Prep Softball: Christopher rolls past Monterey, 16-6
Morgan England went 3-for-3 with four RBIs and Michaela Decker was 3-for-3 with three RBIs to lead Christopher High’s softball team to a 16-6, six-inning home win over Monterey on Tuesday.
Coming up: Restitution hearing for South County’s ‘landscape scammer’
South County's “landscape scammer” is still behind bars this summer and will soon have his restitution hearing at the South County Courthouse in Morgan Hill.
Local Scene: Gilroyans earn academic honors
Gilroyan makes dean’s list
Enzo del Carmen, of Gilroy, was named to the dean's list at Rochester Institute of Technology for the spring semester of the 2023-2024 academic year. Del Carmen is in the new media design program. Full-time degree-seeking undergraduate students are eligible for...
Camille “Mimi” Mondelli Serafin April 10, 1918 – September 27, 2012
Camille " Mimi" Mondelli Serafin passed away on Thursday, September 27, 2012, at her home in Gilroy, CA, the place of her birth on April 10, 1918.
One year later: Sierra still missing
Nearly one year after Sierra LaMar vanished from her north Morgan Hill home at the age of 15, sheriff’s investigators still follow up on occasional leads and flyers depicting the missing cheerleader’s vital information. Desperate pleads for information on her whereabouts remain on display throughout town, and a suspect believed to have killed the young woman remains in jail.
‘Little Mermaid Jr.’ Live
There’s nothing quite like a stage full of kids dressed as starfish, sea anemones and seagulls singing and dancing their little hearts out to lift one’s spirits these days. And the cast and crew of South Valley Civic Theatre do a charming job of it in their current children’s musical production of The Little Mermaid Jr. in Morgan Hill through Oct. 22.The story, loosely based on Hans Christian Andersen’s Danish fairy tale and adapted into a Disney movie and then a musical, involves a young mermaid, Ariel (Emily Pember) who falls in love with a human prince (Gannon Janisch) and is tricked into giving up her lovely singing voice to an evil sea witch (Jenna Hernandez) in exchange for legs so she can walk on land. She is surrounded by a cast of hilarious characters including the woebegone crab Sebastian (Tegan Leong) charged by Ariel’s father (Paul Maack) with keeping her safe.As the little mermaid of the title, Pember does fine work singing while managing the tricky aspects of swimming gracefully through the air (with flight direction by Jason Chamberlain). Unfortunately, her voice is sometimes overwhelmed by the recorded soundtrack on “Part of Your World.”As Ursula, the sea witch—in a wonderful costume of purple velvet and satin with sequined octopus’s tentacles—Hernandez has no such problems. She’s got a big voice and knows how to use it to best effect on “Poor Unfortunate Souls.”Stealing the show every which way is the spark plug Tegan Leong as the crab Sebastian, who knocks everyone out with a fish ensemble in “Under the Sea” and really tears things up in the sassy calypso “Kiss the Girl,” well supported by an undersea cast of seemingly thousands.Among the numerous other characters, well directed by Colleen Blanchard, Catherine Drayton stands out as the lead seagull, Scuttle (in a terrific costume, designed by Alice Gracey). Set designers Blanchard, Larry Tom and Jason Leong have created a wondrous undersea world, all wavering watercolors studded with bubbles and seaweed.The Little Mermaid Jr. Music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Howard Ashman and Glenn Slater, book by Doug Wright. Directed by Colleen Blanchard at South Valley Civic Theatre, Morgan Hill. Final performance is Oct. 22. For tickets call (408) 842-SHOW or visit www.svct.org.
