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Wesley Pines presents "On
Golden Pond" by Ernest Thompson
Friday, April 6, at 8 p.m. at Givens
Performing Arts Center.
"It is a nationally touring play
and a lot of people will remember
it from the movie that Henr y Fonda
and Katharine Hepburn did in the
early 1980s," said James Bass, exec-
utive director of GPAC at Universit y
of North Carolina at Pembroke. "It
is a stor y about growing old, losing
and learning to love through it all,
and coping with loss and aging."
There is a lot of merit in this
heartwarming story.
"Growing old and aging is some-
thing that we all experience and
something that we all have to deal
with," said Bass. "We have to deal
with it whether it is our own aging
or someone in our family is aging."
Bass added that aging causes
families to learn a lot about them-
selves and who they are, and that is
what this stor y is about. It is about
people coming together through
difficult times and the prospect
that we may not be here tomorrow.
It sends the message that how we
spend our time and how we treat
our family is important.
The characters in the play encoun-
ter various trials and tribulations.
"People who are up in years
have seen and experienced a lot
of things in their lives," said Bass.
"These things helped shape and
format who they are, and as we get
older, we begin to challenge some
of those perceptions."
The Givens Performing A rts
Center is a 1,600-seat perform-
ing arts center t hat has been
around since 1975 and sits on
t he UNC-Pembroke campus. "We
were ranked several years ago as
one of t he top 25 performing arts
centers on a universit y campus in
t he United States," said Bass. "We
have had a lot of performers here
in t he past, such as Ray Charles,
Vincent Price, James Earl Jones
and Dave Chappelle."
Tickets cost $21-$36. For more
information or to purchase tickets,
visit w w w.uncp.edu/gpac or call
910-521-6361.
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Givens Performing Arts Center
welcomes 'On Golden Pond'
by DR. SHANESSA FENNER
DR. SHANESSA FENNER,
Principal, WT Brown Elementary
School. COMMENTS? Editor@
upandcomingweekly.com.
910-484-6200.
"On Golden Pond" is a heartwarming tale about family, aging and dealing with
change. The 1981 movie starred Henry Fonda, Katharine Hepburn and Jane Fonda.