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unteer tax preparers
will prepare returns
free of charge for low
and middle income
clients at The Buck
Melton Center on
Sessions Drive in
Macon on Mondays,
Wednesdays and
Fridays from 8:30 a.m.
-12:30 p.m. through
April 16th. You must
bring social security
cards for yourself and
any dependents you
are claiming along
with a photo ID and
your 2016 tax return.
For questions, call
478-361-9984.
Hubbard Alumni
Assoc. King & Queen
Competition
The Flubbard
Alumni Association
has opened its Annual
King and Queen
Competition for its
2018 Hubbard Day
Celebration on April
21. The competi
tion ends on April
14 with the King
& Queen Cotillion
at the William
Hubbard Middle
School Auditorium.
The winners and
each competitor gets
to ride on the float
in the Hubbard Day
Celebration Parade;
the winners are intro
duced in the Hubbard
Day Celebration
Banquet; they appear
in the Fort Valley
Homecoming Parade;
ride on the Hubbard
Alumni float in the
Monroe Chamber
Christmas Parade
and pass the baton
to the incoming king
and queen at the
2019 King and Queen
Cotillion. For more
information, contact
Annie Evans at 478-
994-9791.
Feb. 15
T.G. Scott hosts Family
Night
T.G. Scott
Elementary invites
everyone to Family
Night on Thursday,
Feb. 15 at 4 p.m.
in the TGS Media
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MONROE ENTERTAINS YOU BY DENNIS SMITH
Anger management-theatrical style!
Cast members of "Twelve Angry Jurors" listen intently
as Director Jeff Dean offers pointers regarding howto
convey the seriousness of their role. Left to right: Karleigh
Woodard, Judy Jacobs, Rick Kmitta, Dean and Erica Martin.
(Photo/Dennis Smith)
I f you are reading
this column today,
you may find the
topic of anger a bit
out of sync with the “love
and kisses” that, nor
mally signify Valentine’s
Day. In no
way do I
intend to
diminish the
fun and hap
piness that,
accompanies
a visit, from
Cupid with
his bow. One
never knows
when the fate
ful arrow of
“true love” will strike.
Now to the anger.
Jeff Dean is directing
“Twelve Angry Jurors”
which opens March 16th
at. The Rose Theater.
“Twelve Angry Jurors”
is a stage-play in three
acts by Sherman L.
Sergei. It. is adapted
from the television show
by Reginald Rose of
“Twelve Angry Men,”
which aired on CBS
Studio One in 1954. The
story depicts the person
al interplay of 12 jurors
who must, decide the fate
of a young boy.
Understanding that,
plays presented at. The
Rose by the Backlot.
Players use non-paid
actors, MEY was curious
about, how Dean cast. 12
people who could become
angry jurors.
“If this were a court,
of law, there would be a
pool of randomly chosen
people for the jury. As
a director you hope to
have a big turnout, at.
your casting call which
will give you a good pool
of candidates for the
cast., and you
need to know
the skills of
actors who
have been in
other produc
tions,” Dean
responded.
“I had a very
good group
of people to
choose from.
Getting each
actor to be angry has
been a different, story.”
The play unfolds in a
Jury Room. The actors
are seated at. a large
table. There is little
stage movement, during
the play. A water cooler
is the only diversion. It.
is essential that, each
actor engages the audi
ence with portrayal of
the character. To add to
the challenge, the actors
don’t, have names: They
have numbers like Juror
Ten or Juror Six.
Dean took some artis
tic license versus the
original production in
casting the primary
jurors by flipping the
roles of the major antag
onist. in the story from a
man to a woman and, in
turn, having a man play
the “good guy” part.
“We have not. touched
the basic dialogue, but.
we have updated the
time frame and social
references of the story
from the fifties to the
eighties,” said Dean.
“Women became much
more involved in society
then than when the
play originally aired and
have a big part, in this
production.”
“Twelve Angry Jurors”
has a cast, of 15, includ
ing a Judge, Clerk and
Guard. However, the
real burden of proof for
the play’s success rests
with the 12 people who
debate the case.
“I was concerned
about, how I would
motivate each actor to
display anger. I soon
discovered that, anger
is a corrosive emotion
that, grows when one is
annoyed, displeased or
feels threatened,” said
Dean. “So, I urged the
actors to ‘step on lines’
or to ‘take it. personally.’
These are behaviors sel
dom encouraged in other
plays. But. they helped
get. each cast, member
invested in the script,
and riled-up.”
On a personal note,
Jeff spends much more
of his time encouraging
a positive form of anger
management.. Dean has
a very busy lifestyle.
He is Senior Pastor
at. Sanctuary Baptist
Church in Juliette. He
is also Deputy Chief of
Administration for the
Georgia Fire Academy,
a division of the Georgia
Public Safety Training
Center. Plus he and
wife, Barbara, have two
children—Charles and
Tiffani, both of whom
have been regular per
formers at. The Rose.
‘My commitment, to
Jesus Christ is first, in
my life, and I fit. the
other opportunities in
as time permits,” com
mented Dean.
MEY believes you
will feel the emotional
anger generated by the
cast.. But., at. the same
time, you will enjoy this
thought-provoking play
about, justice and the
fine acting job of the
15-member cast, who
bring the Jury Room
debates to life.
“Twelve Angry Jurors”
opens on March 16th
and runs through March
25t.h. Evening perfor
mances are at. 7:30 p.m.,
and Sunday matinees
are at. 2:30 p.m.
Dennis Smith writes
“Monroe Entertains You”
highlighting the enter
tainment fare offered
in Monroe County and,
the people who make it
possible. Smith wants
Forsyth to realize and
support the riches it has
in the cultural arts.
Dennis Smith
WAR OF WORDS
Jhavier Locus is Monroe Co’s top speller
By Diane Glidewell
news@mymcr.net
Monroe County
Schools held its 2018
District Spelling Bee
on Tuesday, Feb. 6 at.
the Board of Education
auditorium. Twent.y-t.wo
competitors, from 4th
through 8t.h grades, took
the stage as parents,
siblings, teachers and
friends watched and
waited to see who would
get. what, words and how
they would handle them.
Peggy Trammell of
K.B. Sutton Elementary
reviewed the rules
for the Bee and then
handed the program
over to Pam Wacter of
Middle Georgia Regional
Educational Service
Agency (RESA) who was
charged with calling the
words to be spelled and
providing definitions
and using them in a sen
tence if requested. She
was also the one who
pronounced “correct.”
or “incorrect.” as each
contestant finished a
word. Three judges from
RESA sat. at. a table in
front, of the stage, but.
there didn’t, seem to be
anything controversial
for them to judge in
this spelling bee, which
lasted just over an hour
and ended at. the 13th
round.
In the end, 7th grader
Jhavier Locus was
the champion speller,
repeating his suc-
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Pictured, left to right, between Superintendent Dr. Mike Hickman and Principal Dr. Rich
ard Bazemore, are theT.G. Scott Spelling Bee winners who competed in the system bee:
Fletcher Sterling, Matthew Biers, Lara Hencely, Maela McKallip, Christiana Payne.
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