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MAY 25, 2022
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LVIII • NO 22
Memorial Day Pilgrimage To Mark 100 Years BY ANN MEAD ASH
he mission of the the annual Memorial Day Pilgrimage, held by the United Veterans Council (UVC) of New Holland and the New Holland Band, is to honor military veterans from the community. In 2020, when the local tradition was canceled due to COVID-19 concerns, a small delegation representing the UVC went to the cemeteries to read a prayer and observe a moment of silence. The pilgrimage continued in 2021, and this year, the annual event, which started in 1922, will observe its 100th anniversary. In honor of that milestone, New Holland Band trumpet player Cody Mellinger, is completing a series of videos that will take viewers along with the members of the band and the UVC to experience the early morning journey. The five-part video series, which may be viewed at www.newhollandband.org/thepilgrimage or on the “New Holland Band” Facebook page, is sponsored
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Special Film Will Honor Local Tradition by the band and the UVC in partnership with the New Holland Area Historical Society. Mellinger based the video series on a New Holland Band piece called “The Pilgrimage,” which was written by band director Ken Laudermilch and performed at the band’s 2008 spring concert. The piece was narrated by John Zimmerman and Ed Beck. Mellinger said the piece included an introduction, the naming of the cemeteries, a funeral march, a sample Memorial Day prayer, and the snare drum filling in for gun shots during a 21-gun salute. The piece concluded with the “Armed Services Medley.” In addition to Mellinger being a member of the band, his great grandfather, Wayne Ranck, was one of the founders of the event, and he feels a special affinity for the tradition. Mellinger will serve as the guest speaker at the conclusion of this year’s pilgrimage in the New Holland Community Memorial Park when he presents “The View From Behind the Bugle.” A special film is being created by Cody Mellinger to honor the 100th anniversary of the local Memorial Day
Antique Car Club To Present Annual Show At New Location BY FRANCINE FULTON
The Chester County Antique Car Club will present its 42nd annual car show at a new location this year - the Classic Auto Mall, 6180 Morgantown Road, Morgantown. The outdoor event, previously held at the Kimberton Fire Company Fairgrounds, will take place on Saturday, May 28, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., with a rain date of Saturday, June 4. See Car Club pg 3
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Cavod Schedules Dance Concerts BY ANN MEAD ASH
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Connie Dienner, founder of Cavod, a performing arts school located in New Holland, likes to point out that one of the organization’s missions is to value the God-given gifts in each person and then to work to develop those gifts under Cavod’s goal to “Create With Purpose.” Those concepts will be on display when Cavod holds its annual spring dance concert at Lancaster Mennonite School’s Calvin and Janet High Fine Arts Center, 2176 Lincoln Highway East, Lancaster, on Thursday, June 16, and Cavod Academy will hold its yearly dance concert on two consecutive nights Friday, June 17, at 7 p.m. each evening. at Lancaster Mennonite School’s Calvin and Janet High Fine Arts Center.
See Cavod pg 2
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