“Hairspray, The Musical” is much more than just an entertaining song-and-dance show (though it does qualify there, too); it also provides strong social commentary on 1960s American history, culture, and race relations. IAN TOCHER/Staff

South Putnam County. Submitted by Sheri Johnson

Travis LeDoyt, performing as Elvis Presley, worked the audience all night at The Plaza Arts Center, including a visit to the balcony where he serenaded several grateful Elvis fans. IAN TOCHER/Staff

A live music stage with a DJ playing tunes between sets kept the crowd entertained last spring at The Big Event’s first appearance at Lake Oconee Church in Greensboro, where it returns on March 21 this year. CONTRIBUTED

L-R: Tyler Stella and Ariel McKinney rehearse a song for “Hairspray the Musical,” with stage manager Anna Walker looking on in The Plaza’s foyer. CONTRIBUTED

L-R: Talethia and Randy McMichael joined 100 Women Who Care Lake Country Director Rebecca Prance and Veterans Wall of Honor Park administrator Nikki Barker, with Rev. Sidney Jackson, his wife, Lula, and 100WWCLC member Nancy Marshall, as the charitable organization made a $10K donation to support the downtown Eatonton park. IAN TOCHER/Staff

Gatewood‘s Tyler Vandusen and Jake Carnes with Rotarian Dr. Tyler Franks. CONTRIBUTED

The Putnam County cheerleaders performed during halftime in the Centennial Center. TREY NORRIS/Staff

Londoners Verley Dotson, Joan Stevens, and Gail Kavanaugh perform in “Christmas, Bah Humbug No More!” in The First Presbyterian Church in Greensboro. LEIGH LOFGREN/Staff

Baldwin High School music teacher Robyn Meeks, Milledgeville First Methodist Church music minister John Cotton, and Baldwin High School student Kyle Camilla pose for the Putnam Christian Outreach Angel Tree presentation of a Fender Squire Stratocaster electric guitar. CONTRIBUTED