Cumberland County High School cuts the ribbon on the new Jets Auditorium
According to Angela Robbins, a CCHS Theatre II teacher, in an interview with the Chronicle, the high school has waited 63 years for their own auditorium.
CCHS first used the facility March 27-30 with Jet Theatrix's production of 'Now in OUR Day and the Cumberland County High School Sweetheart Pageant.
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