Garden Spot AUGUST 11, 2021
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LVII • NO 34
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A Chance To Change A Life Volunteers Sought For New Holland Released Time Program BY ANN MEAD ASH
Garden Spot High School marching band members took part in band camp.
GSHS Marchers Band Together BY ANN MEAD ASH
hen Garden Spot High School (GSHS) band director Rich Fitz was searching for a musical theme for the 2021 fall marching band drill, he was looking for something that would wow audiences. “(I wanted to) let the crowd know we’re back,” said Fitz, who noticed band students talking about “The Greatest Showman” and decided to give the music a try. “The arrangements I found have worked out really well,” said
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Fitz, who wrote the drill himself. Band camp was held at GSHS from July 26 through 30, with morning sessions from 8 a.m. to noon and evening sessions from 6:30 p.m. until the light faded. Because of construction in the stadium, the camp was held at the field adjacent to the tennis courts. About 100 students turned out for camp, led by Fitz and assistant teachers Colton Henry and Laura Henry, who instructs the color guard. Veronica Fox, Lejla Hamzic, and Bryna Kelly serve as drum
majors. The band includes 21 color guard members. Band boosters set up a tent at one end of the field where they provided snack foods and shade during camp. Theme nights, which encouraged students to dress up for the evening practice, included “Olympics/USA,” “Wild West,” and section night, among others. On Friday night, parents were invited to come and watch the group perform the fall drill. The big top theme of a show called “The Greatest Showman”
gave Fitz the opportunity to incorporate circus elements into the drill, including a tightrope walk and a surprise finale. Color guard members will work with a variety of props, including sabres, rifles, 5-foot flags, ribbons, swing flags, and massive flags, and they will also dress as characters from “The Greatest Showman.” The show will start off with “The Greatest Show,” which Hamzic referred to as “fast and bubbly.” The ballad, which is “Never Enough,” will transition into “From Now On.” Kelly
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Under The Big Top
During 2020, COVID-19 restrictions resulted in an online format for ELANCO Released Time’s New Holland Elementary School program. Looking to the fall of 2021, Deb Reimers, who coordinates the New Holland location, is excited to be holding the program in person again, but she is also concerned that Released Time may have to be capped at 60 students due to a shortage of volunteer adult listeners. “(Before) we were shut down, I had 36 listeners, and we had 115 students,” recalled Reimers. “I only have 15 listeners now.” Students in third through sixth grades at New Holland Elementary School will receive papers about the program during the first week of school, which will begin on Monday, Aug. 30. Children who choose to take part will ride a bus from the school to Petra Church on Airport Road in New Holland each Thursday at 2:15 p.m.
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