A few of the Seven Dwarves (back row, from left) Gretchen Spencer, Alexis Barr, Maddie Kohlmann, Cole Diehl, and Grace Dunn, talk with Cara Hakola as Snow White during the March 18 performance directed by Emily Pieri. (Photographs by Tom Coyne) Les Cheneaux elementary and middle school students performed in the final play directed by Emily Pieri of Cedarville, staging a children's version of "Snow White and the Seven Dwarves" March 18, and in several subsequent performances for students at the school.

Cast members were Maddisen Cardwell, Kelley Wright, Paige Kanitz, Jennifer Sherlund, Hope Nightlinger, Allyson Mrozek, Eric Schebel, Holly Lysinger, Heather Bohn, Alexandra Cabello, Sarah Landreville, Kayla Merchberger, Isabel Brumleve, Alexis Barr, Gretchen Spencer, Maddie Kohlmann, Cole Diehl, Grace Dunn, Ashley Sherlund, Cara Hakola, Kaylee Rischer, Taylor Perkins, Daeshawna Nye, Annie Eberts, Bekah Miller, and Heather Lindberg.

The play was one of the dramatic performances directed and produced by Miss Pieri, a high school senior, as part of the Act I and Act II community service project she completed to earn a Girl Scout Gold Award.

Playing animals and Snow White in a March 18 performance of the play Snow White and the Seven Dwarves (from left) Kayla Merchberger, Sarah Landreville, Holly Lysinger as Snow White, Alexandra Cabello, and Heather Bohn perform a scene. For the past three years, she has taught Act I and Act II, a series of drama classes and plays designed to teach young students basic elements of drama.

Miss Pieri has performed in the Les Cheneaux Education Foundation's summer musicals, in high school plays, at Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp, and at the Cheboygan Opera House.

She credits another Cedarville stage veteran, Lisa Dunn, with inspiration and education. Mrs. Dunn has directed, produced, and performed in several local plays and musicals, and has been a volunteer drama instructor at Les Cheneaux Community Schools.

Mrs. Dunn assisted Miss Pieri with Snow White. Cedarville High School student Nicole Yeager, elementary teachers and staff, and elementary secretary Susie Rutledge also helped and coordinated students and schedules.

Miss Pieri is the daughter of Leroy and Lori Pieri of Cedarville. She plans to attend Olivet College in the fall.