Icon viewers are invited to a princess pancake breakfast from 7 to 11 a.m. Saturday, July 8, in the Beaverdam-Richland Township Fire Department.
The breakfast is a fund-raiswer for Keanna (age 4) and Jayden (age 3) Vogel. Both girls are raising money to participate in the Sunburst International Beauty Pageant in Atlanta, Ga., later this year.
The menu includes princess pancakes with whipped cream and sprinkles, sausage, milk, orange juice and coffee.
Tickets at the door are $7 for adults, $5 for youth ages 3-12, and free for youth 2 and under.
At 2 p.m., Saturday, Wendy Chappell-Dick will present a musical program of favorite hymns, at the Swiss Community Historical Society's Schumacher's homestead, 8350 Bixel Road, Bluffton.
Hymns are from the Radical Reformation through the local Swiss settlers' immigration and assimilation process, tracing musical influences on Mennonite music from various folk traditions.
The hymn arrangements are done for dulcimer, guitar and vocals, and combine secular songs with religious works of similar influence.
Three concerts are planned this week in Sauder Visual Arts Center on the Bluffton University campus. Each concert is at 4 p.m. on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, according to Wendy Chappell-Dick.
The performances are connected to "From Swords to Plowshares," art exhibit in the center.
Performing on Thursday is Doug Adams. Performing on Friday is Chappell-Dick. Performing on Saturday are Adams and Chappell-Dick. Saturday's performance is a sing-along.
Ebenezer Drama Ensemble's dinner theatre takes place in earlly August.
“The Service at Rocky Bluff” billed as a two-act musical comedy, by Scott Icenhower, is the biennial dinner theatre presented by the Ebenezer Drama Ensemble in the Crossroads Ministry Center 8905 Columbus Grove Road, Bluffton.
Tickets are $10 and include dinner at 6 p.m. and the show at 7 p.m. each evening.
The cast includes Kara Zink, Mary Glick, Sarah Lehman, Sam Brauen, Shawn Stevens and Kevin Gratz.
Band members are Janie Wireman, Roger Rhodes, Ray Harner and Dave Brauen.
Transition Bluffton hosts a presentation on bicycling, including topics such as bicycle commuting, how to carry things on your bike, and safe interaction between bikes and cars.
The talk is Tuesday, July 18 at 7 p.m. in the community room of Bluffton town hall. The presenter is Raymond Harner, co-owner of CG Pro Bikes of Bluffton. Anyone interested is welcome to attend.
