do remember him.
Michael Wimberly: That was the beginning. Plus I ve been using your Afropop book for some time now.
Fantastic.
So the Urban Bush Women project was the thing that brought you to Mozambique?
Yes. I went there in 2001, 2002, and then again in 2010. I was scheduled to go this past year, but of course,
this happened. So, whenever life resumes, I will make an effort to get back. What s nice is that people there are using Facebook and Instagram, so I get to see who s doing what.
What were you doing there?
Well, initially, I went there because of Urban Bush Women. I was their musical director, and we were doing a play that Lincoln Center supported us on. So we just went to learn what some of the traditions were, religious traditions, language, music, costumes, art, and we kind of took all of that and weaved it into a story in collaboration with Urban Bush Women. That was very successful. It was called
John Scheets
John Scheets trained to become a welder after high school, but when he was a kid, he wanted to be just like “Gibby” the cop.
“I was just amazed. He always took time to stop and talk. He was just neat as a pin. His persona, the way he carried himself. I just thought that was awesome,” Scheets said.
Older folks in Salem will remember Gilbert “Gibby” Bartha Sr..
He was a well-known Salem city police officer who during his off-hours, still in uniform, worked the door at the grocery/department store Persky’s, where Giant Eagle stands now and where Scheets used to see him.
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Longtime Salem Police Sgt. John Scheets flashes the familiar smile thatâs greeted Salem residents the past 36 years, first with the auxiliary then full-time as a road patrolman, detective, road supervisor and drug task force agent. Scheets retired from the department Jan. 8, but remains in law enforcement as a new member of the Columbiana County Sheriffâs Office. (Photo by Johnâs son, Jack Scheets)
SALEM Â John Scheets trained to become a welder after high school, but when he was a kid, he wanted to be just like “Gibby” the cop.
“I was just amazed. He always took time to stop and talk. He was just neat as a pin. His persona, the way he carried himself. I just thought that was awesome,” Scheets said.
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LAKEWOOD, OH The Beck Center for the Arts will premier five 15 minute musicals.
The 15 minute musicals are part of a partnership between the Beck Center and the Baldwin Wallace University Music Theatre Program. Each of the musicals is new and was chosen by the National Alliance for Musical Theatre (NAMT), the organization said. Pandemic or no, we were determined that this 10th anniversary of the Beck Center/Baldwin Wallace collaboration
must go on. With the addition of the National Alliance for Musical Theatre as a partner, we could not be more excited to offer the World Premieres of five brand new musicals, said Scott Spence, artistic director for Beck Center.
BEREA â Micah Simmons, of Portsmouth, was part of the cast and crew from Baldwin Wallace University that, under the direction of Victoria Bussert, created the first collegiate virtual production of the powerful Broadway rock musical âSpring Awakening.â
Simmons, a graduate of Portsmouth High School majoring in music composition, served as an assistant editor in the co-production between the BW Conservatory of Musicâs music theatre program and the department of theatre and dance.
While many college theatre stages went dark for the fall 2020 season, the BW creative team proved music theatre can thrive within the limits of a coronavirus safety net. The groundbreaking show, shot guerrilla film-style on iPhones at more than 40 locations throughout Northeast Ohio, premiered Nov. 19-22 and was profiled in American Theatre magazine and