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DeSoto Parish Clerk of Court Jeremy Evans and his staff recently held a birthday celebration as they observed the 90th birthday of longtime employee Anna Herring. She has worked part-time for the Clerk’s office around fifteen years, and currently serves in the scanning department. Evans said that “Ms. Anna” verifies all documents before scanning them for official archival records. “Ms. Anna works around twenty hours weekly, and is never late. I can’t recall the last time she even took a sick day,” stated Evan

By: Carole Canfield

BackAlley Theatre is gearing up for a spectacular Christmas show on Dec. 2 and 3rd at Central School in Grand Cane. HOLLY JOLLY CHRISTMAS will include country, gospel, and traditional Christmas music to kick off the Christmas season. The show is being moved to Central School Auditorium, 1035 Second Street, to accommodate the larger crowd expected. Tickets are $10 and box office is 461 0202 or email: batboxoffice@gmail.com. Curtain is 7pm.

John Neilson is master of ceremonies of this show, which includes piano, guitar, fiddle, flute and ukulele arrangements.

The Mrs. H.D. Dear Sr. and Alice E. Dear School of Creative and Performing Arts at Northwestern State University will present the 28th annual Christmas Gala Nov. 30 – Dec. 2 in the A.A. Fredericks Auditorium. Performance times are 7 p.m. each evening with a 9 p.m. performance on Dec. 2.

Tickets to all performances are $10. Northwestern State students, BPCC@NSU and Louisiana School for Math, Science and the Arts students are admitted free with a current student I.D. Advance tickets are available by going to capa.nsula.edu and clicking on popular links. Fore more information, call (318) 357-5773.