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14 | November 2, 2012 Crested Butte NewsBENCHTALKBY D. CLAPSADDLEMountain Theatre auditionsThe Crested Butte Mountain Theatre is holding auditions,this weekend for its Christmas play, The BestChristmas Pageant Ever. Auditions will be held Saturday,November 3 from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. and Sunday, November4 from 2-4 p.m. at the Mallardi Cabaret at Second &Elk. The play calls for six adult females (25+), four adultmales (25+), eight boys (8-18) and nine girls (6-18). Thereare also a few small roles for younger children (angelchoir members, baby angels, shepherds...) so if you haveyoung children interested please bring them by the auditions.Auditions will involve reading individual scenesfrom the play and doing some group acting activities alltogether, to establish a sense of ensemble cohesiveness.Rehearsals will begin the week of November 12. The playruns December 20-23 and 27-29.Fracking presentation by Bruce BartlesonRetired WSCU Geology professor Bruce Bartleson presents“Fracking: the Good, the Bad and the Ugly” at theOld Rock Library on Thursday, November 1 at 7 p.m. Theprogram is free. Bartleson’s talk will look at an unbiasedview of what fracking is. Bartleson was a professor ofgeology at Western from 1965 to 1998. His doctoral dissertationwhich he worked on the early 1960s, involvedinterpreting the history of the some of the rocks in theElk Mountains in the Crested Butte, Aspen and GlenwoodSprings area.Celebrate the Beat fundraiserHead to the Gourmet Noodle on Saturday, November 3at 6 p.m. to help out the kids in this year’s Celebrate theBeat. The kids themselves will be taking your order, servingyour meal and clearing your plates, all to keep theprogram in Crested Butte. The Kids Pasta Project mixescommunity service with good food, and the kids do it all.The doors at Marchitelli’s Gourmet Noodle open at 5:30p.m. and the dinner will go to 7:30 pm. The cost is $18 foradults and $10 for kids 12 and under. For reservations &advanced tickets contact Julie Laird at 349-6490 or emailher at jreidblaird@yahoo.com. A benefit silent auctionwill be held at dinner.The Adaptive Sports Center kicked off a complete remodel of its new summer building in town at 325 Belleview.The space is being completely gutted and will be customized to provide a premier summer experiencefor people with disabilities. The new facility will also feature a living space for ASC interns during the winterand summer. The remodel is expected to be completed in May. courtesy photoShawn Harrington and Kathleen “Kat” Sauter were married in Kat’s hometown of Oneonta, NY on October13 with family and friends. courtesy photoBirthdaysNovember 1- Elsa Watkins, Dave Hindes, Bryan Hawley,Rob LindseyNovember 2- Dylan Hartley, Tom Rossman, Jackson Petito,Joe Walowski, Cash LamarNovember 3- Susan Eskew, Ceil Murray, Cini JacksonNovember 4- Keith Bauer, Cari FreemanNovember 5- Jean KeetNovember 6- Lulu Nelson, Kami GarveyNovember 7- George Swigert, Tami Houston, Bob Gillie,O’Hare Mullady, Cassidy McDaniel, AlexMundyIf you have a birthday to add to our list, email us at editorial@crestedbuttenews.com.CAMEOSWHAT COULD YOU BE ELECTED PRESIDENT OF?Braden Stroup and Tara Holmes were married amongst family and friends at the Woods Walk on September29. The reception was held at Maxwells. photo by Alison WhiteWouldn’t want to be president ofanything.John PennBeer and bourbon drinking-ville.Anne MooreEnabling.EliMy yard.GusGrammy’s snowboarding club.Roxie LyppsMOVIE QUOTECONTESTDo you want to win a FREE movie rental from the FlyingPetito Sisters? If you can identify what movie thefollowing quotation is from and you are the first to dropby the Crested Butte News office with the correct response,you WIN!!! LOCATION: 301 Belleview, Unit 6A.“This little piece of gum is a three-course dinner.”No one won last week’s movie quote “It’s Halloween, everyone’s entitled to one good scare.”The answer was Halloween.