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E8 COMPLETE. IN-DEPTH. DEPENDABLE. DAYTON DAILY NEWS SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2015 LIFE A glider theater has recently been launched at the WACO Air Museum in Troy. The one-of-a-kind theater is a scale replica of the original WACO CG4A glider that was designed by the WACO Factory and chosen by the military to use in WW II.

Visitors can sit inside the glider like the troops did and watch a video of the manufacturing process and the actual performance of the glider in the Europe and Asian sites. The WACO Factory in Troy produced more than 1,000 of the CG4As, while additional gliders were manufactured at locations all over the country. The WACO Aircraft Company was the largest manufacturer of civil aircraft in the country in the late 1920s and early and the museum is dedicated to the plant and the employees that made it great. The theater experience is included in the museum admission price. Admission is $6 for adults; $5 for military with ID and $3 for students.

Children younger than 6 are free. The museum is at 1865 S. County Road 25A in Troy. Hours are 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Monday through Friday and noon to 5 p.m. on Sundays. Dayton Ballet at Mid-Day Arts Cafe If last event was any indication, the Mid-Day Arts program on the Dayton Ballet educational and entertaining. This presentation is slated for Tuesday. Artistic director Karen Russo Burke a behind-the-scenes look at a typical day in the life of a dancer.

joined by members of the ballet company who demonstrate. learn about everything from partnering to pointe shoes. fascinating. The monthly lunches take place in the Schuster Center and include your choice of meal and the program. Dayton Performing Arts Alliance (DPAA) President CEO Paul Helfrich will also speak at this event.

Tickets are $15 and include a choice of lunches from Citilites and a discounted parking ticket. You can order online at www.TicketCenterStage. com, at the box or call Ticket Center Stage at 937-228-3630 or 888-2283630. Advance ticket sales end at 10:30 a.m. the day of the event.

Discounts are available for season ticket holders to the Premier Health Broadway, Morris Family Series or National Geographic Live Series and those who are Culture Works card holders. Art fair slated for Yellow Springs This is the fourth year of the juried art fair in Yellow Springs entitled Art Soul. This fair will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Mills Lawn Elementary School, 200 S.

Walnut St. The event features 30 regional artists who will be displaying and sell ing their handmade art and crafts. The promoter, Lisa Goldberg, also produced the popular Yellow Springs Artist Studio Tour and Sale. She says the name was chosen because put their souls into the making of their a wide variety of items in time for the holidays: birdhouses, glass work, pottery of all kinds, clothing, art quilts, many types of jewelry, photographs, handmade and decorated journals and boxes, purses and bags, scarves and gloves, plates, platters, sponge holders, necklaces, beadwork, spreaders, furniture, clocks, handmade beads, upcycled clothing functional and decorative work. There is an entry fee of $3, a portion of which will be donated to the a scholarship fund for graduating high school students continuing their education in the arts and the Yellow Springs Police Coat Fund.

Children 6 and under are admitted for free. For more information: www.ysarts.org/ artSoul.html or 937-7677285. Dance scholarship will honor Rodriguez A male dance scholarship has been created by Don Hageman and Gem City Ballet to honor the memory of Jon C. Rodriguez, a beloved ballet teacher, director and choreographer. Hageman said he and Rodriguez noted a scarcity of male dancers in the pre-professional ballet company and wanted to encourage young men to dance with the company and to assist in the training of young men already in the company.

If interested you can applications at gemcityballet.org To donate to the fund, asked to contact Gem City Ballet at (937) 550.9245. Van Cleve leaves WYSO Ariel Van Cleave, host and reporter at public radio station WYSO 91.3FM in Yellow Springs, has accepted a position at NPR member station KPLU in Seattle. She covered education issues for WYSO, including several features that were part of the Graduating Latino series. WYSO and Antioch College have posted a job opening for a Morning Edition Interested applicants can the posting online at WYSO.org or obtain copies by calling (937) 7691387. DVAC hosts Holiday on Ice party The Dayton Visual Arts Center will host a preview party and cocktail from 5:30 to 8 p.m.

on Thursday. The event will provide attendees with a sneak peak at the gift items created by area artists which will be available this holiday season. Special guests will be the Gem City Rollergirls. Proceeds from the event, which is held at the gallery, the exhibitions and educational programs. Holiday on Ice Artful will be mixed live by celebrity bartenders from Corner Kitchen, Bistro, Salar and Wheat Penny.

Admission, which includes one drink ticket and 10 percent your Gift Gallery purchase, are $20 for DVAC members, $25 for nonmembers. Your ticket also includes a Riverscape Ice Skating voucher from Five Rivers Metroparks. Call 937-224-3822 to make a reservation or mail your check to DVAC, 118 N. Dayton, OH 45402. Dayton Music Club recital on Tuesday The Dayton Music Club Recital for November will feature pianist Jennifer Cruz and duo-pianists Samee and Aaron Mood.

The program is scheduled for noon on Tuesday at Epiphany Lutheran Church, 6430 Far Hills Ave. in Centerville. Cruz, professor of piano at Central State University, will play works by Aaron Copland and Isaac Albeniz. The duo-pianists from Star City Music Studio in Miamisburg will feature selections from Samuel All Dayton Music Club recitals are free and open to the public. Auditions at Dayton Playhouse The Dayton Playhouse will hold open auditions for the musical Roar of the Greasepaint, the Smell of the at 7 p.m.

on Nov. 23 and 24. The show, with book, music and lyrics by Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley, will be directed by Jim Lockwood. The Dayton Playhouse is at 1301 E. Siebenthaler Ave.

Production dates for the musical will be Jan. 22 through Feb.7. For more information, contact Jim Lockwood at Fall screens in Cooperstown The documentary Fall was selected for screening at the 2015 Baseball Film Festival in the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, New York. The special weekend was held in September. The movie, about seniors and softball, captures the story of senior slow-pitch leagues, the leagues that attract players from Troy, Sidney, Tipp City, and Vandalia as well as Dayton, Cincinnati, Spring and Columbus.

The focuses on the importance of the game to family relationships, the bonding and camaraderie among players, and the topic of aging. It highlights military veterans in the league, and explores the relationship between team sports and military experience. Fall was produced by Taller Trees Productions, a Dayton- area production company headed by Tim Gebard (producer), Jennifer Taylor (director) and Dean Vincent (co-producer). The features an original motion picture soundtrack, composed by Gebard and recorded at Studio in New Carlisle. Fall was also shown at International Festival of Film.

WACO Air Museum adds glider theater Each week, arts writer Meredith Moss shares news about the people and events making arts news in our region. If you have news like to have included, contact Meredith: Please leave a daytime phone number. Meredith Moss On the Arts The Dayton Ballet is the featured group at the upcoming Mid-Day Arts Cafe. CONTRIBUTED SOUTH CAROLINA Hilton Head Island Ocean front complex with ocean view. Sleeps 4-6.

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