HARLEM GLOBTROTERS Here Friday Night !

H A R L E M
G L O B E T R O T T E R S

Harlem Globtrotters at Giant Center
February 18th
Time: 7: p.m
Tickets $23.00 to $105. for court side


The Harlem Globtrotters are coming to Hershey during the most successful year in the franchise's astonishing history. They have racked up a record-breaking 62 box office record and more than two million smiling fans. The iconic Harlem Globetrotters will showcase their eye-popping 2010 World Tour at the Giant Center with the wholesome family entertainment known worldwide for thrilling fans young and old and making cherished family memories.

Currently in their 84th consecutive season of touring the world, the Globetrotters' high-flying show features some of the most extraordinary athletes and entertainers on the planet – including Big Easy Lofton and Flight Time Lang, who are starring in the Emmy Award-winning CBS reality hit, "The Amazing Race;" the always hilarious Special K Daley; dribbling magician Scooter Christensen; and ball handling wizards Handles Franklin and Ant Atkinson.

The Globetrotters have performed for legions of people including leaders from Presidents to Popes, they have set numerous world records in the genre of sports.

Although there are lots of laughs, they are accomplished, record-breaking professional athletes of exemplary skill.

The Original Harlem Globetrotters have played in 120 countries on six continents, entertaining over 130 million fans and crossing barriers between cultures, societies and people from all walks of life.

For more details, photographs and videos, an on-line gift shop and more, check out: harlemglobetrotters.com.

LEWIS BLACK HERE FEBRUARY 20th

LEWIS BLACK COMING
TO HERSHEY THEATRE
Date: February 20, 2010
Time: 8:00 PM

Comedian Lewis Black is returning--by popular demand--to Hershey Theatre.

Mr. Black is one of America's most prolific, popular performers working today. According to Hershey Theatre's Web site, "He executes a brilliant trifecta as a stand-up comic, actor and author."

He performs more than 200 nights out of 365 a year. His audiences throughout Europe, New Zeland, Canada and the USA regularly sell out. He is one of the few performers, in fact, to sell out multiple theatres including Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Brooks Atkinson Theatre, New York City Center, the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, and Hershey Theatre!

So...don't be left out, go to the Hershey Theatre Web site today and order tickets:

http://www.hersheytheatre.com/performances_events/details.php?id=10516

It has been said, "Lewis' live performances provide a cathartic release of anger and disillusionment for his audience. Lewis yells so they don't have to. A passionate performer who is more a mad optimist than a mean-spirited curmudgeon, he has perfected expressing what the rest of us cannot say in polite company. Lewis is the rare comic who can cause an audience to laugh themselves into incontinence while making compelling points about the absurdity of our world."

We are looking forward to Mr. Black's performance, it will give us all a chance to shed off "cabin fever" due to being snowed in so much here of late. We are already getting calls here at the Inn from folks looking to stay the weekend at Annville Inn and punctuate their experience here by driving a few short miles into Hershey to see Mr. Black at Hershey Theatre. Do book today, Mr. Black sells out very quickly. Rosalie can help you with all your arrangements!

Back to Snow...Our previous blog entry focused on the snow storm last week. This week's near-blizzard on top of last week's has left the entire landscape looking as if it were drenched in whipped topping, applied luxuriously around the countryside, flocking trees, gracing the landscape with gentle, gliding lines of snow crests and peaks. Stunningly beautiful. We call our winter season through April, "Annville Inn's Secret Season." Come enjoy gourmet candlelit breakfasts, our theatre with a 68" high definition screen, the game room and pool table room, and this winter: lounging in the conservatory with its wood burning fireplace, sitting in over sized wooden rockers, surrounded on three sides by glass walls 9' high, gazing out over the snow scape.
If you--like us--enjoy games, one of our favorite activities is sitting before the fire in the conservatory, watching the snow and the birds, and at the same time...playing Scrabble! It is a winter snow tradition for us. Many of our guests have created a tradition: Visiting Annville Inn during our Secret Season. We hope you will join in the Secret Season pilgrimage to Annville Inn and the Hershey area.

SNOW!

S N O W ! ! !

Brrr...It was only 9 degrees this morning when we woke up to build a fire in our wood burning stove in the conservatory. When our guests this weekend (and all winter days) awoke and came to breakfast, they were greeted with a cheerful, crackling fire. Only problem today: It was 6: a.m. when Craig built the fire, and he discovered he was out of wood. That meant he had to go to the wood barn, traipse through a 4-ft. high snow drift, and make a half-dozen trips to fill the wood bin in the plant room. Our guests LOVE sitting in the big wooden rockers in front of the fire, especially on cold, snowy days. It is a memorable experience. (Craig likes to do the same thing, and Rosalie always finds him snoozing in front of the toasty fire.)



This view is due north from our property: As you can tell from the winter view, we have quite an expanse to enjoy. In fact, there are over 175 miles of mainly wilderness north of us and beyond the three mountain ranges. Corning, New York is the next community of any size north of us!

Look at our Garden Railroad. {Garden Scale, 1:28} You can't see much of it under the snow, but if you look closely, you'll spy an outline of tracks at its highest elevation, and a part of a bridge. The remainder is buried under about 11" of snow. There is a train hiding in the tunnel created by the log. We hope it is warm & safe in there!

Craig spent over six hours removing snow from our lane (and some of the neighbors' lanes, too!) yesterday. We had guests arrive the night of the blizzard from New York. They came by Amtrak, and they were very excited about coming to a country Inn during a raging snow storm (the snow flakes were falling horizontally due to the wind). They couldn't imagine anything more romantic. They immediately relaxed by one of our fireplaces on the main floor, and then snuggled by the peninsula fireplace (viewable on three sides) in their English Manor Suite.

Note the steeple with the Eagle wind vane on top--and its mirror image shadowed against one of our roofs. The steeple is fascinating, it actually has approximately eight feet of head room inside. Craig and one of our neighbors, Ray, have often stood in it. (Craig always hides Ray's Christmas present in the steeple and tells him to go check something or other up there. Ray by now knows to expect to find Santa's been in there for him!)

This drift has a perfect, beautiful, graceful curve crossing right over the Romance Garden's sidewalk at a 90 degree angle. We were amazed at its height, graceful curve, and razor-sharp ridge line.

Hard to believe the swimming pool was the site of people sunbathing and swimming a few months ago. You certainly wouldn't want to now!

A knee-high pathway leads to the front door. Snow thickly blankets all of our outdoor features. If you listen carefully, you can hear snowmobiles zipping through the hills and fields. This is the time for skiing, (we have great cross country trails here!), tubing, snow boarding, and of course watching those ubiquitous snowmobiles!

Front Door view after the storm. Note the imprint of the door on the snow drift wall.

More snow due next Tuesday or Wednesday. Come enjoy Annville Inn's SECRET SEASON!

Thank you for reading our blog entry about our snow storm. Those of you that have been here before will know about areas we spoke of here, but they may look unfamiliar to you if you visited us in the summer! Remember Annville Inn B&B as your place for rest, relaxation, inspiration, recharging your batteries. We are already booking for spring and summer, but there is also ample time to book for our SECRET SEASON now through April. We'll see you soon! Rosalie George, Your Innkeeper

Bon Jovi comes to Hershey! New art for our GSW Room!

Bon Jovi’s 2010-2011 “The Circle World Tour” Coming to HERSHEYPARK Stadium


Following Bon Jovi’s extraordinary fan-voted performance at the 52nd annual GRAMMY Awards ceremony, the band announced that their 2010-2011 “The Circle World Tour,” will arrive at Hersheypark Stadium on Wednesday, May 19th, 2010 for a 6:00 p.m. show.

Tickets go on sale Saturday, February 6 at 10:00 a.m.

The legendary band will spend much of the next two years on the road, performing 135 shows in 30 countries. “The Circle World Tour” follows hot on the heels of Bon Jovi’s 11th studio album, The Circle, which was released November 10, 2009 and promptly sailed into the #1 spot on the Billboard 200 chart.

The new album's success--which includes #1 chart debuts in Japan, Canada and Germany, and a #2 debut in the UK--is fueled by the band's current worldwide single, "We Weren't Born to Follow." Bon Jovi performed the song live at Berlin's Brandenburg Gate on November 9th, at the gala 20th Anniversary commemoration of the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. "We Weren't Born to Follow" has reached the Top 10 at Hot AC radio formats, and the video has scored a spot on the VH1 Top 20 Countdown for several weeks.

Hersheypark Concert Deal: Ride the day away at Hersheypark before you rock and roll all night! Hersheypark offers a special discounted admission price of just $33.95 to concert go-ers when using a Park ticket the day of, and/or the day after the concert.

Concert-goers may purchase one Park ticket per day during those three days. Just present your concert ticket at the Hersheypark Front Gate on each of the days to receive the discount. Purchase Park tickets at Giant Center Box Office when you purchase your concert tickets.

More Details: Bon Jovi: http://www.bonjovi.com/
Hershey Park: http://www.hersheypark.com/
Hershey Park Stadium, venue for the show: http://www.hersheyparkstadium.com/


New Art on Display in
Annville Inn's Great Southwest Room!


Imagine our surprise when a package arrived at the Inn yesterday from Oklahoma City, and upon opening it, we found that two recent guests of Annville Inn Bed and Breakfast had sent us two amazing works of unique art from one of our favorite galleries in Oklahoma City!


Our guests, Kristopher and Fiorella, had a wonderful stay with us last month. During part of one of our conversations, while discussing the Southwest, we casually mentioned many of the items decorating our Great Southwest Room came from a particular gallery in Oklahoma City...and they remembered that gallery!


The buffalo is carved of Ironwood from the Sonoran Desert, which is located in Arizona and Northern Mexico. Ironwood (Olneya Testota) is a very dense and heavy wood of intriguing orgin.


Before it can be carved, Ironwood must be exposed to years in a hot, dry environment, which causes the natural resins to collect, condense and cure. The U.S. Government has disallowed harvesting of living Ironwood trees. Artisans must search exclusively for naturally fallen trees.


Carving requires long hours of sculpturing using very simple tools, hand sanding and polishing and a creative, artistic approach to illuminate the beautiful burl and distinctive grain of Ironwood.


This unusual art form originated with the Seri Indians, a small nation whose members have lived in the Sonoran Desert for thousands of years. These carvings are becoming difficult to find due to limited supplies of Ironwood and a diminishing number of Native American carvers who carry the sculpture discipline from one generation to the next.


The Great Southwest Room also features unique pottery and even textiles indigenous to the Great Southwest. We were delighted with the new pottery piece to add to our collection, some of which is presented in the Great Southwest Room. This new piece from Kris and Fiorella will be a highlight of our collection. When we bought the house and converted it to a Bed and Breakfast, Craig got to have a big hand in decorating one room. Rosalie, the ultimate interior decorator, managed the rest of the property's decorating. Craig is from Oklahoma, and wanted one room to reflect his "native roots," thus the Great Southwest Room.


Thank you Kris and Fiorella, for two gifts that we will cherish the rest of our lives!

Sunday, February 14th, 7:30 p.m.
Romance and music are truly
international languages.

This Valentine’s Day Mt. Gretna music offers proof by uniting the two, with the help of Chinese pipa virtuoso, Wu Man. Renowned in the USA for her show stopping appearances with Yo-Yo Ma’s Silk Road project, Wu Man will give a rare and passionate solo performance perfect for the occasion.

Details & Tickets: Visit the Etown "Winter" portion of the Gretna Music Website: http://www.gretnamusic.org/etown.htm

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Grammy Award Winning Orpheus Chamber Orchestra...

...coming to Annville/Mt. Gretna/Hershey/Elizabethtown area Friday, March 19th at 7:30. This is a MUST SEE. We expect to be sold out with guests coming specifically to relax and enjoy the Inn and topping it all off by attending the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra! Read more:

Quoting From Roger Gross' newsletter: "March 19th won't be the first time that Gretna Music audiences have heard a performance on a night immediately before the same group appears in Carnegie Hall. Nor will it be the first time that a chamber orchestra has assembled on a Gretna Music stage. But it will be the first time that audiences here have heard an out sized chamber orchestra with players whose concentrated attention is so finely attuned to one another that they don't even want a conductor."

^ ^ ^ ^Orpheus Chamber Orchestra packs Carnegie Hall ^ ^ ^ ^

The Grammy Award-winning Orpheus Chamber Orchestra the world’s pre-eminent conductor-less chamber orchestra, teams up with up-and-coming star of the cello world Alisa Weilerstein. (Ms Weilerstein replaces the originally scheduled Truls Mø)

"Worldwide highly acclaimed cellist Alisa Weilerstein, just back from performances last December with Venezuela's famed Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra, the White House, and the Cleveland and Philadelphia Orchestras make this one of the most anxiously awaited, and costly to produce, events in Gretna Music's long list of notable concerts."--Roger Gross



"An Ecstasy and a generosity that lift performance into the realm of pure happiness."--New York Times.



According to Roger Gross, "The Orpheus Chamber Orchestra concert will be presented at Gretna Music's winter venue, Leffler Performance Hall at Elizabethtown College. Although tickets to a pre-concert dinner are already sold out, a few remain for the Annual Gala Buffet at the home of college president and Mrs. Theodore Long. To inquire about tickets for the buffet, concert or both, call 717-361-1508 or visit the Gretna Music website. Because this event is likely to be another winter season sell-out, early orders are advised.

Details & Tickets: Visit Gretna Music's Website, Winter tab: http://www.gretnamusic.org/etown.htm#orpheus

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A Chorus Line, Hershey Theatre, March 9-14

A Chorus Line at Hershey Theatre

DATE: March 9 - 14, 2010

PRICE: $75.00, $70.00, $65.00, $60.00, $55.00, $25.00 Processing fees apply

TIME: Tuesday-Thursday: 7:30 PM Friday: 8:00 PM; Sat.: 2:00 PM & 8:00 PM Sun.: 2:00 PM & 7:00 PM


Winner of nine Tony Awards®. That's right...not just "nominated," but WINNER. Here's the scene: In an empty theatre, on a bare stage, casting for a new Broadway musical is almost complete. For 17 dancers, this audition is the chance of a lifetime. It's what they've worked for - with every drop of sweat, every hour of training, every day of their lives. It's the one opportunity to do what they've always dreamed -- to have the chance to dance. This is A Chorus Line, the musical for everyone who's ever had a dream and put it all on the line. including "Best Musical" and the Pulitzer Prize for drama, this singular sensation is the longest-running American Broadway musical ever. Running even longer than our favorite, Oklahoma!, the musical A Chorus Line returns with this performance.

Come stay the weekend at Annville Inn and meet the new generation of Broadway's best when you take your seat at Hershey's awe-inspiring, magical HERSHEY THEATRE.

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Applaud Our Youth, See some H.S. Performances This Year

Our friend, and a great friend of the Performing Arts throughout our region, Diane Paul, has put together a list of all the High Schools in our area staging musicals this season.
According to Ms. Paul: "There has been much press lately about our local high schools' upcoming musicals. Some of them are reporting drops in advance sales of up to 75%!

"We know that this area is exceptional in the quality of its high school performing arts. So let's take a stand in support of the region's schools! Here is a list of school districts participating in the Hershey Theatre Apollo Awards this May. It lists their spring musical, along with the dates/times and contact phone number to order tickets. If you can fit one or more into your schedule, buy a ticket and applaud our youth. I'm sure you'll be delighted. And please - pass this on to all of your theater-going friends!

• Big Spring High School

Anything Goes
March 18 & March 19 - 7:30 pm
March 20 - 2:00 pm & 7:30 pm
Tickets 991- 9670

• Bishop McDevitt High School

Beauty and the Beast
April 8, 9, & 10 - 7:30 pm
April 11 - 3:00 pm
Tickets 236-7973

• Boiling Springs High School

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
March 25, 26, 27 - 7:00 pm
March 28 - 2:00pm
Tickets 422-5550

• Camp Hill High School

Wizard of Oz
March 11, 12, 13 - 7:00 pm
Tickets: 901-2522

Cedar Crest High School

Grease
March 25, 26, 27 - 7:30 pm
Tickets: 272-2033

Central Dauphin East High School

Urinetown
March 5 and March 6 - 7:30 pm
March 7 - 2:00 pm
Tickets: 541-1662 ext 493

• ELCO High School

Meet Me in St Louis
March 19 , 20 - 7:30 pm
Tickets: 866-7447

• Elizabethtown Area High School

Oklahoma
March 4, 5 - 7:00 pm
March 6 - 1:00 pm & 7:00 pm
Tickets: 361-7525 ext 2480

• Harrisburg Christian School

Cinderella
March 4, 5, 6 - 7:00 pm
Tickets: 545-3728

• Hershey High School

Aida
March 4, 5, 6 - 7:30 pm
Tickets: 531-2244

• Lebanon High School

Cats
March 4, 5, 6 - 7:30 pm
Tickets: 273-9391

• Lower Dauphin High School

Hello, Dolly
March 4, 5, 6 - 7:00 pm
Tickets: TBD

• Northern Lebanon High School

Guys and Dolls
March 10 , 11 - 7:30 pm
March 12, 13 - 8:00 pm
Tickets: 865-2117

• Palmyra High School

Beauty and the Beast
March 26, 27 - 7:00 pm
March 28 - 3:00 pm
Tickets: 838-5868

• Susquehanna Township High School

Fame
March 5, 6 - 7:30 pm
March 7 - 2:00 pm
Tickets: 657-5117

Resources and Official Web Sites For This Blog Post:

• Mt. Gretna News http://mtgretna.com/news
• The New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/
• Hershey Theatre http://www.hersheytheatre.com/
• Gretna Music http://www.gretnamusic.org/default.htm
• Orpheus Chamber Orchestra http://www.orpheusnyc.com/
• Alisia Weilerstein http://www.alisaweilerstein.com/
• Elizabethtown College http://www.etown.edu/
• Wu Man http://www.wumanpipa.org/
• Grammy Awards http://www.grammy.com/
• A Chorus Line http://www.achorusline.com/google/
• Annville Inn B&B http://www.annvilleinn.com/
  

Battle of the Bulge Reenactment This Saturday

8 minutes from Annville Inn:

65th Commemoration of the Battle of the Bulge This Saturday at Ft. Indiantown Gap.

To be out at Ft. Indiantown Gap during the reenactment is like stepping into the pages of history. You are transported back to where the men's uniforms included leggings above their boots, the women have their hair up and are wearing green woolen skirts, and the song, "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy of Company B" runs through your head.

The award-winning event has been running most of this week, and will culminate in a public event this Saturday, January 30th. Only two portions are open to the public, a 4:00 p.m. ceremony on Friday, January 29th, and a series of public reenactments and tours on Saturday, January 30th.

The reenactment has been recognized by the Pennsylvania Department of Education as an educational activity. It attracts thousands of people to the Ft. Indiantown Gap ~ Annville region.

WREATH LAYING CEREMONY: There will be a wreath

laying ceremony, a 21 gun military salute, and taps today,

Friday 1/29/10 at 4: p.m.

There will be a Public Battle Reenacted by Allied and Axis Living Historians of the World War II Federation, at 10:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. in Area 12. Parking will be provided; once on the post please follow the signs to the parking area, once there buses will take you to the Battle Demonstration and Barracks Displays area.

Directions to the Post: Exit 85b off of I-81; proceed north into Fort Indiantown Gap; enter the post, go through the traffic light, then follow the signs to the parking area

The public event also includes tours of actual WWII barracks, which are even more like stepping back into time, with some of the radios even playing music from the 1940's.

Here is a full schedule of the public portion of the Battle of the

Bulge reenactment.

S C H E D U L E :

Friday, Jan 29, 2010
1600 (4 PM) Wreath Laying Ceremony at the Monument to the Veterans of the Battle of the Bulge in Front of the Post Community Club to include a 21 Gun Salute and Taps.

Saturday, Jan 30th, 2010

1030 (10:30 a.m.) Public Battle

1100 (11: a.m.) A German Field Hospital: bough resection Building 12-76

1100 (11: a.m.) Flea Market Opens

1100 (11: a.m.) Barracks Displays Open

1230 (12:30 p.m.) A German Field Hospital: chest cavity exploration for possible removal of ribs Building 12-76

1300 (1: p.m.) Public Battle

1400 (2: p.m.) Barracks Displays and Flea Close.

The Battle of the Bulge Living History week is presented by the World War II Federation to Honor the Veterans that fought during World War II, some of which paid the ultimate price with their lives. This event is not in any way related to, or is not sponsored by Fort Indiantown Gap, or the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, so please direct any and all questions to the World War II Federation at the above contact information points.

Details & Contact Information: Visit the World War II Federation at

http://www.wwiifederation.org/index.html

RAIN, celebrating The Beatles, comes to HERSHEY THEATRE!

RAIN, A Tribute to the Beatles is coming to Hershey Theatre.

January 28 & 29th! There is room at the Inn!

Check out RAIN at Hershey Theatre, http://www.hersheytheatre.com/

Here is a recipe for a fabulous weekend get away that can easily be done on less than a tank full of gas: Surprise your honey with one of our beautiful, luxurious guest rooms at Annville Inn B&B. Then, when you check in, you present your second salvo: Two tickets to see The Beatles at Hershey Theatre! If you have never been to Hershey Theatre, what a delight you have coming! Milton Hershey designed a magical theatre that rivals Radio City Music Hall and the best of the Broadway Theatres!!!

RAIN covers the Fab Four from their very first Ed Sullivan Show appearance through the Abbey Road album, through the psychedelic late 60s and their long-haired hippie, hard-rocking rooftop days. RAIN is a multi-media, multi-dimensional experience...a fusion of historical footage and hilarious television commercials from the 1960s lights up video screens and live cameras zoom in for close-ups.

Come see RAIN at Hershey Theatre and stay at the incomparable Annville Inn B&B! Call Rosalie today, she can help you with tickets and your Inn registration!