition will be used mainly for educational and social activities. The worship area will also be enlarged. . Both adults and teens will be on hand Saturday to unload your cars, load paper, sort glass/and see that the drive runs ef­ ficiently. Things the reader can bring to help both them and the Defenders include newspaper with no junk mail or magazines included, glass containers will all metal and plastic removed, "tin" cans rinsed and flattened, aluminum scrap of all kinds, used motor oil, and brown paper bags and cardboard in manageable bundles. There will be, as always, an aluminum buy-back program where the participant will receive the current market price for 100 percent aluminum cans. In addition, he will receive a bdnus of 2 cents per pound if the cans are crushed anckan additional 2 cents per pound for lots of more than 100 pounds. For further information about recycling or how your group can participate in a future drive, contact a Defender represen­ tative at 385-8512. PUlndealer Herald photo by Robert < Aimee Laskowski as Princess Winnifred is being lifted by other cast members in a practice scene from "Once Upon A Mattress." 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