Young & Young-At-Heart: Pelican talent young and old shines at nursing home, kindergarten events

by Nicole WK
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From the tiniest kindergarten voices to the timeless tunes of Pelican Valley Senior Living residents, Pelican Rapids celebrated creativity across the ages last week—with a special Viking Elementary performance, and the debut of a Pelican Valley’s “Got Talent” show.


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Amber Wang, director Children’s Theater
𝖯𝖾𝗅𝗂𝖼𝖺𝗇 𝗐𝗂𝗇𝗌 𝖺𝗋𝗍𝗌 𝗀𝗋𝖺𝗇𝗍 𝗔𝘂𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗿 𝗰𝗵...
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Third-graders, left, and fourth-graders, far right, perform “Rock the Earth”during their “Superheroes for the Earth” program at the Pelican Rapids High School Fine Arts Auditorium on Friday, May 9. The song is an obvious favorite among the Viking Elementary students who both sang and performed the actions of the song with enthusiasm.
𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙧𝙙 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙛𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙩𝙝 𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙙𝙚 ‘𝙎𝙪𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙤𝙚𝙨’ 𝙧𝙤𝙘𝙠 𝙋𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙘...
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𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐋𝐞𝐨—𝐏𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝖥𝖺𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝖫𝗎𝖼...
Pelican infielders, Treyd Dokken at second base and Kenneth Carrasco in the background. PHOTOS COURTESY NATE MCRAE
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An overhead view of the new downtown Pelican Rapids, following 2024 reconstruction.
𝐏𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐑𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐝𝐬 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝖱𝗈𝗎𝗇𝖽𝖺𝖻𝗈𝗎𝗍𝗌, 𝖿𝗋𝖾𝖾...
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