ENTERTAINMENT NEWS: ‘Stars’ showcases youthful talent

ENTERTAINMENT NEWS

‘Stars’ showcases youthful talent

NEW CASTLE, Pa.

“Stars of Tomorrow” will be Jan. 8 at New Castle Playhouse, 212 E. Long Ave., with performances at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.: Directed by Vaughn Hudspath, the live stage show highlights young people of Western Pennsylvania and Eastern Ohio. The second act will feature the NCP Mini Stars, performing a medley from “Fame!”

For reservations, call 724-654-3437. All tickets are $15.

Children’s choir spreads message

AUSTINTOWN

The Watoto Children’s Choir will give a concert at 7 p.m. Jan. 12 at Highway Tabernacle Church, 3000 S. Raccoon Road. Admission is free, but a free will offering will be taken.

The choir is made up of children who have lost one or both of their parents due to AIDS or war. Through an energetic fusion of contemporary gospel and traditional African music and dance, the Watoto Children’s Choir shares the plight of the children in Africa and also the hope they have found. For further information, go to watoto.com, or contact the Rev. Elmarie Parker, pastor at Wickliffe Presbyterian Church, at (330) 277-6886 or at reveparker@comcast.net.

The Greater Austintown Ministerial Association is sponsoring this concert.

Single-parents group plans dance

KENT

Portage County Chapter 600 of International Parents Without Partners will have its monthly dance from 7:30 to 11:30 p.m. Jan. 8 at Kent VFW 3703, 500 VFW Parkway (off Stow Road). Music will be by DJ Mel.

These monthly dances are open to the public, and non-members are invited.

Parents Without Partners is a support group for parents who are single, whether due to death, divorce, separation, or having never married, , call Warrine at 330-699-2361 or 330-322-9559.