Chasing Butterflies

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail female butterfly attracted to the milkweed plant.

Using it's proboscis, this butterfly drinks nectar from a milkweed flower.

These two Pipevine Swallowtail butterflies are swift fliers and didn't stay long.

This Pinepevine Swallowtail  on my butterfly bush proved difficult to capture a photo.

Lovely Lavender and Bees

Lavender is at the top of my list for a great bee-attracting plant and my lavender plants have been very popular among the bees this summer. Not only does the Lavender plants smell heavenly but they can be used to make Lavender tea and other baked goods. 

Bumblebee enjoying the Lavender

The Honeybee has discovered my newest Lavender plant just beginning to bloom.

Monarch Caterpillar

There’s a small patch of milkweed plants near the garden that the bees and butterflies love the flowers of the milkweed. Happy to see this Monarch (larva) caterpillar munching on the leaves one of the milkweed plants. Looking forward to seeing it change into a beautiful Monarch butterfly.

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LMC Summer Theatre "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Coast

Lees McRae Summer Theatre
 "JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT"  CAST

Director/Choreographer Dr. Janet Speer
Women/children’s Chorus Choreography Kim Krege Florio
Dance Captain Jarrett Koski

CAST OF CHARACTERS

Narrators: Kim Krege Florio, Courteney McClutchy, Emma

Jordan, Kariana Sanchez, Jael Gadsden, and Caitie Moss

Joseph: Kevin Korczynski

Jacob: Dick Larson

Reuben: William A. Martin

Simeon: Landon Ricker

Levi: Jarrett Koski

Napthali: Gabe Vanover

Issachar: Thao Nguyen

Asher: RJ Christian

Dan: Nic Baynum

Zebulon: Ben Lamoureux

Gad: Jason Carroll

Benjamin: Carsten Kjaerulff

Judah: Jabriel Shelton

Potipher: Gabe Vanover

Mrs. Potipher: Geana Anderson Welter

Butler: Jason Carroll

Baker: Corey Barrow

Pharaoh: Dominic Aquilino

Ensemble:  Angela Hodges, Barbara Hosbein, Beth Allison, Bryce Palmyra, Claire Kimmel, Corey Barrow, Daniel Binder, Elizabeth Hardy, Geana Anderson Welter, Isabella Karatowicz, Jackson Whiting, Jacob Florio, Jacob Vergara, Jennette Calvert, Jenny Fitzpatrick, Joanne Thompson, John Priar, Kalli Collins, Katelyn Woolard, Kelsy Martin, Laura Carringer, Nina Allbert, Rachel Sabo Hedges, Sarah Bickley, Sunny Binder, Will Garrett

Children’s chorus:  Addison Fitzpatrick, Alice Oden, Alli Grace Pittman, Annie Yawn, Ava Knight, Ben Vergara, Bodhi Parker, Casey Knight, Cassidy Birks-Kilman, Clara Oden, Elijah Calvert, Gabe Knight, Gabe Guignard, Gloria Guignard, Isabella Hardy, Izzy Garrett, Jackson Best, Jaclyn Binder, Kaleil Yawn, Katie Birks-Kilman, Keller Best, Keller Wallin, Lauren Burnley, Lilly Birks-Kilman, Lizzy Knight, Madirose Hicks, Marly Vergara, Reese Campbell, Sam O’Brien, Sarah Birks-Kilman

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat kicks off the Summer Theatre main-stage season June 25

The Lees-McRae College Hayes Auditorium and Broyhill Theatre stage will come to life in vibrant colors on June 25 with the premiere of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.

The first of three shows in the highly anticipated Lees-McRae Summer Theatre line up, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat tells the biblical saga of Joseph, a young, prophetic boy sold into slavery by his jealous brothers.

Family-friendly and set to an engaging cornucopia of musical styles, from country-western and calypso to bubble-gum pop and rock ‘n’ roll, this Book of Genesis tale emerges both timely and timeless.

Directed by Janet Barton Speer and written by Phantom of the Opera writers, Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber, the two-hour long show will take place June 27-30 at 7 p.m. and June 25 and July 1-2 at 2 p.m.

“I have directed “Joseph” four times previously and still find it as exciting as the first time I experienced it,” Speer said. “I am taken with the way Webber and Rice created this piece, using vaudeville, song and dance–and even some clogging in our show–to tell the biblical story.”