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Kettering singers, Huber Heights baker to be featured next week on “Extreme Makeover”
It was taped in the Columbus area, but next week’s episode of “Extreme Makeover Home Edition” will have the Miami Valley written all over it.
Mary Yeagle of Huber Heights created a gingerbread house for the hit ABC reality show set to air in two parts Friday.
One part starts at 8 p.m. and the other at 9 p.m.
Students from Fairmont High School’s “Eleventh Hour,” and “Fusion” a cappella groups sang Christmas carols for the holiday-themed episode, a spokesperson for the reality show confirmed today.
Yeagle was selected the create a house for the show after producers saw online photos of Dayton’s “Gingerbread Homes for the Holidays” competition. The annual contest is part of Dayton Holiday Festival.
The Downtown Dayton Partnership sent the show contact information from winners and a few professional participants.
The kids in Eleventh Hour are no strangers to the national spotlight. The group appeared last year on NBC’s “Sing-Off.”
Starring Ty Pennington, Extreme Makeover Home Edition remodels homes for needy families.
Friday’s episode of Home Edition features The Rhodes Family and sounds like a good one.
Here’s how the show describes the family:
“The Rhodes family is tight-knit, hardworking, loving and joyous, and have lived in their neighborhood for more than five generations. The Rhodes have always put family first. So when Grandpa James and Grandma Jackie’s (also known as the neighborhood’s beloved “Big Momma”) adult daughter, Makia, was diagnosed with a potentially deadly brain tumor, leaving her unable to work and in need of daily care, they did not hesitate to take Makia and her kids into their 941-square foot home.”
“Now there are seven people living in this small dilapidated home, and although Makia has made progress, she’s still experiencing mental delays and difficulties - so she relies on her parents’ support every day. Despite the very cramped quarters and difficult conditions, the Rhodes still manage to exude joy, laughter and love in an inspiring example of family devotion and sacrifice.”
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By Bittersweet
December 10, 2011 7:21 AM | Link to this
This will be a very difficult episode for me to watch. Originally, the organization I work for was asked to provide a handbell choir for this event. On their way to the event, my coworker and his partner were involved in a serious accident and one of them was killed. Then, after this tragedy occured, there were severe storms in the area that night and the filming couldn’t even take place, so the handbell choir couldn’t even perform. When the show was eventually filmed, it went on without our choir. I used to love this show, but now it just brings painful memories. I am very happy for the family that was helped, but I won’t be watching.