It'll be Hawaiian shirts and sparkling leis this Sunday at the Barrow-Civic Theatre as local youth singing group HOLeY Jeans takes audience member on a Tropical Vacation.
With island based gospels, a hint of Reggae  and an urging to "Don't Worry, Be Happy" these young singers will give it their all to entertain.

This event is the group's major fundraiser for the year. It kicks off at 3 p.m. Sunday (April 14) .

Tickets are $10/$13 and they can be purchased online ahead of time at https://barrowtheatre.my.salesforce-sites.com/ticket#/events/a0STN000003rwP72AI

It slowly gets a little darker, perhaps a tad yellow-ish and then it's almost like your dad shut the lights off when its time for you to go to bed. The temperature drops a bit and you wait to see if the moon will continue on its journey and give you back your daylight and warmth.

Photographers tried all sorts of things from testing their phone's zooming capabilities through the protective cardboard-rimmed glasses to the heavy duty pros with expensive tripods, cameras and filters. 

​The slightly overcast day actually helped as there is no better filter than the clouds.

Erie and northwestern Pennsylvania had a ton of visitors from southern areas so traffic was a tad heavier getting around if you didn't know alternative routes. But overall traffic flowed, even if slow at times.

The area is expected to be in line for another total eclipse in this century, but not until 2099.

If you caught the bug, and want to know when the next total eclipse is happening so you can plan ahead, Alaska will have one in 2033. 

Or in 2044 you can hit the edges of the Dakotas and Montana or venture into Canada or Greenland at the eclipse take a weird ram horn curve up north.

If those seem a tad too difficult to navigate, In 2045 another will start in Califonia and end in Florida crossing portions of 12 states.

According to a CBS News report there are eight total eclipse expected to hit the U.S. in the 21st century.

In a 2020 National Geographic report, there were three Americans, Glenn Schneider, Jay Pasachoff and John Beattie held the world record for observinf 35 total eclipses.

The moon's shadow moves across the earth at 1,000 miles per hour. The sun is 400 times larger than the moon but is also 400 times farther way. 

The word eclipse is derived fro the Greek, ekleipsis, which means abandonment. Eclipses do not happen on Mercury or Venus because they have no moons.

It is estimated that only one in 10,000 people on earth will see a total eclipse in their lifetime.

For 94 years Franklin Area High School has taken a unique approach to their spring talent show - The Musical  Broadcast is entirely performed live with no backing tracks at all.

In fact, a dance performance this year almost didn't make it in when the dancers, Ella Bodien and Quinlan Karns wanted to use a specific song that the show's band director Steve Johnston just didn't have the time to arrange.

But when they approached him with the idea of fellow student Madolyn Williams singing the song as chorale teacher Sarah Gilbert played accompaniment on piano, it was a go. 

The show features all live music and skits performed by the students and includes performance by the cheerleading squads and the marching band Silks and Knightettes. The concert and jazz bands are responsible for all the orchestrated music.

The two-day show is a fundraiser for the music program. The curtain goes up at 7 p.m. on Friday and Saturday. Tickets are only $5.

Auditions are being held for " The SpongeBob Musical" from 2:30  - 4:30 p.m. on  April 13 and from 6 to 8 p.m. on  April 14 in the Barrow - Civic Theatre's Little Theatre.

The show will directed by Janene Michael  with musical director Andrea Fenske.

More information: Go to barrowtheatre.org/auditions/ 

The show dates are June  21, 22, 28, and 29 at 7:30 p.m. and June  23 and 30 at 2  p.m.

Tickets: call the box office at 814-437-3440 from 10 a.m to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday or online  at https://barrowtheatre.my.salesforce-sites.com/ticket/.