Art/Entertainment

St. Pius X band Scores High at Festival

Submitted - March 14, 2011

Methodist University Music Festival in Fayette. The festival is an evaluative event that provides opportunities for students to perform in bands, choirs, small ensembles, and solo events for critiques and ratings by adjudicators. Students from approximately 40 Missouri schools participated in this year’s event.

The St. Pius X 7/8th Grade Band received

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Leaving You in Stitches

Submitted - March 14, 2011

YOU Must Be Comfortable…

Are you a “caster” or a “picker?” This has nothing to do with fishing or playing the guitar or singing about cheatin’ women. (Hey we like country music – at least the old kind with singable lyrics and a recognizable beat rather than stomping and yelling, “Yeah, yeah, yeah”)

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On the Wildside

Roy Morales - March 14, 2011

Don’t forget this coming Sunday to “spring forward” with all your clocks and other timing devices. And just when I was getting used to being able to see the outside at six or so, now we are going to go back into darkness for the next couple weeks.

It always amazes me how

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Kiser becomes Junior Miss Moberly of 2011

Submitted - March 3, 2011

Jade Kiser was voted Junior Miss Moberly 2011 in Saturday night’s Miss Moberly Scholarship Pageant. Jade is the daughter of Terri Kiser. First runner-up was Carolyn Flock, daughter of Kathy Howell and William Flock. Katie Cashel celebrated her 16^th birthday Saturday taking second runner-uo Junior Miss Moberly and winning Junior Miss Photogenic and Junior… Read the rest

Pumpkin Launch

Liz Morales - November 12, 2010

The Moberly Parks and Recreation hosted a Pumpkin Launch at Howard Hils Athletic Complex November 6. Kids of all ages showed up with their parents to try their luck at the pumpkin launching apparatus, donating one dollar per pumpkin launched across the field at the sports complex. All monies earned went to the United… Read the rest

MACA presents a night of classical piano

Janet Morales - October 15, 2010

Destiny Joiner, 15 of Moberly, sings an aria to start off the evening of classical piano by Jonathan Thornton who is accompanying her. The event was sponsored by the Moberly Area council on the Arts.

Jonathan Thornton performed a “night of classical piano” last Saturday as the second performance of the new season of the… Read the rest

Bohannon performs for Art Council season finale

Roy Morales - May 28, 2010

The final program for the 2009./2010 season was held at MACC auditorium. Jim Bohannon, nationally know radio talk show host entertained an appreciative audience Friday evening. Mr. Bohannon, who was born in Lebanon, MO, related numerous stories, jokes, vignettes and bits of wisdom as part of his program.

Bohannon expressed his zeal for broadcasting as… Read the rest

MACC Singers to present spring concert

Submitted - May 6, 2010

The MACC Singers from Moberly Area Community College will present their spring concert “It Takes a Village” at 7 p.m., May 7, in the MACC Auditorium of the Moberly Campus. All proceeds from this concert will go to the Mr. Holland’s Opus Foundation.

Music has a huge impact on children and adults. Many… Read the rest

Art Council brings contemporary ‘Rock” ballet to Moberly

Janet Morales - April 7, 2010

The Missouri Contemporary Ballet presented “Rock” a performance of modern ballet set to rock music of the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s. The young performers astonished the crowd at the Moberly High School Auditorium with their agility and interpretations of familiar, and not-so-familiar, tunes.

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Katcher promotes new book ‘Almost Perfect’

Liz Morales - March 31, 2010

Liz Morales

Brian Katcher is not your ordinary librarian. When he’s not working as the librarian for North and South Park Elementary Schools, he’s writing his very own young adult fiction books.

Katcher was at the Moberly Public Library last Thursday for a book signing and a chance to meet the public. “Almost Perfect”… Read the rest