CONWAY — Robin Croce is going places — if she can sing, dance and act when she gets there — all the better.
Robin, 17, the daughter of Megan and Brian Croce of Center Conway, is graduating as a junior from Kennett High School this Saturday at 10 a.m. Her passion for the arts led to the decision to leave the Nest a year early.
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