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#ValleyMusicals: Students share lessons from the stage

May 28, 2019 John Zaktansky 0 Comments #valleymusicals, daily item, Mifflinburg, musical, Shamokin, shikellamy, southern columbia

Katelyn Zawalick hesitated for a moment during a late-April interview at the Shamokin high school cafeteria. She fidgeted in her seat,

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#ValleyMusicals 2019: Community support key for seniors pursuing theater after graduation

February 22, 2019 John Zaktansky 0 Comments #valleymusicals, cam hare, camden hare, danville, derek mathews, Lewisburg, madison willoughby, peter marrara, shikellamy

Editor’s note: For more details on what Valley schools are staging and when, see the chart at the end of

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Christian singer and YouTube icon Jamie Grace brings ministry to central Pa.

August 30, 2018August 31, 2018 John Zaktansky 0 Comments Jamie Grace, Rohrbach's Farm Market

Two-time Grammy-nominated contemporary Christian artist and YouTube icon Jamie Grace knows a thing or two about love — specifically the

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Newsboys celebrates hits old and new via United tour in State College on Sunday

April 16, 2018 John Zaktansky 0 Comments bryce jordan, contemporary christian, duncan phillips, michael tait, newsboys, peter furler, state college, united

Old meets new at 6 p.m. Sunday night in State College as longstanding contemporary Christian rock band Newsboys takes

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Offering an ovation to student-actors and school programs

May 20, 2016 John Zaktansky 0 Comments #valleymusicals, alaina houtz, camden choplick, les miserables, milton, musicals, susquehanna valley

What started as an upbeat interview in an empty Milton High hallway about the successes of the school’s widely popular

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#ValleyMusicals: Your 24-page guide to 12 powerful performances

May 20, 2016 John Zaktansky 0 Comments #valleymusicals, abby neamand, anne of green gables, beauty and the beast, caleb burk, camden choplick, cinderella, cole supsic, danville, destiny lopez, donkey, emma danae kelsey, featured, high school musical, huck finn, les miserables, Line Mountain, madison kovach, Meadowbrook, midd-west, Mifflinburg, milton, noah fenstermacher, noah spencer, savannah mellish, selinsgrove, seth phelps, Shamokin, shikellamy, shrek, Sunbury Christian, tenaja henson, tom sawyer, tricia kline, warrior run, xanadu

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Column: Confessions of a jaded journalist

May 20, 2016 John Zaktansky 0 Comments daily item, ellie rees, features editor, newspaper, Northumberland Christian School, spring concert, sunbury

The timing could not have been worse — or better — when Ellie Rees called at 11 a.m. Wednesday morning.

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Musical Mentor: Trying times can spark some of the most powerful songs

January 7, 2016 Danelle Cressinger 2 Comments christian, Danelle Cressinger, inspiration, motivation, overcoming adversity, performer, singing

Tragedy, heartache, grief and loss. If you walked this earth for any amount of time, odds are you have experienced

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Musical mentor: A better way to define success as a singer

December 1, 2015 Danelle Cressinger 0 Comments christian, Danelle Cressinger, inspiration, music, singer, surrender

What does success really look like? For some it’s how many zeros they see on their paycheck, for others it’s

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Musical mentor: Don’t let fear destroy your singing dreams

October 13, 2015 Danelle Cressinger 1 Comment achieving goals, band, Danelle Cressinger, dreams, giving up, making it big, music, musical mentor, priorities, singer

Taking a big step of faith is hard, but living a life full of regret is even harder. We all

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