Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre - 2012 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee is wrapping up their run at Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre on March 10. Can you spell H-I-L-A-R-I-O-U-S???!!!! The offbeat and heartwarming show 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee gets gold stars all around…. and if … [Read more...]
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Hallelujah Chorus Flash Mob – Lancaster’s Central Market
Posted in Happenings on .The Central Market in downtown Lancaster, Pennsylvania is often mobbed with shoppers. But on Saturday, December 17, 2011 it was flash mobbed as a group of local choir members descended on the market to sing Handel's "Hallelujah … [Read more...]
The National Christmas Center Celebrates Christmas
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National Christmas Center - 2011 It’s all things Christmas at the National Christmas Center Family Attraction & Museum in Paradise. The National Christmas Center preserves and shares memories and stories related to Christmas. Their displays educate as well as entertain visitors about … [Read more...]
Beverly Lewis’ “The Confession” – An Amish Love Story Continues
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(Update - This show has been so popular that it has been extended through 2013. Check the current schedule here.) It's a hit! Beverly Lewis' "The Confession" debuted this year at the new Bird-in-Hand Restaurant Stage. Now the show schedule has been extended through November of … [Read more...]
Man v. Food Nation – Lancaster Style
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The Travel Channel Visits the Pennsylvania Dutch Country One of the Travel Channel’s most popular shows is Man v. Food Nation, a weekly program where host Adam Richman travels the country competing in American food challenges. This Wednesday, November 16, 2011 the show will air footage from … [Read more...]
“Amish Grace” Movie – Forgiving the Unforgivable
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Thursday night the Lifetime Movie Network re-broadcast its new movie, “Amish Grace”, loosely based upon the 2006 Amish school shooting in Lancaster County, PA. (See our earlier post from March 30th.) Since I am writing from Lancaster County, there were a few obvious production errors in this … [Read more...]
“Amish Grace” Movie on Lifetime Network
Posted on in Amish BlogHollywood has once again taken on story-telling within Lancaster’s Amish community. The Lifetime Movie Network has produced the movie “Amish Grace”, which first aired over the Lifetime Network last Sunday evening to over four million viewers. film is based on the book, Amish Grace: How … [Read more...]
Horse Drawn Sleigh Alert
Posted in Amish Blog on .It's snow! Lancaster County is being hit by the same snow storm that's blasting the rest of the east coast. 5-6" so far where we are, and more on the way. This is the kind of snow that might bring out the horse drawn sleighs. Look for them in the Amish farmlands along our back country roads. Very … [Read more...]
Amish Barn Raising (continued)
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An Amish barn north of Lancaster, PA burned to the ground on Friday, September 25th. Construction on the new barn began almost immediately. We showed pictures of the construction progress three days ago. Here is what the new barn looked like yesterday, only one week after the original barn … [Read more...]
Amish School Shooting – Third Anniversary
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It was three years ago today that gunman Charles Roberts entered the Nickel Mines Amish School in rural Lancaster County. In this tragic Amish school shooting, he shot to death five young girls and wounded others before killing himself. Some of the families who lost a daughter that morning have … [Read more...]