Entertainment

Friday was a great day for the VSHS Music Department. All three choirs and the band traveled to West Delaware High School where they participated in the State Large Group Festival. All ensembles performed wonderfully and received the ratings to show it! Treble Choir received a II (Excellent) and Concert Choir, Chamber Choir, and Symphonic Band all received I's (Superior).

Joe & Vicki Price play a "rough and tumble" version of the blues that will take you back in time. Be ready for some fantastic slide guitar and vocals that sound like they come from a 1920's speakeasy. Joe and Vicki are both in the Iowa Blues Hall of Fame. Joe was inducted in 2002 and Vicki was inducted last year! You will see why! They put on a great show! http://www.

The homeschool programs of both Vinton Shellsburg and Benton Community join forces each year for an annual play production. This year the play is called, "Vanished-A Victorian Tale."Performances are Friday evening, May 3 at 7:00 p.m. and Sunday afternoon May 5th at 3:00 p.m.Admission is $1 for all ages (or leave a freewill donation greater than that amount and they will appreciate the extra help!)The play will be shown at the Tilford Elementary School Auditorium in Vinton.

ACT I of Benton County’s spring production is the comic drama Lost in Yonkers by Neil Simon. The play is about a dysfunctional family consisting of a mother and her four adult children living in Yonkers, New York during World War Two. Grandma Kurnitz, matriarch of the family, is a German Jewish immigrant who moved to America with her husband and six children after World War I.

We are pleased to announce our cast for the upcoming production of The Music Man! We are looking forward to six performances the weekends of August 10th-18th. Please contact us at act1musicman19@gmail.com with any questions!THE MUSIC MAN CAST LISTHAROLD HILL: Chris OverturfMARIAN PAROO: Katie StuelkeMAYOR SHINN: Greg WalstonEULALIE MACKECKNIE SHINN: Cathi CalderwoodMARCELLUS WASHBURN: Matt WalstonMRS.

OLD STORIES WE NEED TO REMEMBERMany will remember the laughing and learning good time they had at the Center Point Public Library last fall when historical re-enactor Darrel Draper of Omaha did Theodore Roosevelt. The Historical Society is sponsoring another Draper appearance Sunday, April 28, at 7 p.