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The Albany News
Thursday, November 21,
Artist-in-residence
Sheryl Spore / Albany Nfws
Art teacher Esme Glenn (I) of Abilene points out characteristics of a student's painting
to art workshop participant Betty Hill (r) during a four-day adult painting workshop
being held this week at the Old Jail Art Center. Eleven artists from around the area
signed up for the program and are working in a variety of media, including watercolor,
oil, acrylics and pastels.
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Tickets are now available for
both performances of the 2002
Albany Nativity to be presented
December 19 and 21 at the Aztgc
Theater.
The free tickets are being dis-
tributed by Ed Tackett at the Al-
bany Chamber of Commerce of-
fice in the Visitors Center, and are
also available at the Albany Mo-
tor Inn and Weaver-Oates Phar-
macy.
Tackett is keeping the Cham-
beroffice open weekdays from 9:00
a.m. to 4:00 p.m., excluding the
lunch hour. Tickets are available
any time at the motel and during
regular business hours at the drug
store.
The traditional Christmas
drama will Eepresented only two
times this year, at 7:30 p.m. on
Ljoth Thursday and Saturday eve-
nings.
There is no limit on the number
of tickets one family can request,
but Nativity board president A.V.
Jones asked that people reserve
only the number of seats they feel
they will actually use.
He reminded local residents
that there will be only two perfor-
mances this year and those inter-
ested in attending should pick up
their tickets as soon as possible.
Background Info
The Nativity celebrates the
advent and birth of Jesus Christ
and is offered as Albany's "free
gift to its people and the people of
the area."
The play was written in 1939
by the late Robert Nail and the
first performance was on Decem-
ber 18 of that year in the Mat-
thews Memorial Presbyterian
Church. 1
The production was moved in
1952 to the auditorium of the
Nancy Smith Elementary School.
The auditorium was remodeled
into classrooms and the Nativity
was put intp "storage" after the
performances of 1982.
When the Aztec Theater reno-
vation began in 1991, the Nativity
was revived.
Reilly Nail, who is coordinat-
ing the Nativity for the first time
this year, is only the sixth director
of the production over the past 60
years. He is also the nephew of its
creator, Robert Nail.
Robert Nail directed the pre-
sentation until his death in 1968,
at which time Marge Bray took!
over the responsibilities. She di-
rected the Nativity seven times,!
including the revival in 1991 after
a nine-year lapse, until her death1
in early 1994.
Other directors include Bill
Overton, Alan Jones and Betsy
Parsons.
The Fandangle Association
sponsored and financed the Na-
tivity for manyyears', but in 1994,
a separate board of directors was
set up to coordinate the produc-
tion. They established the Marge
Bray Memorial Fund to help fi-
nance the Christmas drama.
In addition, to the cast mem-
bers currently rehearsing with
Nail, there will also be a tradi-
tional children's choir made up of
first, second and third graders
from Nancy Smith Elementary
School, directed by Taralee Brown.
Kyle Viertel is again conduct-
ing the adult choir, and anyone
interested in singing with the
group is asked to contact Viertel
at 762-3637 or leave a message at
the First Baptist Church office,
762-2019.
Early ad, copy deadline set next week
An early deadline has been
set for next week's edition of The
Albany News due to the upcom-
ing Thanksgiving holiday.
All news items and advertis-
ing, including classified ads,
must be received no later than
5:00 p.m. on Monday, November
25. The usual deadline for the
weekly paper is Tuesday at 12:00
noon. It is being moved up half a
day in order to adjust the mail-
ing schedule.
"Since the post office will be
closed on Thursday, November
28 in observance of Thanksgiv-
ing, we will have to print the
paper earlier so it can get to our
readers on Wednesday after-
noon," said Melinda Lucas, News
editor.
The newspaper is typically
mailed out on Thursday morn-
ing, but next week it will be
taken to the post office by mid-
afternoon for postal employees
to place in local boxes before
leaving for the holiday.
"All Albany subscribers
should receive their papers in
their post office boxes by about
4:30 p.m. Wednesday afternoon,"
said Lucas. "We also plan to take
the Moran papers, but those on
both the Albany, and Moran
routes won't get their newspa-
pers until Friday morning."
News rack copies of the news-
paper will also be delivered on
Wednesday afternoon at the
usual locations.
The News office will be closed
on Thursday and Friday, No-
vember 28-29 in order, for the
staff to observe the holiday.
Store participates in food drive
The 21st annual Spirit of
Christmas Food Drive, spon-
sored by Brookshire Grocery Co.
and the Ministerial Alliance of
Albany,'begins Thursday, No-
vember 21. *
The food drive provides food
for needy families in the Albany
area at Christmas.
"We have always had tremen-
dous community response to the
' food drive," said Mark Brook-
shire, president-marketing
group. "This has grown into one
of the largest privately spon-
sored charitable efforts in the
region.
Area residents may make do-
nations through December 21
by placing nonperishable food
items in designated bins located
in participatinu^Brookshire's
. Food Stores. V
People are^asked not to do-
nate homemade goods or items
in gla^sjars. Bulk items, such as
flour, sugar and cornmeal,
should be donated in smaller
sizes to allow for more variety in
the boxes given to the recipi-
ents.
In addition to the public food
Bond seniors
donations, each family will re-
ceive at least one roasting hen
from Brookshire Grocery Co.
Members of participating ser-
vice organizations will sort,
package and distribute the food
to the families.
All food collected in the Al-
bany area will be distributed in
the Albany area. Fauniiies as-
sisted by the Spirit of Christmas
Food Drive are selected by gov-
ernment agencies or private re-
lief organizations according to
need, which locally is the Al-
bany Ministerial Alliance.
Donnie Lucas / Albany News
Senior members of the Albany High School marching band were introduced durinq
halftime of the 1 x - • ' " ■ - —
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halftime of the final home game of the football season on Friday, November 8. The
(l-r) Marc Sanders, Owen Miller, Frank Skiles and Kevin Taylor.
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Lucas, Melinda L. The Albany News (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 127, No. 25, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 21, 2002, newspaper, November 21, 2002; Albany, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth414552/m1/2/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Old Jail Art Center.