Written
in Stone
Saturday, September 6, 2014 | 10:00am
The
Village of Rockford, NC |
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The
5th Annual Remember Rockford Families Reunion returns Saturday,
September 6, 2014 and Sunday, September 7, 2014. The event is open to
the public.
Saturday’s events will begin at 10:00 am at the Rockford Cemetery with
a drama entitled, “Written
in Stone”. The NoneSuch Playmakers Theatre group
led by Brack and Angela Llewellyn will portray early Rockford residents
and community leaders.
Characters
will include Mark and Nancy York, Charles B and Mollie Davis, William
Yancey and Paulina Davenport, John and Delania Burrus, William and
Letitia Norman, and William Polk and Mary Dobson.
As
we stroll through the historic village, actors will give attendees a
glimpse into life in the 1800’s.
Participants:
Angela Llewellyn
Brack
Llewellyn
Jake Pack
Randy Sprinkle
Lesley
Nicole Watts
Randy Simmons, Jr.
Olivia Jessup
Angela Bryant
B.J. Boyd
Jane Tucker
From
the Mount Airy News:
by David Broyles
ROCKFORD —The NoneSuch
Playmakers Theatre group will open the Fifth Annual Remember Rockford
Families Reunion Sept. 6 with an original play “Written in Stone.” The
two-day event is open to the public.
The dramatic troupe
led by Brack and Angela Llewellyn will portray early Rockford residents
and community leaders including Mark and Nancy York, Charles B. and
Mollie Davis, William Yancey and Paulina Davenport, John and Delania
Burrus, William and Letitia Norman, and William Polk and Mary Dobson.
“We are calling the
play ‘Written in Stone’ since it begins in the graveyard and the
characters speak in the past tense of their lives,” said Director Brack
Llewellyn. “I feel pretty good about the work. The Rockford book and
Hannah Holyfield were both very helpful, as was information from many
of the descendants she put us in contact with.”
“The location is so
meaningful to us. We’ve been there twice (as a cast). I want the actors
to stand in the place where these people lived and worked,” Llewellyn
said. “It really brings it home to us as actors and hopefully the
audience, too. We are excited about it.” He said the stories told by
the cast amounts to ten and the group plans to look into more
portrayals for the future.
Lewellyn said one
challenge for actors is creating characters of persons who may never
have been interviewed or seen by any of the audience.
Rockford Preservation
Society spokesperson Hannah Holyfield said Rockford descendants
continue to come for the opportunity to visit the place their ancestors
lived, fellowship and for the chance to learn something new about their
history. She said more than 60 persons are already signed up to attend.
Saturday’s events are
slated to begin at 10 a.m. at the Rockford Cemetery with the dram.
Reunion activities continue with a BBQ lunch, bluegrass music by Eric
Marshall and his son, tours of the historic buildings and sharing of
family and local history. The BBQ lunch is $10 for adults and $5 for
children.
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