SANATOGA PA – Weekend activities for western Montgomery County residents (and anyone else!), March 19-21, 2010:
Friday, March 19
The Perkiomen Valley Chamber of Commerce’s Women In Networking Community Spring Expo will be held Friday from 3:30-8 p.m. in the cafeteria of the Technology Wing at Perkiomen Valley High School, Collegeville PA. Breakout sessions will be held on entrepreneurship and mentoring, fashion sense and trends, finance, and health and wellness.
The 11th annual Basket Party fund-raiser that benefits the YWCA Tri-County Area will be held Friday beginning at 6 p.m. in North Coventry Elementary School, 475 Kemp Rd., Pottstown PA. This year’s donated baskets, which highlight the YWCA’s commitment to literacy, are filled with a wide array of fun items, organizers say. Tickets cost $20 per person at the door, or $25 for 2 people if purchased and picked up at the YWCA, 315 King St., Pottstown, by noon Friday.
“Noises Off,” a funny and fast-paced British comedy by Michael Frayn, will be staged Thursday at 7:30 p.m., Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m., and Sunday at 3 p.m. through March 21 at the Tri-County Performing Arts Center, 245 E. High St., Pottstown PA. Depending on the day of the performance, tickets cost between $17 and $21 for adults, $15-$19 for students and senior citizens, and $13-$15 for children age 12 and younger. Parents beware, however; the theater advises guidance in the attendance of children. For information and tickets, call 610-970-1199.
Students at Pottsgrove High School will present “Flowers for Algernon,” the play about an enthusiastic but mentally challenged young man who undergoes experimental brain surgery to increase his IQ, on Friday and Saturday, both at 7:30 p.m. in the auditorium of the high school, 1345 Kauffman Rd., Pottstown PA. Tickets are $5 for general admission, and $4 for students and senior citizens, and are available at the door. For more information, call 610-326-5105.
Historic Skippack Village will host a Spring Fling Weekend from Friday through Sunday. In addition to special savings in stores, restaurants and businesses, there will be complimentary food, entertainment and events. Free parking is available throughout the village.
Saturday, March 20
An all-you-can-eat fund-raising breakfast to benefit the Berkskire Baseball program for youths will be held Saturday from 8-10 a.m. at Applebee’s restaurant, 833 N. State St., Pottstown PA. Pancakes and sausage are on the menu. Tickets cost $7, and are available at the door. For more information, call Dan Clouser at 610-927-4306.
The Spring-Ford School District will hold a consignment sale Saturday from 7:30 to 11 a.m. in the cafeteria of the Spring-Ford Intermediate School, 833 S. Lewis Rd., Royersford PA. The sale includes clothing, shoes, books, toys, strollers, walkers, books and baby-related accessories. Shoppers should enter through building Door 21.
A kids’ consignment sale and open house will be held Saturday beginning at 9 a.m. in Chesterbrook Academy, 441 N. Lewis Rd., Limerick PA. The open house and moon bounce entertainment will run from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. For more information, call 610-948-0665.
The Ursinus College Meistersingers will present a choral concert Saturday at 7:30 p.m. in Bomberger Auditorium on the college campus, Main Street, Collegeville PA. The event is free and open to the public. Professor John French, holder of the college’s Heefner Chair of Music, will conduct the group in an all-American program featuring Randall Thompson’s “Frostiana,” seven pieces set to the poetry of Robert Frost. The program includes the premiere of two movements from a requiem by Ursinus senior Walker Merritt of Sharon CT.

Jesse Garron.
“The King Returns,” an Elvis tribute by impersonator Jesse Garron, is scheduled to be held Saturday beginning at 8 p.m. in Sunnybrook Ballroom, 50 Sunnybrook Rd., Pottstown PA. Doors will open at 7 p.m. Tickets, which cost $25 in advance and $32 at the door, are available for purchase online, at the Sunnybrook box office, or by calling 484-624-5186. The performance will mark Garron’s second at Sunnybrook in two years.
Sunday, March 21
Upper Schuylkill Valley Park, Route 113, Royersford PA, will hold a family-friendly scavenger hunt on Sunday from 2-3:30 p.m. Clues will lead visitors around the grounds of the park to learn about the different animals and raptors, as well as focus on the things that happen in the spring. Admission is free, but a $2 donation per person is suggested. This activity will be held outside, and only if weather permits. Visitors should start their scavenger hunt at the eagle area in the upper section of the park.
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