CCHS presents ‘Wizard of Oz’

Clarion County Home Schoolers’ presentation of “The Wizard of Oz” starts (back row, from left) Gillian Lattimer as the Wicked Witch; Caleb Thompson as the Lion; Michaela Lattimer as Glinda; (front row, from left) Evan Shields as the Scarecrow; Ashlee Gagnon as Toto; Jayna Bates as Dorothy; and Cassie Burkett as the Tin Man.

EMLENTON – Clarion County Home Schoolers (CCHS) will perform  “The Wizard of Oz” at 6:30 p.m. Friday, April 15, and at 2 p.m. Saturday, April 16, at the Crawford Center in Emlenton.

Admission is free, but donations will be accepted.

Steffanie Sell of Knox is directing the musical, which includes a cast of more than 40 home-schooled students from Clarion and the surrounding counties.

Refreshments will be available during intermission.

CCHS meets twice a month for class days at Zion Church in Reidsburg and offers many activities for homeschooling families, such as monthly field trips, performance night, academic fair, spelling bee, prom, and a graduation ceremony.

The group has approximately 50 families who come from Clarion, Jefferson, Clearfield, Venango, Mercer and Butler counties.  For more information, contact Jenny Bates at 814-764-6056.