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Bravo, Hexagon Players!

By: Roxy on 11/15/09 @ 8:22 pm

We’ve just come home after an awesome performance of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory by Hexagon Players of Mendham.  I believe there are still tickets available for next weekend’s performances, and our family recommends that you scoop them up and check out a spectacular show.  I’ll try to write a longer review over the [...]




I’ve Got a Golden Ticket! Hexagon Players of Mendham Present Willy Wonka — November 13, 14, 15, 20 and 21 at Delbarton Prep School in Mendham, NJ

By: Roxy on 10/29/09 @ 1:03 pm

Actually, I’ve got six (6) golden tickets… to the Hexagon Players’ Sunday, November 15th matinee performance of Willy Wonka at Delbarton Preparatory School in Mendham, New Jersey.
Back in June, I told you all about London’s audition for a part in the Hexagon Players Fall production of Roald Dahl’s Willy Wonka. After waiting among hundreds of [...]




Handel’s Messiah Returns to Hilltop Church in Mendham on Sunday, December 6th

By: Roxy on 10/28/09 @ 10:27 am

An invitation to the December 6th performance of Handel’s Messiah at Hilltop Church just arrived in the mail, reminding me that this time last year, a few days before Halloween, we had about two inches of snow on the ground here in the Roxiticus Valley!  Thankfully, a repeat of last year’s freak snowstorm is not in the forecast, and it [...]




Annual Pastime Club Carnival and Labor Day Parade Return to Mendham Borough: Friday, September 4th through Monday, September 7th

By: Roxy on 09/3/09 @ 7:45 pm

Rex, London, Maddie and I are staying down at our beach house in Bay Head, New Jersey, until Sunday, but we will make it back in time for the last day of the Pastime Club Carnival and the Labor Day Parade in Mendham Borough.
The 2009 Labor Day Carnival starts tomorrow — Friday, September 4th — [...]




They’ll Be Dancing In the Street In Brookside, NJ On the 4th Of July: Brookside Community Club 86th Annual Parade

By: Roxy on 07/3/09 @ 9:40 am

According to a long standing annual tradition, Rex and the girls and I are spending the week from his birthday through the 4th of July at our beach house in Bay Head, New Jersey, but for those of you who are sticking around the Roxiticus Valley (Mendham, Chester, Bernardsville, Peapack-Gladstone, and Morris County), I thought [...]




Stage Mother Roxy Prepares London for Hexagon Players Auditions for Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory

By: Roxy on 06/13/09 @ 6:02 pm

Now my loyal Roxiticus Desperate Housewives readers know that Roxy is far from a stage mother, and on that note I’m going to let you in on a little secret… Hexagon Players are holding open auditions for their Fall 2009 production of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory tomorrow (Sunday, June 14, 2009) at 2pm [...]




London and Maddie Go Christmas Caroling with the Girl Scouts, More Holiday Fun On Mendham’s Holly Trail Celebration – Saturday, December 6th

By: Roxy on 11/22/08 @ 10:30 am

On Saturday, December 6th, the Holly Trail through Mendham, New Jersey, celebrates the season with fun for the whole family.
I first learned about Mendham’s Holly Trail through an invitation for London and Maddie to go Christmas Caroling with the Girl Scouts at one of three locations: Hilltop School from 10 to 10:30am, Holly Manor from [...]




Mendham Township Family Skate Night at Mennen Arena Set for Friday, January 23rd

By: Roxy on 11/9/08 @ 9:49 pm

London and Maddie brought home a flier in their backpack mail with the latest events and programs sponsored by the Mendham Township Recreation Commission.  One of the highlights is the Annual Family Skate Night at Mennen Arena in Morristown, NJ, set for Friday, January 23rd.  We had London’s ice skating birthday party at Mennen Arena the [...]




Hexagon Players of Mendham Present Children’s Letters to God — November 7, 8, 9, 14 and 15 at Grace Lutheran Church in Mendham, NJ

By: Roxy on 10/30/08 @ 9:47 pm

It’s time for the Hexagon Players of Mendham Fall 2008 performance, and this year, they’re presenting Children’s Letters to God.  It’s a musical based on the internationally best-selling book by Stuart Hample and Eric Marshall, with music by David Evans and lyrics by Douglas J. Cohen.
Taken directly from the letters of young people writing to [...]




Snow On the Ground in the Roxiticus Valley…Must Be Time to Make Plans for Handel’s Messiah, December 7th at Hilltop Church in Mendham, New Jersey

By: Roxy on 10/28/08 @ 3:59 pm

It isn’t even Halloween, the leaves are still colorful on the trees, and as you can see, we have about two inches of snow on the ground here in the Roxiticus Valley!
Perhaps because of the wintry weather today, I received an e-mail reminder that the Music Ministry of Hilltop Church will perform its seventh annual presentation [...]