What happens when you take two talented actors presenting a play that has nine characters? Well that’s called the magic of theater! And magic was what we had last Friday at the Opera House when Porkchop Productions presented “Chicken Little.” We had an SRO (standing room only) crowd and the entire audience was enchanted with madcap adventures of Chicken Little. With a little help from our summer readers; the actors, Stacy and Laura, presented 10 separate characters. (We’re talking some serious costume changes here.)

Now the truth can be told: when Chicken Little arrives to see the king who should he meet? Yep, Elvis the real king!! When Laura came on stage dressed as Elvis, she brought the house down. You probably could hear the laughter on Main Street. The whole Elvis twist was the best kept secret at the library. We were dying to tell for weeks, but we held off and the surprise factor was worth it!!

We would like to thank the Friends of the Library for their continued support in bringing live theater for the summer readers. Of course special thanks to the Lee County Arts Council and the Bishopville Opera House for partnering in this and other activities. Strong partnerships build strong communities.

We have hit the half way mark of the 2012 Summer Reading Program. Because of the holiday nothing is planned for this week. Next week we will be offering a three day art class. This class is limited and you must be enrolled in summer reading AND sign up separately for the class. If you are interested, please come to the library and speak with Brenda.

It keeps getting better and better.........

What a suprising Monday morning we had here at the 'ol Lee County Library. Director Dawn called your faithful blogette this morning and told me that WIS TV10 was coming in to do a feature on us. Whoo-hooo! Channel 10 is probably one of the most watched stations in the state, so we are talking MAJOR coverage here. Special thanks to Trey Paul, reporter and videographer for remembering us. We met Trey acouple of weeks ago when he was in town for another story. Again, we dragged him off the street and he was so impressed he came back!!! Yea for us, yea for WIS. Thanks Trey