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MAHS Students Earn Band Recognition Three Middletown Area High School (MAHS) instrumentalists in the Class of 2020 captured the highest rank of first chair at two Pennsylvania Music Educators Association (PMEA) competitions, earning them the title of top student in the state on their instrument. Daniel Brenner and Megan Burghdorf advanced to the State Concert Band competition and claimed the first chairs in clarinet and trumpet, respectively. Connor Leiby auditioned his way into the alto saxophone first chair in the State Jazz Band competition. These students were unable to participate with their peers from around the state since PMEA festivals were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Megan Burghdorf advanced to the PMEA State Concert Band competition and claimed first chair in trumpet.
Connor Leiby advanced to the alto saxophone first chair in the PMEA State Jazz Band competition.
Library Sets Virtual Race Fundraiser
Kiwanis Club Donates Blankets Lynn Carson, manager of the Children’s Resource Center in Harrisburg, recently received a donation of blankets from the Kiwanis Club of Middletown. First Church of God who supplied and cut fleece for the Kiwanis Club to tie into no-sew blankets. Club members picked up the materials in February. Lynn Carson, manager of the Children’s Resource Center housed in a section of the Polyclinic Hospital grounds in Harrisburg, received the blankets.
The Hershey Public Library will hold a virtual race fundraiser from Saturday, Aug. 1, to Monday, Aug. 31. The virtual race will raise funds for the library’s Friends organization. A portion of each virtual race registration will go directly to benefit the Friends. The event will be managed by U.S. Road Running Virtual Races. The Friends’ annual book sale, an important source of library program funding, was canceled due to health safety concerns related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Funds received from the race will help sustain programs that would have benefited from the book sale. Participants may race from 1 mile up to 100 miles at a time and location that suits them. All registrants will receive a finisher medal and a real race bib. For more details, including how to register, readers may visit www.hershey library.org or contact Aly Tran at atran@derrytownship.org.
The Hershey Public Library will hold a virtual race fundraiser from Aug. 1 to 31.
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The Kiwanis Club of Middletown recently completed and donated 40 blankets for the Children’s Resource Center in Harrisburg. The club made the donation as part of its service project for April, which was Child Abuse Prevention Month. The project began in November with the members of the Stitches of Love group from Middletown
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Daniel Brenner advanced to the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association (PMEA) State Concert Band competition and claimed the first chair in clarinet.
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