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Page 2 The SEGway News March 2 , 2017

THURSDAY MARCH 2 6.30pm TRIVIA NIGHT The Bridge Cafe , 138 N Main St , Upland . We will be hosting our second Trivia Night ! Sign ups start at 6:30 and the game begins at 7 . Bring a group of 3-4 friends for a chance to win the Mug of Champions ! The purchase of a drink is required in order to participate .

Witter ’ s Bull Pen will hold an Auction and Raffle on the evening of Friday March 17 , to raise funds to assist the family of Anthony Briner , the 10 year old boy from Jonesboro who passed away suddenly this

FRIDAY MARCH 3 MAKE LITERATURE CONFER- ENCE Taylor University 10am BINGO ! Gray Barn , 168 S 2nd St , Upland . Lots of fun and FREE . 7pm ENVISION STUDENT FILM FESTIVAL , Taylor University , Rediger Chapel / Auditorium . The year ’ s best in Taylor student filmmaking will be presented . Films will include narrative short films , nonfiction video , music video and experimental film trailers . Tickets are available at the door for $ 5.00 . 8pm WHEN THE RAIN STOPS FALLING Taylor University ’ s Mitchell Theatre . Friday performance include a post-show panel discussion . Purchase tickets through Taylor University Theatre ’ s website , Facebook and Twitter pages , or contact the box office : 765-998-5289 and boxoffice @ taylor . edu . For mature audiences only .

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SATURDAY MARCH 4 MAKE LITERATURE CONFER- ENCE Taylor University 7:30pm MARION PHILHAR- MONIC ORCHESTRA PRES- ENTS “ GEMS ” Taylor University Butz Carruth Recital Hall . Tickets may be purchased by calling 765-662-0012 . Adults $ 20 , $ 10 students 13 and up and free for students under 12 with an adult ticket purchase . 8pm WHEN THE RAIN STOPS FALLING Taylor University ’ s Mitchell Theatre . Purchase tickets through Taylor University Theatre ’ s website , Facebook and Twitter pages , or contact the box office : 765-998-5289 and boxoffice @ taylor . edu . For mature audiences only .

SUNDAY MARCH 5 2pm WHEN THE RAIN STOPS FALLING Taylor University ’ s Mitchell Theatre . Purchase tickets through Taylor University Theatre ’ s website , Facebook and Twitter pages , or contact the box office : 765-998-5289 and boxoffice @ taylor . edu . For mature audiences only .

MONDAY MARCH 6 8:30pm to 2:30pm SCRIP- TURE ENGAGEMENT WORK-

weekend . The staff and friends at the Bull Pen want to show their love and support to Paula McCartey , Anthony ’ s mother and Daryl Briner , Anthony ’ s father , and the rest of his family who are grieving the loss

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Happenings

SHOP Taylor University . Dr . Phil Collins of Taylor University will be leading the workshop which will instruct participants in tools to share with your church body that will help them in their pursuit to know God . The cost is $ 20 which includes lunch and materials . To register , go to the website tucse . taylor . edu . For any other questions , contact Noelle Brennan at nlbrennan @ taylor . edu or 260-399-1672 .

TUESDAY MARCH 7 7PM UPLAND TOWN COUN- CIL MEETING Upland Town Hall , Main Street , Upland .

SATURDAY MARCH 11 4:30PM TO 7PM ANNUAL FISH AND TENDERLOIN FRY Upland Elementary School . Proceeds are for the School Backpack Program . Advanced Adult tickets will go on sale on March 1st . Carry-Out will be available . 6pm MUSIC AT THE GRAY BARN Gray Barn . 168 S 2nd St , Upland .. Lots of fun and FREE .

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Witter ’ s Bull Pen to hold auction for grieving family

of their dear son , by helping them with funeral costs . Please come and support them by attending the auction . Donations are also being accepted . Call the Bull Pen for more information at 765-998-7734 .

Tessa Lark and Peter Kilmo to perform at Arts Place , Portland

Violinist Tessa Lark will perform with pianist Peter Klimo at Arts Place , Portland Center Wednesday , March 22 . The performance will begin at 7:30 with an intermission and complimentary refreshments at 8:15 . The Portland Center is located at 131 E Walnut Street . For more information or to purchase tickets call 260-726-4809 or online at www . artsland . org . Portland Center normal hours of operation are Monday through Thursday 10:00am-9:00p . m . and Friday 10:0a . m . -6:00p. m .

Winner of the 2012 Naumburg International Violin Competition , Kentucky native Tessa Lark has toured nationally and internationally as a violin soloist . At age 16 , she performed Mozart ’ s Violin Concerto in G major with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and has since then performed other concerti with the Santa Cruz Symphony , Peninsula Symphony , Gettysburg Chamber Orchestra , Santa Fe Symphony , Chinese Opera and Ballet Symphony Orchestra , and New England Conservatory ’ s Symphony Orchestra as a result of winning the school ’ s Violin Concerto Competition in 2010 with the Walton Violin Concerto .

Lark has given many solo recitals , including concerts for the radio broadcasted Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert series , the Chamber Music Tulsa series , and the Caramoor Wednesday Morning Concert series . As part of the Starling Chamber Orchestra until 2006 , Lark performed as soloist at the Kennedy Center and toured with the orchestra as both concertmaster and soloist in England , Europe , China , and Russia .

A chamber musician , Lark received the Silver Medal at the 2012 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition as part of her piano trio , Modêtre . She has participated in the Music in the Vineyards festival and Caramoor ’ s Rising Star Series , and has attended many summer festivals including Yellow Barn , Steans Institute for Young Artists at the Ravinia Festival , the Perlman Music Program ’ s Chamber Music Workshop , and Music @ Menlo .

Lark has collaborated with renowned artists such as Itzhak Perlman , Miriam Fried , Donald Weilerstein , Pamela Frank , Anthony Marwood , Peter Frankl , Atar Arad , Roger Tapping , Ralph Kirshbaum , Timothy Eddy , and Ronald Thomas and participated in the 2012 Musicians from Ravinia ’ s Steans Music Institute concert tour .

Along with her recent Naumburg award , Lark was also the first prize winner in both the 2008 Irving Klein International Strings Competition and the 2006 Johansen International Competition for Young String Players . Other awards include a top prize in the 2009 Michael Hill International Violin Competition , first prize for the Kentucky division of the Stillman-Kelley Competition , and first prize for NEC ’ s Honors Ensemble Competition as part of the Sonica String Quartet .

Lark started playing violin at age 6 studying with Cathy McGlasson . She joined the Starling Strings Program at University of Cincinnati ’ s College-Conservatory of Music in 2001 and studied with Kurt Sassmannshaus . She entered New England Conservatory in the fall of 2006 to begin studies with Miriam Fried and completed her Master ’ s degree in May 2012 under the tutelage of both Ms . Fried and Lucy Chapman .

Keeping in touch with her Kentucky roots , Lark says she enjoys playing bluegrass music . She has played with Narrow Road , her father ’ s gospel bluegrass band , since she was 8 years old , has attended Mark O ’ Connor ’ s Fiddle Camp in Tennessee for several years and recently performed with the Boston Children ’ s Chorus as a bluegrass fiddler .

Hammonds to perform at Blackford Arts Center

Margaret Hammond and Dan Hammond will be performing at the Blackford County Arts Center on Sunday , March 26 at 2pm . The event is free . Free will donations will be accepted . The Blackford County Arts Center is located at 107 West Washington , Hartford City . For more information about this event call 765-348-4154 or email amyday @ artsland . org . The center ’ s hours of operations are Mondays 10:00- 2:00 , Tuesdays 10:00-2:00 and 3:00-7:00 , Wednesdays 3:00-7:00 , and Thursdays 10:00-2:00 .

Dan Hammond grew up in Detroit Michigan . As a teenager , he learned to play the harmonica from his uncle . He taught himself how to play the guitar and banjo . Dan says “ I appreciate musical virtuosity in all

forms from the self-taught blues musicians , jazz improvisors , to the outstanding classical musicians . My music instruction however , is the polar opposite of Margaret ’ s much more formal training .”

Dan received his PhD in chemistry with a specialty in biochemistry from Wayne State University . He taught chemistry and biochemistry at Taylor University for 35 years .

Margaret Hammond was born in Karuizawa , Nagano Ken , Japan to missionaries Ralph and Betty Bell . She started studying piano when she was 4 years old . She has studied with Boris Maximovich ( Kiev Conservatory ) in Detroit and Ron Sloan ( Arizona University ) at Taylor University . Margaret is an accompanist for Taylor University .

She accompanies vocalists and instrumentalists for lessons , hearings , performances , and recitals . She has also performed with the Marion Philharmonic Orchestra , the Jay County Civic Theatre , the Muncie Civic Theatre , the Marion Civic Theatre , and the Jay County High School Theatre . She has accompanied over 30 different musicals . She is currently a teaching artist for Arts Place at the Blackford County Arts Center and the Portland Center .

Margaret and Dan have performed several times together at church , in musicals , at weddings , funerals , and special events .

Activities of Arts Place , Inc . are provided in part by the Indiana Arts Commission ; and the National Endowment for the Arts , a federal agency .