Adventures in Beekeeping - Year Six

Starting over again in year six with the bees absconding late last fall. Changed bee yard location and have installed a nuc of bees. Beekeeping is always an adventure with lessons to be learned.

Apple Blossoms and Honeybees

On what a beautiful first day of May in the mountains. The apple trees are beginning to blossom and the honey bees have been busy. Honey bees are attracted to the smell and the color of the apple blossoms. Honey bees collect nectar and pollen on their legs then carry it to another apple blossom. This process is called pollination and must happen for an apple tree to bear fruit. Looks like a good year for apples!

 

Dixie Swim Club Ends This Weekend

The Dixie Swim Club Cast

Vernadette tells things the way they are. No filters.

And when Lynn Vogler went to auditions for The Dixie Swim Club, the newest production from the Brock Players, she went home not only hoping she would be cast in her first play – but she would earn the role of Vernadette.
She did.

Vogler said she had thought about auditioning for a production in the past, but put it off. Then a girl in her church was cast in “Oliver!”

So she went to the audition for The Dixie Swim Club. “I looked it up and said Vernadettte, that would be perfect.”

At times, it is hard to tell if she’s portraying Vernadette or if she’s just being Lynn. “There’s one part when I go off on biscuits … and I couldn’t help but think of my momma.”

The play, which will be at the Brock Performing Arts Center in Mocksville Friday-Sunday, features five Southern women, once college swim teammates, who visit the Outer Banks of North Carolina together every summer. They catch up on – and meddle in – each other’s lives.
The play covers some 33 years of the womens’ lives.

“Expect a lot of laughs,” said Director Donna Bissette. “It’s very sweet, give women who meet together for their annual beach trip. They share everything.”

She said the play is not recommended for younger children because of language and mature topics.
“They fight, yet they stay together throughout it all. It’s about women, but men can appreciate it, too. It’s a reminder about how friendships are fragile, and become more important the older we get.
“One thing that makes this show is that the cast members are friends. They didn’t know each other – but have developed great friendships,” Bissette said.
“You will see that reflected on the stage. That makes a real difference.”

The cast includes stage veterans as well as rookies like Vogler.
Also in the cast are Bobbi Eschenbach, who portrays Sheree; Robin Ball as Dinah; Angela Hodges as Lexie; and Vickie Smitherman as Jeri Neal.

“They really support each other,” Bissette said. It is her first time directing a play at the Brock, although she has appeared on stage here. Bissette said the venue and people are superb.
“They (Davie County Arts Council) make it so easy, it truly is a delightful experience. They leave the joy of directing to me. Davie County is full of talented women.”

Show times are 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and at 3 p.m. on Sunday.

By Mike Barnhardt (Davie County Enterprise Record)

DCAC's Dixie Swim Club Poster

 

THE DIXIE SWIM CLUB, a Jones, Hope, & Wooten comedy, produced by the DCAC’s Brock Players is the story of five Southern women who through hilarious adventures prove that friendships last forever.  These five unforgettable Southern women, whose friendships began many years ago on their college swim team, set aside a long weekend every August to recharge those relationships. Free from husbands, kids, and jobs, they meet at the same beach cottage on North Carolina’s Outer Banks to catch up, laugh and meddle in each other’s lives. These women increasingly rely on one another, through advice and raucous repartee, to get through the challenges (men, sex, marriage, parenting, divorce, aging) that life flings at them, including some hilarious and unexpected twists and turns.

Brock Players' "Dixie Swim Club" Cast List

The Brock Players are happy to announce the following cast members for the upcoming production of "Dixie Swim Club" - a hilarious and touching comedy about five North Carolina women, who prove that friendships can last forever. 

CAST LIST FOR "DIXIE SWIM CLUB":

"SHEREE" - Bobbi Eschenbach
"DINAH" - Robin Ball
"LEXIE "- Angela Hodges
"JERI NEAL" - Vickie Smitherman
"VERNADETTE" - Lynn Vogler

Get ready for a play full of laughs, love and Southern charm. It’s a story of five unforgettable women, who return to the same beach house every summer in the Outer Banks. Their lives are full of ups and downs, just like the waves of the Carolina beaches.  

Performances are: Fridays & Saturdays, March 9, 10, 16, & 17 @ 7 pm; Sundays, March 11 & 18 @ 3 pm. 

Tickets will go on sale January 29. Ticket prices:  Adult–$15; Senior (65+)–$13; Youth (12-18)–$10; Children (under 12)–$7. For information call 336.751.3112 .