Erin's Dresses for Annie

The musical Annie will be presented by the St. Paul School Drama Club on Friday, March 30, and Saturday, March 31, at 7 p.m. and Sunday, April 1, at 2 p.m in Boeke Hall. Erin Liggett will star as Annie in the Saturday performance and also in a special performance for students on Thursday. Hannah Horrigan will play Annie for performances Friday night and Sunday afternoon. Here are three of four dresses Erin will wear in the play. Poses include a blue gown, a dance gown and an orpan gown. A sweater is added to the orphan dress for the fourth pose. Except for the dance dress all the dresses that Erin will wear in the play were made by her mother, Susan, who is working on the final red dress. Tickets are $5 for adults and $2 for students.

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Happy Birthday to Eliza Cotter

It’s time again to wish a "Happy Birthday" to my great-great grandmother Eliza Cotter who would be 181 years old this St. Patrick's Day. She was born on a March 17 near Newry in County Armagh. She had a daughter, Mary Elizabeth "Mollie" (my great-grandmother), who like my granddaughter Anna was born on Christmas Day. And, of course, my other granddaughter is named Erin. Myself, more like an ordinary three-leaf clover, was born on the third day of the third month of 1930.

Rosa Spanish drawing by Erin

Rosa Spanish, a drawing by Erin Liggett

The latest attire for Anna's snowman

Erin and Anna Liggett had the day off from school on Friday because of a teachers' meeting, so Anna decided to make a snowman. He isn't very big, but he is fashionably outfitted.