Date:
September 23, 2002
Day: 214-337-2673
www.crosswiseplayers.com
Fax: 972-291-3400
An
upcoming CrossWise Players production titled Stained: A Drama of Life in
Stained Glass on October 5 and 6 will be presented in memory of local
teacher Annette Elliott. Annette was a graduate of Sunset High School and Dallas
Baptist University and taught in the Dallas, Red Oak, and Cedar Hill school
districts. She was a member of the CrossWise Players troupe and appeared in
several productions. A lifelong member of the Tyler Street United Methodist
Church in Dallas, she was active in children, youth and young adult ministries
as well as in various choirs. She was named “Mother of the Year” at Tyler
Street in May, 2000.
Annette
was diagnosed with a brain tumor in 1998 but continued to teach at Highlands
Elementary School in Cedar Hill until the illness forced her to retire in April,
2000. Highlands dedicated their yearbook for 2001-2002 to Annette with the
following inscription: “Annette loved children…we will miss her smile, her
laugh, her singing, her warm hugs, her friendship, her unselfish care and the
love she showed to all of God’s creatures.”
The
drama dedicated to Annette’s memory is a part of the 90th
Anniversary celebration of the Tyler Street United Methodist Church in Dallas.
It will be presented at 7:30 pm on Saturday and Sunday, October 5th
and 6th in the church sanctuary located at 927 West Tenth Street, in
the Winnetka Heights Historic District. Admission is free.
Former Channel 8 news reporter Sonya Van Sickle will host the production.
About the drama, Van Sickle
says, “The story follows three generations of a Dallas family from 1900 to the
present with each episode in their lives related to one of the eight historic
stained glass windows at the church.”
In addition to the play, an historical exhibit about Oak Cliff and
Southwest Dallas will open at 6:30 pm each night before the performance. Rev.
Chris Allen, pastor of the Tyler Street Church and Jimmy Emery, director of Fine
Arts, welcomes the community to participate in this extraordinary event. For
more information about directions or dates, call the church at 214-946-8106 or
CrossWise Productions at 972-467-6897. A map and additional information about
the play is available at the www.crosswiseplayers.com web site.
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