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Honors Choirs of SE MN Looking for a Few Good Singers

Submitted by David Springer, ABC 6 Assistant News Director

Tuesday, May 15th, 2012, 10:55am

Honors Choirs of SE MN Looking for a Few Good Singers

The Honors Choirs of Southeast Minnesota is holding auditions in May and early June. The regional non-profit goup is made up of four choirs for grades 3-12. In this, the group's 20th year, more than 250 singers from 27 southeast Minnesota communities took part.

Honors Choirs offers motivated singers a unique opportunity to experience artisitc challenge and growth. The choirs rehearse Sunday afternoons and evenings throughout the school year in Rochester.

Singers pay tuition, but scholarships are available for those in need.

You can get more information at www.honorschoirs.org or call 507-252-0505.

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Girl Scout Candybars

Submitted by Chris Kuball, Storm Tracker 6 Meteorologist

Wednesday, May 9th, 2012, 8:43am

Three of the girls scouts most popular cookie flavors will soon be in candy bar form.

Nestle announced the plans to make the limited edition crunch candy bars.

They’ll be sold in stores, not door-to-door by scouts.

The flavors include thin mints, caramel coconut and peanut butter crème.

They’ll be sold June through September at retailers nationally.

Girl scouts sold 760-million dollars in cookies last year.

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The Proper Way to Sip Tea

Submitted by Kit Cross on Tuesday, May 8th, 7:58 am

Did you know there is a proper way to sip tea?

It seems like an odd question, but that is just one of the many things an etiquette class at the Hormel Historic Home is aiming to teach students.

The classes are aimed at young ladies ages 9-14, but adults are welcome.

Among the other lessons is learning the best way to introduce yourself.

The classes will prepare you to attend the finest dinner parties.

Cost is $5.00 per person. Register at the Hormel Historic Home. The class is presented by the library and the Hormel Historic Home.

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Stewartville High School Choir Benefit

Submitted by James Wilcox, ABC 6 News Anchor

Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012, 5:13pm

The Stewartville Morning Lions are having a benefit on Saturday May 5th at 4:00pm. The club is raising money to help the Stewartville High School choir purchase new robes. There will be a meal, silent and live auctions, and a Stewartville version of Cash Cab. All proceeds will benefit the choir.

In the past five years, the choir has grown from 27 girls to a membership of 260 girls and boys in six choirs. Organizers say the Stewartville School is the only school at music competitions that do not have choir robes for the students to wear as their numbers are so large.

This event will be held at the Stewartville Middle School from 4pm - end of Live Auction. Silent Auction 4pm - 7pm and Live Auction starts at 7:30pm.

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Kids Fishing Contest

Submitted by Michael Haberman on Monday, April 30th, 4:58 pm

A kids fishing contest will be taking place at Mill Creek Park near Chatfield on May 12th.

Registration begins at 9:00 A.M. The contest goes from 10 A.M. to Noon.

The contest is for kids age 12 and under for no charge. Participants should bring a fishign rod and reel and line with bait.

Kids should be accompanied by a parent or guardian. A free lunch will be provided.

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It's Time to Get Grumpy

Submitted by David Springer, ABC 6 Assistant News Director

Monday, February 20th, 2012, 6:37pm

It'll be OK to get grumpy in Wabasha this weekend. Well... not really, but the city will be hosting its annual Grumpy Men Festival.

The event is based on the movie "Grumpy Old Men" which is based on life in Wabahsa. We're told the screen writer based the movie on his grandfather who was born and bred in Wabasha.

When the festival started 19 years ago, it had lots to do with the movie, but officials from the Wabasha-Kellogg Area Chamber of Commerce say these days it's more about celebrating winter.

"Ya know, (it) gets to be a little long. it gets to be drawn out and everything and so having people come here in the winter and hey... we do have a ski hill, we can ice fish, we can do this.

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Once Upon a Playhouse

Submitted by David Springer, ABC 6 Assistant News Director

Friday, February 10th, 2012, 6:54pm

If you're heading to the Rochester Area Builders Home Show this year, make sure you stop by "Once Upon a Playhouse."

Family Service Rochester is once again raffling off four custom built playhouses. They all have two stories and are finished both inside and out. But each one has its own theme.

"People who have young kids know they want to get down here. They know they want to see them. They know their kids want to see them. But I would tell other people, if you didn't have kids, you still want to check this out because I guarantee you were a kid once and it brings you back to this happy place in childhood where you just think about, oh that would be so much fun!" says Brenda Walker.

Last year the event raised $40,000, all of which went to Family Service Rochester's domestic violence programs.