Irish Blessing

*May brooks and trees and singing hills join in the chorus too, and every gentle wind that blows send happiness to you.* --Irish Blessing

Southern Hospitality Cast List

"Southern Hospitality" presented by The Stained Glass Playhouse is another riotous comedy by Jones, Hope, & Wooten, the authors of "The Dixie Swim Club," "Red Velvet Cake Wars," "Dearly Beloved" and "Dearly Departed." This show is set in the small town of Fayro, Texas. It is the hilarious tale of the Futrelle sisters, eccentrics all, trying to save their small town after all of the major businesses have flown. Trying to attract a salsa manufacturer, all kinds of unlikely promises are made and all kinds of troubles arise, including somebody dropping dead just as the salsa representative arrives! 

Cast list is as follows:

Rhonda Lynn - April Marshall

Honey Raye - Angela Hodges

Gina Joe - Kady Ann Tilley

Twink - Carolyn Huggins

Frankie - Sara Butner

Justin Waverly - Kenny Gaylord

John Curtis Buntner - Mark Craddock

Dub Dubberly - Robert Evans

Iney Dubberly - Kay Shelton

Buck Strickland - Chris Swaim 

Dayva Davidson - Patti Darkow

Raynerd Chisum - Logan Chidester

Geneva Musgrave - Peggy Dull

Director:  Justin Bulla
Stage Manager:  Tina Evans

Performance dates and times: 

Friday and Saturday, May 1, 2, 8, 9, 15, 16, 2015 at 8 pm
Sunday, May 3, 10, 17, 2015 at 3 pm

Lees-McRae Summer Theatre’s production of Oliver

The 2015 season will open on June 26, with Lees-McRae Summer Theatre’s production of Oliver in Banner Elk!, the award-winning musical about Oliver Twist. I'm excited to say that I have accepted and will be joining the Lees-McRae Summer Theatre production of Oliver, the musical. 

Show dates are June 26, June 27, June 30, and July 1, July 2 at 7 p.m. and June 28 and July 3 at 2 p.m. Would love to see your friendly faces in the audience.

Feeding the Bees

Even during a cold winter, there will be opportunities to open the beehive for a quick addition of food. My hope is to have at least one  day each month when the temperature hits near 50 degrees or above to slip some food into the hive. Last week with the temperatures in the low fifties in Banner Elk, I was able to feed the bees a pollen patty.

I buy pre-made pollen patties and store them in the freezer until I’m ready to put them in the hive.   Pollen patties usually don't contain pollen, but simulate real pollen. They are rectangular in shape, sticky, and high in protein but bees eat them like candy.

I put a pollen patty on top of the brood box frame, where the bees can get it easily.   They’ll chew the waxed paper away as they start eating the patty then remove the wax paper from the hive.

A New Year's Toast with a Horchata Margarita

 

This is a photo of the Horchata Margarita I had at the San Angel In Disney World in Epcot along with a recipe for this delectable drink. 

Cocktail Description:
Tequila, Horchata cream rum, Fireball Cinnamon wiskey, agua de Horchata, topped with cinnamon powder.

Ingredients:

1.5 oz Tequila Blanco

1 oz Chila ‘Orchata Rum

.2 oz Fireball Cinnamon Whiskey

.2 oz Agave Nectar

5 oz Agua de Horchata

4 oz Ice

Dash of Cinnamon

Entrance to the San Angel Inn Restaurant

Dining at the base of Mayan ruins in a modeled after a 17th-century hacienda.