AUBURN â With just a few weeks until actors were set to take to the stage in performances of âThe Best Christmas Pageant Everâ last December, Excelsior Arts Academy and Youth Theater Executive Director Kent Johnson was forced to cancel the show.
Cases of COVID-19 were on the rise, and while the First Christian Church in Auburn was the perfect setting to tell the Christmas story, there was not the room needed for the cast to socially distance backstage, Johnson explained.
âThis was one of the most difficult decisions I ever had to make. As you might guess, many people were disappointed due to the amount of work that had already occurred,â Johnson said.
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Bloom or bust: Was Aberdeen really banned from entering Britain in Bloom?
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Aberdeen in bloom over the years, left from clockwise, roses on Anderson Drive in the 1970s, Union Terrace Gardens and Seaton Park.
Aberdeen earned the nickname ‘the boom and bloom city’ in the 1970s after the discovery of oil and record-breaking back-to-back Britain in Bloom wins.
The Granite City with the floral heart proudly holds 14 gold Britain in Bloom titles to date, but not everyone was as thrilled with its run of success in the early years.
With a global reputation for its flower displays, Aberdeen has long been considered the flower capital of Scotland even before the days of national competitions.