THE SAUGUS ADVOCATE – FriDAy, JUnE 21, 2024 Page 17 THE SOUNDS| FROM PAGE 15 August 28: Jumpstreet (Rock, R&B, Blues, & Jazz). Bring chairs or a blanket and a picnic! Enjoy a summer evening at the historic Saugus Iron Works with great music and friends! This year’s summer concert series is partially funded through a generous grant from the Mass Cultural Council. Community Garden volunteers welcomed If you love gardening and would love to volunteer a few hours for a good cause this summer, offer your services at the Community Garden at St. John’s Episcopal Church. Volunteers are welcome to come any Friday or Saturday morning for the rest of the summer to help weed and nurture the crops. If these times are difficult, arrangements can be made for other days. For details, contact The Rev. John Beach at St. John’s Episcopal Church (revjbeach@gmail.com). Food Pantry notes The Saugus United Parish Food Pantry is open today (Friday, June 21) from 9:30-11 a.m. at 50 Essex St. in the basement of Cliftondale Congregational Church. Legion Breakfasts over for summer American Legion Post 210 would like to thank all those who made the 2023-24 breakfast season such a success, and wish them a wonderful summer. We will resume serving breakfast on Friday, September 6, 2024. Sharon’s Sneaker Crew yard sale June 22 Sharon Genovese and her group – Sharon’s Sneaker Crew – will be hosting a Jimmy Fund Yard Sale, Saturday, June 22, at 23 Lily Pond Ave., from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Lots of good items: TV, bike, furniture and toys. All proceeds will go to the Jimmy Fund Walk. She and members of her crew plan to walk the Boston Marathon route in the Dana-Farber Jimmy Fund Walk this fall. If you need any more information, you can call or text Sharon at 617-966-3475 or email her at sunkin1@aol.com. Adult coloring group meets Wednesday This just in from the Saugus Public Library: “Come relax with our continuing Adult Coloring Group. It’s a great opportunity to take time to unwind, be creative, and have fun, no experience necessary! We have pencils and Theatre Company of Saugus sets audition dates This just in from the Theatre Company of Saugus, which will present “Evil Dead the Musical” in October 2024. Auditions are scheduled for July 8, 9 and 11; with callbacks on July 13. The Story: Five college students go to an abandoned cabin in the woods and accidentally unleash an evil force that turns them into demons. It’s all up to Ash (a housewares employee turned demon-killing hero) and his trusty chainsaw to save the day. Blood flies. Limbs are dismembered. Demons tell bad jokes … and all to music. The songs in the show are completely off the wall, with titles like “All the Men in My Life Keep Getting Killed by Candarian Demons” and “What the F**k was That?” and have had the audience rolling in their seats and screaming for more and more blood. coloring pages ready and waiting … See you there! Spaces limited, please call to register 781-231-4168 X 3106.” The group will be meeting next Wednesday (June 26) at 10 a.m. in the Brooks Room on the second floor at the library. A “Shout Out” for Strawberry volunteers Joanie Allbee offered these two “shout outs” to volunteers who showed up to make the annual Strawberry Festival extra special this year: Hello I’d like to give a shout out to our Strawberry Festival Shortcake wonder woman Linda Call who saved the day! Linda Call showed up, rolled up and got busy cutting bakery shortcakes and strawberries tirelessly behind the scenes. Because of Linda we were able to deliver our freshly made strawberry shortcakes on time. I was amazed how much work she did for us Thank You so much! A second Shout Out to Karen Rakinic who came by asked if I needed help and jumped right in serving strawberries till we finished! A Big Thankyou to both of you Want to “Shout Out” a fellow Saugonian? This is an opportunity for our paper’s readers to single out – in a brief mention – remarkable acts or achievements by Saugus residents or an act of kindness or a nice gesture. Just send an email (mvoge@ comcast.net) with a mention in the subject line of “An Extra Shout Out.” No more than a paragraph; anything longer might lend itself to a story and/ or a photo. RUBBING IT IN: The Boston Celtics win over Dallas for the NBA championship gave Kane’s Donut owner Maria Delios bragging rights in her donut wager with Rings Donuts of Dallas. In this video she sent to Rings, Delios shows off the Celtics donuts made especially to celebrate winning Banner No. 18. She also boasted that the Celts will be going for Banner No. 19 next year. (Courtesy photo to The Saugus Advocate) You don’t need to be a fan of Evil Dead to love this show. You don’t need to be a fan of horror to love this show. You don’t even need to be a fan of musicals to love this show. This is a pure comedy start to finish. It has fun with the horror genre, and in doing so appeals to a wider audience than you could ever imagine. The director is Jason HairWynn, who directed previous Theatre Company of Saugus productions of “Little Shop of Horrors” and “Nevermore.” The music director is Shane Stetcher, with choreography by Jason Hair-Wynn and Jill Tokac and fight choreography by Amanda O’Donnell. The stage manager is Ally Lewis. Performances of “Evil Dead the Musical” are on October 1112-13 and 18-19-20, 2024. Rehearsals are planned for Sunday afternoons and on Monday and Wednesday evenings, with the possibility of adding more based on actor availability. For the audition, please prepare a song from the show for a character you are most interested in, or sing a song in the style of the show. All songs, sheet music, and sides are linked on the theatre’s website. Sign up for an audition slot on one of these dates: • Monday, July 8 – 7-10 p.m. • Tuesday, July 9 – 7-10 p.m. • Thursday, July 11 – 7-10 p.m. To sign up for an audition slot, to see the role descriptions and to view the audition sides, music and other information, please visit the Auditions page on the Theatre Company of Saugus website: TCSaugus.org/auditions/ Callbacks will be on Saturday, July 13, starting at 1:00 p.m. (Plan for a long afternoon.) Callbacks will consist of singing, acting, movement and possible stage combat. You will be learning a short combination from the show. This dance is not very complicated, and you do not have to be a strong dancer to be in this show. The main focus is that you can commit to this hilarious choreography and show the character as a “deadite,” as well as retain choreography quickly. Performances, auditions and rehearsals of “Evil Dead the Musical” will be at the Theatre Company of Saugus home at the American Legion Post 210 at 44 Taylor St. in Saugus, Mass. The upstairs performance space is not wheelchair accessible. June events at Kowloon JUNE 21: Concert Series: UP ALL NIGHT! – 7:00 p.m. – Free General Admission or $10 Reserved Seating. JUNE 26: BINGO NIGHT with DJ TOMMY – 7:00 p.m. – Free General Admission. JUNE 28: CONCERT SERIES: DAVE MACKLIN BAND – 7:00 p.m. – Free General Admission or $10 Reserved Seating. JUNE 29: Concert Series: XS BAND – 7:00 p.m. – Free General Admission or $10 Reserved Seating. For all tickets, call the Kowloon Restaurant at 781-2330077 or visit online at www. kowloonrestaurant.com SAVE Annual Meeting/Dinner Wednesday Saugus Action Volunteers for the Environment (SAVE) will hold its 51st Annual Meeting & Dinner on Wednesday, June 26, 2024, at Polcari’s Restaurant (92 Broadway-Route 1 North, Saugus). Social time starts at 6:30 p.m.; dinner buffet begins at approximately 7:00 p.m. The public is cordially invited and we hope you can join us for the mixed buffet consisting of garden salad, chicken & brocTHE SOUNDS | SEE PAGE 20
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