Amanda Kipila is used to making people smile. The 14-year-old from Manahawkin has been lighting up the faces of audiences at assisted living communities throughout South Jersey with her “Amanda Rose Show” – during which she sings and dances to the tunes of Broadway musicals, classic TV shows and movies and even some old commercials – for more than five years.

Unfortunately, the rapid spread of COVID-19, the subsequent shutdowns of just about anything which has been deemed “nonessential” and the…