#i really went off in the end with the shepherd’s quotes about the stranger and they can easily fit aegon

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I saw speculation that Aegon will claim Cannibal in the next season, and as much as I love Sunfyre, I don’t hate the idea.

Otto said this : "Aegon Targaryen sits the Iron Throne. He wears the Conqueror's crown, wields the Conqueror's sword, and bears the Conqueror's name. He was anointed by a Septon of the Faith before the eyes of thousands. Every symbol of legitimacy belongs to him."

However, since his 'sausage' burst into flames and his only male heir is dead, Aegon's claim has been weakened in the eyes of the Westerosi lords and smallfolk. Because of that, he may need another symbol of legitimacy—Cannibal, an 'untameable beast' and a black dragon (similar to Aegon the conqueror), could serve that purpose...

i love the foils of sunfyre/the cannibal, one being a literal golden symbol of loyalty and bravery for the targaryens and the other being an abhorrent creature that eats its own young. my personal hc is that the cannibal, as a westerosi dragon, can only be claimed by a westerosi rider. like a half hightower, it would fit perfectly.

but i have to ask, how would the cannibal improve aegon’s reputation in a way sunfyre couldn’t? the dragon is an outsider, considered undesirable and a kinslayer (if dragons can be so). it would highlight the slander aegon’s enemies use against him.

when it comes to aegon vs baela, how will it be justified that the cannibal loses against a baby dragon when that’s just his regular diet? it made sense for sunny because he was injured, but i doubt the cannibal will be so damaged by the fight. if the cannibal lives on, then it would be expected that aegon gets his wounds patched and flies to burn the tullys and starks.

sunfyre is *the* symbol for aegon because he’s the best boy, and he is good for aegonoptics because of his resilience in fighting and his loyalty to his rider, crossing hundreds of miles to reunite with him. he also allows aegon to show a softer side by grieving him and refusing to ride another non-sunny dragon. if he just dies and is replaced then we lose a good part of the og story.

let’s make another story then: a golden dragon being burned and melted and twisted into a terrible vengeful thing. the gold is gone and only the bitterness remains. he raises again from the shadows, ready to spill the blood of everyone that went against him. he has nothing else to hold dear, all his softness burned out long ago. he knows his end is close, yet he holds to his crown with all his might, terrorizing the hatchlings that are trapped in his den.

aegon switching the sun, the golden legacy of his house for the cannibal, the black dragon feasting in the rot of his house. he’s the stranger on a dark horse with burning eyes, ready to cleanse king’s landing of sin and demons. prayers and tears can’t stay his wroth, only blood can quench his fire.

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Chrobin Week: Day 7: Vows

In the divine presence of Naga and her cherished people, I take thee as my spouse and friend.

Strangers, allies, friends, partners. All in less than one year’s time, Chrom and Robin had undergone every stage. With every step forward, they grew closer together, and with every inch of closed distance, they wanted less and less to let one another go.

“I never want to let you go, Robin. Does that make me selfish?”

From this day onward, my heart shall lie foremost in your hands.

Chrom had found becoming Ylisse’s ruler to be a monumental task. There were days he felt he would be better off simply living in his office or the throne room. He’d promised himself and his wife that his first duty would need to be bringing peace back to his people.

He worked hard during the day, but every night when the clock struck ten, he would drop whatever he was doing and be sure to head back to his and Robin’s quarters. They needed and owed each other those few precious hours together.

When she became pregnant, he saw that he was done with work by seven. His duty may have been to his country, but his heart still belonged to her.

“I’m a lucky woman to have met you, and luckier still now.”

Your sorrows I shall shoulder.

She remembered placing her hands gently on his shoulders, every inch of him stained with blood or mud from the Midmire. She remembered telling him she would be there for him as he had been there for her, if only to see the weight of his sister’s loss ease off his heart for an instant. She remembered the embrace they shared shortly thereafter, no longer with the Shepherds’ eyes on them. For the first time since losing her memory, she felt she was no longer lost, but exactly where she was supposed to be.

It only became clearer after that moment: Wherever he was, she was meant to be there. Wherever he was was home.

“I'll do everything I can to make the castle a happy home for us.”

Your joy I shall see as my own.

She had called herself an Ylissean. Even being their queen, their war hero, she had never marked herself as belonging to their country until now.

Chrom felt strangely proud, taking comfort in her reassurance that she belonged with them. As time went on saw the way she began to fit in in their palace, much as she had in their army. He thought of the lost woman he’d picked up in the field so many moons ago and smiled.

She felt at home, she felt happy. And nothing could’ve made him happier than knowing that.

“I guess we really are two halves of the same whole.”

I vow now to forgive you as we have been forgiven.

Through war and peace they lead their people as one. The brawn and the brains, the courage and the cunning, commander and tactician, king and queen.

And through their time they’d seen the blood they’d shed, the mistakes they’d made, those they couldn’t save and those they’d disappointed.

It weighed on Robin terribly. But without fail, there was always another who could understand her. Another who felt just the same and could grant her forgiveness for her shortcomings, and she could grant him forgiveness for his.

There was always her other half.

“If we are all bound by these invisible ties, I thank the gods it's with you.”

To love you as we have been loved.

He never felt Emm’s hand leave his shoulder after she passed. In ending the war, in leading their people, she was guiding him. In offering his heart to the woman he loved, it was her voice encouraging him.

When he found himself in doubt or wondering just what to say, he could listen to her, and she would give him the answers. “Keep an open mind, an open heart, and cherish those around you,” she’d tell him.

When he heard those words in his mind, he made sure to hold his wife or daughter a bit tighter, for his heart cherished them more than they could know.

“Together we can be more than we can alone, remember?”

And I vow to try with you to better understand ourselves, this world, and our country.

There were still things that Robin didn’t know about herself. Questions that she couldn’t answer. Who was she? Where was she from?

But slowly, she became less concerned with “was” as her present grew brighter and fuller. She was a tactician, a wife, a mother. She was from Ylisse. Her life began the day she met her family.

There was still so much she didn’t understand, but with her friends and her partner at her side, no question was too troubling. Anything they’d yet to understand, they would work through together, be it politics, ethics, or the past of an amnesiac.

“I could never forget a single thing about you. Even if death were to tear us apart... Even if I lost my memories again...”

I as I am and you as you are, let us be bound by the Holy Mother in this life and those to come.

Their eyes met as purple robes disintegrated. Her body began to fade away, Chrom’s froze on the spot. They both knew why she’d done it, but it hurt nonetheless. Gods did it hurt them both...

Their life, their shared past and happy memories lingered in the air between them before disappearing with Robin’s image. But as all else disappeared, one thing still remained: a red string of fate, an unbreakable bond that would withstand the trials of lifetimes, bloodlines and destinies. Just as it had in worlds past.

Robin whispered,

“May we meet again in a better life.”

That our love may never find its end.

Haven’t gotten a chance to publish for days 1-6 (will probably make them up sometime later) but this prompt was too nice for me to pass up :’3 

Plus this mishmash of real and made up vows was easy to make, and Chrom and Robin give you a good choice of quotes to pick from so it went pretty quick!

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Soft training: Union Springs man raises service dogs for children with autism

For Fred Horning, training emotional support dogs is about desensitizing them to everything except harsh behavior. 

“We’re much more focused on the behavior than we are the obedience,” he said.

Horning takes the five or six puppies in his care on road trips to Boston and the docks of New York City to expose them to the crashing of shipping crates. However, he makes sure to train them “soft,” without using a loud voice. That’s because Horning’s service dogs will be paired with children with autism, and the dogs need to be emotionally sensitive enough to reflect what the children feel.

“You can tell what the child’s going through by how the dog is. If the dog’s happy and boisterous, it’s a pretty good indication that the child is OK,” Horning said.

He breeds chocolate Labs at his farm in Union Springs every two years, and picks two out of every litter to train as service dogs for children with autism — which comes at no cost to the families. Horning said he works with an organization called Paws 4 Ability that chooses the children who receive the service dogs.

Horning chose chocolate Labs for their easy-going and nonthreatening nature, as opposed to another common service dog: German shepherds. 

“There’s almost no perceived threat to a Lab. So when you give someone a service dog that already has social anxiety, giving them a dog that keeps people away is not really a way to fix or counteract that social anxiety,” he said. 

Horning also tries to gradually breed his dogs to be smaller to better accommodate the families, and so the dogs can accompany the children in smaller spaces like planes.

The first thing Horning does to train his puppies is put them in a car to go on long rides, and bring along his four adult Labs to demonstrate calm behavior. The puppies also learn to track scents if their child ever goes missing, show their teeth with a disguised command if the child ever feels threatened, and bark at the scent of human urine.

Another part of the desensitization training involves hanging around a couple of barber shops in Syracuse so the dogs can get used to all kinds of physical, racial and cultural diversity.

“It’s very easy to raise a pup in your little nucleus of your world, and then the pup freaks out when it sees somebody that’s over six-and-a-half-foot tall or somebody that wears a western cowboy hat or somebody whose skin’s a different color,” Horning said. 

He’ll also put the dogs in the bed of his truck and take them around Auburn, where he often hears strangers’ stories about their own dogs: “They relay a story about loss or they relay a story about life, and I’ve gotten very good at redirecting people’s sorrow,” he said. 

One of the dogs in the pack, T.J., is Horning’s own PTSD service animal. Horning was electrocuted 13 years ago while on the job repairing telephone lines, and sounds of crackling and popping bring back traumatic memories. “I spent an unbelievable amount of time in a hospital bed, in my head,” he said.

But, once he got home, Horning’s dogs didn’t care about the physical changes that impacted his own sense of identity. He then went on to train PTSD service dogs before switching to his current training for children with autism. 

“I have a quote on my fridge and it says, ‘The meaning of life is to find your gift, and the purpose of life is to give it away,'” he said. “And that has been probably 90 to 95 percent of the driving reason why I do this. I want to know that I make a difference.” 

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Fred Horning trains dogs at his Union Springs farm to help children with autism.

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Fred Horning trains dogs at his Union Springs farm to help children with autism.

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Fred Horning trains dogs at his Union Springs farm to help children with autism.

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Fred Horning trains dogs at his Union Springs farm to help children with autism.

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Fred Horning trains dogs at his Union Springs farm to help children with autism.

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Finger Lakes Musical Theatre Festival announces new name, 2020 season

Is it the Merry-Go-Round Playhouse? Or the Finger Lakes Musical Theatre Festival?

As of about 7:30 tonight, the answer is neither. At his traditional curtain speech at opening night of “Working: A Musical,” Producing Artistic Director Brett Smock announced that the professional theater organization headquartered in Auburn has changed its name to The Rev Theatre Co. 

Speaking to The Citizen Tuesday, Smock said the change was a long time coming.

What began as the Auburn Children’s Theatre in 1958 and became the Merry-Go-Round Playhouse in the 1970s rebranded as the Finger Lakes Musical Theatre Festival in 2011. But while that most recent name reflected the organization’s expansion to additional venues in Auburn, Smock said, it didn’t reflect the educational services of what remained known as the Merry-Go-Round Youth Theatre. The program tours 70-plus school districts across the state every year, and in 2018, began operating the West End Theater at the former West Middle School.

“We needed a new name that would allow us to not only house everything, but show respect for our legacy and continue that growth in the future,” Smock said.

As a result of that lack of cohesion in its brand, Smock continued, “People didn’t know how to refer to us. In this area, certainly in Auburn, it’s the Merry-Go-Round Playhouse. But in New York (City), it’s Finger Lakes Musical Theatre Festival. We’re almost exclusively known there as Finger Lakes, for short. And around the country it’s a blend of those two things. In London, it’s Finger Lakes.”

The organization began talking about its need for a more cohesive name in 2015, Smock said, and began working with a consulting agency and polling its audiences in 2017. Toward the end of that year, it hired The Martin Group, of Victor. After a few months of discussion, the communications agency came back with about a dozen name ideas.

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The Rev Theatre Co. was a variation on one of those ideas, Smock said, which materialized during conversations between the organization’s staff and board members. It’s not short for anything, nor an acronym. But the word “Rev” suggests multitudes, Smock continued, including the energy of an engine, the revolution of the former carousel at the Owasco playhouse and reverence for the organization’s 60-plus-year history. And it’s just short and easy to say, he said. It also lent itself to a bold new, purple-hued logo with a spotlight theme.

“I want anyone who interacts with us to immediately be able to identify our culture, our vibe, our energy,” he said. “And the logo reflects that.” 

Smock said the organization will spend the rest of the year and early 2020 overhauling its website and print materials, messaging the name change to school districts and the theater community, and otherwise rebranding the festival as The Rev. He hopes the transition will be complete by the time single ticket sales for the organization’s 2020 season begin in February or March. Smock also noted that the Merry-Go-Round Playhouse will remain the name of that theater, though the Merry-Go-Round Youth Theatre is subject to its own new title.

Just as important as “The Rev,” though, is the “Theatre Co.” part of the organization’s new name. Unlike “Playhouse” or “Festival,” it captures the entirety of what Smock and his staff (20 full-time, 225 seasonal) do, he said, from shaping new musicals through The Pitch to bringing theater to elementary schools. And as The Rev, that artistic mission won’t change at all. 

“The Rev puts at the forefront that we’re a theater organization that operates two principal divisions — education and professional musical theater — and that our presence in this community is exactly the same as it has been,” he said. “There’s nothing else that changes.”

In his Wednesday night remarks at the Owasco playhouse, Smock also announced the first season of shows the theater organization will present as The Rev Theatre Co.

Leading off the 2020 season at the Merry-Go-Round will be “Rocky: The Musical” (June 10-July 1). Based on the 1976 boxing classic starring Sylvester Stallone, the show will be coming to a U.S. theater for the first time since its 2014 Broadway run. For an additional ticket charge, 60 audience members will be seated ringside, on stage, for the second half of the show, Smock said.

Next will be “Witness Uganda” (July 8-29), a true story about a young American man who volunteers for a teaching project in the African nation. It will be the fourth time the show has ever been performed, Smock said, and he called it “one of the most inspirational stories I’ve ever witnessed on a stage.”

As New York State Fair fever sets in, The Rev will bring “Rodgers and Hammerstein’s State Fair” to the playhouse Aug. 5-26. After that, from Aug. 28 to Sept. 3, Dixie Longate will return in “Dixie’s Tupperware Party.” The drag performer’s other show, “Never Wear a Tube Top While Riding a Mechanical Bull,” “did overwhelmingly well” at the playhouse in July, Smock said.

Book ending the 2020 season will be a pair of old favorites: “Sister’s Christmas Catechism” (Dec. 13-15, 2019) a holiday production that will mark the organization’s first ever at the West End Theater, and “Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story” (Sept. 16-Oct. 7, 2020).

2019: ‘South Pacific’

Nellie (Sarah Ellis) celebrates being “in love with a wonderful guy” in the Finger Lakes Musical Theatre Festival’s production of “South Pacific.”

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2019: ‘Grand Hotel’

Flaemmchen (Samantha Sturm) and the Baron (Patrick Cummings) light up the dance floor in the Finger Lakes Musical Theatre Festival’s production of “Grand Hotel.”

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2019: ‘Grease’

Sandy (Heather Makalani) and Danny (Michael Notardonato) lead the cast in the finale of the Finger Lakes Musical Theatre Festival’s production of “Grease.”

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2018: ‘Murder for Two’

The suspects (Noel Carey) make sure the detective gets all the information he needs to solve the crime in the Finger Lakes Musical Theatre Festival’s production of “Murder for Two” at the Merry-Go-Round Playhouse in Owasco.

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2018: ‘Mamma Mia!’

Wedding-goers pose together for a quick snapshot in the Finger Lakes Musical Theatre Festival’s production of “Mamma Mia!”

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2018: ‘Holiday Inn’

Ted Hanover (Benjamin Mapp) and Jim Hardy (Ben Mayne) perform in their song and dance act in the Finger Lakes Musical Theatre Festival’s production of “Holiday Inn.”

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2018: ‘Beehive’

The ladies get ready to rock in the Finger Lakes Musical Theatre Festival’s production of “Beehive” at the Merry-Go-Round Playhouse in Owasco.

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2018: ‘Anne of Green Gables’

Anne (Mckenzie Custin) spins wild tales on the trip to Green Gables with Matthew Cuthbert (D.C. Anderson).

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2017: ‘The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas’

Miss Mona Stangley (Sally Wilfert) and her girls explain the rules when it comes to living on the Chicken Ranch.

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2017: ‘Parade’

Lucille Frank (Kristin Wetherington) and Leo Frank (Aaron Galligan-Stierle) rekindle their love and devotion over a romantic “picnic.”

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2017: ‘Guys and Dolls’

Miss Adelaide (Julie Cardia) and her Hot Box Girls (Aimee Lane, Jessica Ice, Gabi Stapula, Jen Thiessen) shake their tail feathers on the night club stage.

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2017: ‘Ghost: The Musical’

Molly (Sarah Ellis) thinks of her lost Sam (Derek Carley).

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2017: ‘Always … Patsy Cline’

Patsy Cline (Jacqueline Petroccia) soulfully embodies her iconic “country” image, fringe and all.

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2016: ‘Treasure Island’

The cast sings of flashing daggers and waving swords, emeralds, silver, pearls and gold.

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2016: ‘Smokey Joe’s Cafe’

Michael Hunsaker is joined by Chris White, Denzel Edmondson, Cornelius Davis, and Gabriel Mudd while singing about his “Ruby Baby.”

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2016: ‘Oklahoma!’

Will Parker (Danny Lindgren) keeps the other cowboys up to date after visiting Kansas City in the Finger Lakes Musical Theatre Festival’s production of “Oklahoma!” at the Merry-Go-Round Playhouse in Owasco.

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2016: ‘Million Dollar Quartet’

Jerry Lee Lewis (Noel Carey), Carl Perkins (James Bock), Elvis Presley (Luke Linsteadt) and Johnny Cash (Justin Figueroa) harmonize to ���Down by the Riverside” in the Finger Lakes Musical Theatre Festival’s production of “Million Dollar Quartet.”

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2016: ‘From Here to Eternity’

Pvt. Robert E. Lee Prewitt (Corey Mach) and Lorene (Paige Fauré) get cozy in the Finger Lakes Musical Theatre Festival’s production of “From Here to Eternity” at the Merry-Go-Round Playhouse.

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2016: ‘Crazy for You’

Bobby (Sam Lips) is just a tad resistant of his fiancée Irene’s (LilyAnn Carlson) advances in the Finger Lakes Musical Theatre Festival’s production of “Crazy for You” at the Merry-Go-Round Playhouse in Owasco.

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2016: ‘Austen’s Pride: A New Musical of ‘Pride and Prejudice”

Mr. Darcy (Gregory Mahue) and Elizabeth Bennet (Heather Botts) share a tense dance together in the Finger Lakes Musical Theatre Festival’s production of “Austen’s Pride” at the Callahan Theater at the Nazareth College Arts Center in Rochester.

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2016: “Tenderly: The Rosemary Clooney Musical’

Rosemary Clooney (Jennifer Swiderski) opens the show with “Hey There.”

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2015: ‘West Side Story’

Anita (Penelope Armstead-Williams) delivers a message to the Jets in the Finger Lakes Musical Theatre Festival’s production of “West Side Story” at the Merry-Go-Round Playhouse in Owasco.

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2015: ‘The Light in the Piazza’

Margaret (Sally Wilfert) and Clara (Heather Botts) join the citizens of Florence in the Finger Lakes Musical Theatre Festival’s production of “The Light in the Piazza.”

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2015: ‘The Calamari Sisters’ Big Fat Italian Wedding’

“The Calamari Sisters’ Big Fat Italian Wedding” was a Finger Lakes Musical Theatre Festival production by Auburn Public Theater at the Merry-Go-Round Playhouse in Owasco.

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2015: ‘Sweeney Todd’

David Ludwig is Sweeney Todd and Christianne Tisdale is Mrs. Lovett in the Finger Lakes Musical Theatre Festival’s production of “Sweeney Todd.”

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2015: ‘Saturday Night Fever’

Tony (Sam Edgerly) and Stephanie (Jessica Lea Patty) have a stunning finish at the dance contest in the Finger Lakes Musical Theatre Festival’s production of “Saturday Night Fever.”

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2015: ‘Late Nite Catechism’

Nonie Newton-Riley is the nun in the Finger Lakes Musical Theatre Festival and Auburn Public Theater’s presentation of “Late Nite Catechism.”

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2015: ‘Forever Plaid: Plaid Tidings’

Sparky (Caleb Damschroder) sings in the Finger Lakes Musical Theatre Festival’s production of “Forever Plaid: Plaid Tidings” at the Merry-Go-Round Playhouse in Owasco.

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2014: ‘The Will Rogers Follies’

Tom Wopat performs a rope trick during the Finger Lakes Musical Theatre Festival’s production of “The Will Rogers Follies” at the Merry-Go-Round Playhouse in Owasco.

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2014: ‘The Church Basement Ladies in the Last (Potluck) Supper’

From left, Becca McCoy, Sandra Karas, Lisa Myers, Teri Adams and Jessica Taige go over a scene from “Church Basement Ladies: The Last (Potluck) Supper” at the Finger Lakes Musical Theatre Festival’s rehearsal space at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Auburn.

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2014: ‘On the Town’

The Finger Lakes Musical Theatre Festival presents “On the Town” at the Merry-Go-Round Playhouse in Owasco.

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2014: ‘Menopause: The Musical’

From left to right, Soap Star (Cherie Price), Earth Mother (Becca McCoy), Iowa Housewife (Teri Adams) and Professional Woman (Fredena J. Williams) wear their salon attire in “Menopause the Musical” at Merry-Go-Round Downtown at Auburn Public Theater.

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2014: ‘Mary Poppins’

Mary Poppins (Elizabeth Earley) reads an “advertisement” looking for a new nanny for the Banks family to Mr. (Patrick Oliver Jones) and Mrs. Banks (Lucy Horton) in “Mary Poppins” at the Merry-Go-Round Playhouse in Owasco.

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2014: ‘Damn Yankees’

Richard B. Watson is Mr. Applegate in the Finger Lakes Musical Theatre Festival’s production of “Damn Yankees.”

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2013: ‘The Great American Trailer Park Musical’

From left, LilyAnn Carlson, Chelsey Whitelock and Kristen Gehling perform in the Finger Lakes Musical Theatre Festival’s “The Great American Trailer Park Musical” at Auburn Public Theater.

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2013: ‘Singin’ in the Rain’

Cody Walker is Don Lockwood in “Singin’ in the Rain,” on stage at the Merry-Go-Round Playhouse in Owasco.

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2013: ‘Neurosis: The Musical’

Frank (Danny Gardner) carries his Neurosis (Joseph Medeiros) in “Neurosis: The Musical” at Merry-Go-Round Downtown at Auburn Public Theater.

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2013: ‘Legally Blonde’

Libby Servais and Chico star in “Legally Blonde: The Musical,” presented by the Finger Lakes Musical Theatre Festival at the Merry-Go-Round Playhouse.

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2013: ‘Hank Williams: Lost Highway’

Peter Oyloe and Katie Bruestle perform in “Hank Williams: Lost Highway” at the Merry-Go-Round Playhouse in Owasco.

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2013: ‘Gentlemen Prefer Blondes’

Ruth Pferdehirt performs as Lorelei Lee in “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes” at the Merry-Go-Round Playhouse in Owasco.

 ‘Gentlemen Prefer Blondes’; I prefer better musicals

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2013: ‘CATS’

Rumpleteazer (Amanda LaMotte) and Mungojerrie (Will Porter) pose at the end of their self-titled musical number during “CATS” at the Merry-Go-Round Playhouse in Owasco.

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2012: ‘The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee’

The Merry-Go-Round Playhouse in Owasco presents “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.”

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2012: ‘Nunsense’

From left, Denise Nolin, Maureen Quigley, Agnes Humphrey-Copes, Sandra Karas and Maddy Apple perform in “Nunsense” at the Merry-Go-Round Playhouse.

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2012: ‘My Mother’s Lesbian Jewish Wiccan Wedding’

Claire (Julie Dingman Evans) and Jane (Erica Schroeder) share a moment on a bench in “My Mother’s Lesbian Jewish Wiccan Wedding.”

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2012: ‘My Fair Lady’

Rachael Scarr, far left, performs in “My Fair Lady” at the Merry-Go-Round Playhouse.

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2012: ‘Kiss Me, Kate’

Mary Claire King, left, and Ralph Meitzler star in “Kiss Me, Kate.”

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2012: ‘Fingers & Toes’

Danny Gardner, left, and Deidre Haran perform in “Fingers & Toes.”

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2012: ‘Cabaret’

Paige Faure, center, as Sally Bowles, performs with dancers from the Kit Kat Klub in “Cabaret” at the Merry-Go-Round Playhouse.

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2012: ‘Altar Boyz’

From left, Justin Robinson, Danny George, Justin Packard, Todd Adamson and Patrick Elliott perform in “Altar Boyz” at Auburn Public Theater.

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2012: ‘9 to 5: The Musical’

Judy Bernly (Lindsie VanWinkle), Violet Newstead (Marci Reid) and Doralee Rhodes (Shayla Osborn) go undercover at the hospital in “9 to 5: The Musical.”

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Two arrests made after Auburn drug bust nets nearly $5,000 in crack cocaine

Several bags of crack cocaine were seized in a drug bust that led to the arrests of two people in Auburn late Monday. 

The Finger Lakes Drug Task Force, along with the Auburn Police Department and the department’s K-9 unit, executed a search warrant at approximately 11:45 p.m. at 7 Grover St., Apt. 12, according to an APD news release. Inside, police found more than a half ounce of crack cocaine packaged in 72 individual bags. A small amount of cash and packaging materials were also recovered.

Police said the crack cocaine was packaged in a way to give it a street value of nearly $5,000. 

Swyn B. Nelson, 28, 10 Hoeltzer St., Rochester, was arrested and charged with third-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, a class B felony, and a misdemeanor charge of second-degree criminally using drug paraphernalia. 

Cierra M. Schroeder, 30, was charged with first-degree criminal nuisance, a class E felony. Police suspect Schroeder knowingly allowed Nelson to sell crack cocaine from her residence, said Deputy Police Chief Roger Anthony 

Both Nelson and Schroeder were arraigned Tuesday morning in Auburn City Court, and bail was set for both at $500 cash or $1,000 bond. They are due back in court again on Sept. 6 for preliminary hearings. The Cayuga County District Attorney’s Office will prosecute the case, police said. 

Auburn company wins prize in NYS Fair 2019 Food Truck Competition

GEDDES — An Auburn caterer earned more recognition in the annual Taste NY Food Truck Competition at the New York State Fair. 

Tonzi’s Catering Company finished third in the People’s Choice vote on the first day of the competition, which began Sunday and continued Monday. The Auburn-based food truck served samples of its deep-fried chicken riggies. 

Last year, Tonzi’s won second place in the People’s Choice vote and received a new generator. 

With its third-place finish this year, Tonzi’s received a $250 Aldi gift card. 

Tonzi’s competed against 16 other trucks on the first day of the contest. The winner of the People’s Choice vote was Glazed & Confused, a Syracuse-based doughnut shop.

Glazed & Confused sold samples of “The Dizzy Pig,” a doughnut topped with maple glaze, a bourbon-sugar combination and candied bacon. It won a $1,000 Aldi gift card for finishing first in the vote. 

The runner-up was Massena-based Rapidz Restaurant, which served a Buffalo chicken slider. The food trailer won a $500 gift card. 

On Monday, 19 more food trucks participated in the Taste NY Food Truck Competition. The top vote-getter was Smokin Pete’s BBQ, a Rochester-area food truck that served “Loaded Tots,” tater tots covered in cheese sauce, pulled pork, bacon, barbecue sauce, sour cream and chives. 

Smokin Pete’s received a $1,000 Aldi gift card for its first-place finish. 

The second- and third-place finishers were The Meatball Truck, of Rochester, and Syracuse-based Limp Lizard BBQ. The Meatball Truck, which served its popular meatball in a cup, won a $500 Aldi gift card. Limp Lizard BBQ, which received a $250 Aldi gift card, was recognized for its smoked turkey slider. 

The food truck competition moved to a different location in 2019. In the first few years of the contest, it was held at Chevy Court. This year, the trucks parked at the Experience Festival grounds on the west end of the fair. 

There was also a change to the competition. There wasn’t a Judges’ Choice Award this year. Fairgoers could vote for their favorite food truck by texting the name of the truck to a designated number. 

Hazmat team sent to Auburn Correctional Facility after ‘unknown substance’ found

A hazmat team was called to Auburn Correctional Facility Thursday after a suspicious substance was found.

Auburn firefighters and an ambulance were called to the prison around 9:30 a.m. The state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision said there was “evidence of a suspected unknown substance” at the prison, so a hazmat crew was called in “out of an abundance of caution.”

DOCCS referred questions for additional information to state police, which could not be immediately reached for comment.

The investigation was ongoing Thursday afternoon. Auburn firefighters were still at the prison after 4 p.m., and barrels had been delivered to the scene. Emergency radio transmissions indicated that some firefighters were undergoing a decontamination process. Auburn Fire Department referred all questions to DOCCS.

In 2018, a similar response took place at ACF when a white powder was found in the facility’s mailroom. That later was determined to be non-toxic.

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