Manheim Township APRIL 10, 2019
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SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL XXXV • NO 5
INAUGURAL CONCERT
Lancaster Bible College (LBC), 901 Eden Road, Lancaster, will present a free concert, “Spring Masterworks,” at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, April 16. The newly formed LBC orchestra will present its inaugural concert in the Good Shepherd Chapel on campus. The concert will feature music by Mozart, Brahms, and Grieg. Admission is free and open to the public. For details, visit www.lbc .edu/events or call 717-560-8241. PRACTICAL ADVICE
Lifetree Café, located at Emmaus Road Café, 1886 Lincoln Highway East, Lancaster, will explore practical ways to tell when someone is lying on Tuesday, April 16, at 7 p.m. Lifetree Café is a place where people gather for conversation about life and faith. The program, titled “How to Spot a Liar: Secrets From a Former FBI Agent,” will feature an exclusive filmed interview with John Schafer, former FBI counterintelligence officer. Admission is free. Contact 717-4739115 or ltclancaster@gmail.com. UPCOMING BAZAAR
Lancaster Center of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing will host its second annual Spring Fever Bazaar on Saturday, May 4. The event will take place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the gym at Calvary Church, 1051 Landis Valley Road, Lancaster. It will feature more than 100 businesses, vendors, and crafters. Refreshments will be for sale, and there will be a Chinese auction. The bazaar will be hosted by the fundraising committee, with proceeds to benefit community education programs. Admission is free and open to the public. Vendor spaces are available. Contact 717-207-9822 or lcdhh@bdhhs.org.
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Library Slates Swing Era Soirée pg 4
CBJO And MTHS Jazz Band Unite To Boost MTMA By Ann Mead Ash
When Joe Chesnutt and the other members of the Corsair Blue Jazz Orchestra (CBJO) founded the organization in 2014 as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, part of the charter stipulated that the group would play alongside young musicians. “When we formed the big band, we wanted to work with students and give them performance opportunities with a good adult band,” explained Chesnutt. Working with Manheim Township High School (MTHS) students was a natural fit, since all the CBJO members are alumni of the school. In the spring of 2018, Chesnutt connected with Erik Schlosser, MTHS jazz band director, and the two set a date for the two bands to play together. The concert, which will be a fundraiser for
the Manheim Township Music Association (MTMA), will be held at Bent Creek Country Club, 620 Bent Creek Drive, Lititz, on Saturday, April 13, from 7 to 9:30 p.m. “The plan is for Corsair to play a set, and then the (MTHS) jazz band will play a set,” said Chesnutt. “We have extended an invitation for (Schlosser’s) musicians to come and do improvisation with our band.” Chesnutt said he wishes he could go back to high school and study with Schlosser and the other music faculty. “The Manheim Township School District (MTSD) music program does a lot of instruction in getting (students) to improvise,” he said. “The (students) in this jazz band are wonderful musicians and wonderful at improvisation, (so) this will be just a little showcase for them.” See CBJO And MTHS pg 6
By Ann Mead Ash
The Manheim Township Historical Society
The 22nd annual “Messiah” Sing-Along will take place on Friday, April 26, at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Lancaster at 7 p.m. Past events have featured about 150 singers and attracted up to 600 audience members. By Ann Mead Ash
For more than two decades, the “Messiah” Sing-Along has been held in Lancaster County. It has always been and remains a drop-in event. “The people
can come as they are,” said Clair Leaman, who had conducted a “Messiah” Sing-Along in Chester County for more than a decade before organizing the Lancaster version. “Just stop in. There are no rehearsals.” See “Messiah” Sing-Along pg 2
Today, seeing people of different races riding together on a bus or subway or eating together in a restaurant is commonplace. In 1961, in the segregated South, this was not the case. To teach Manheim Township High School (MTHS) Manheim Township High School faculty member students about the Wayne Kantz has brought the Gilder Lehrman Instiera of the civil rights tute of American History exhibit on the Freedom Ridmovement and the ers to the high school to teach students about the era bravery of the Free- of the civil rights movement and the bravery of the dom Riders who Freedom Riders, who risked arrest to break racial dared to break racial boundaries. boundaries by sitting where they pleased while travel- Gilder Lehrman Institute of American ing on interstate buses, MTHS faculty History exhibit on the subject to the member Wayne Kantz has brought the school. See Exhibit pg 4
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The Manheim Township High School jazz band (top photo) and Corsair Blue Jazz Orchestra (bottom photo) will team up to perform a concert to benefit the Manheim Township Music Association on April 13 from 7 to 9:30 p.m.
22nd “Messiah” Sing-Along Planned Exhibit Will Teach Students About Civil Rights Era
GENEALOGY SERIES
is partnering with Manheim Township Public Library, 595 Granite Run Drive, Lancaster, on a three-part genealogy series. The third session will take place on Tuesday, April 23, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the library in the Morgan B. meeting room. Darvin Martin will outline findings from his project in conjunction with the Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society, which has tested more than 300 individuals and is providing the basis for specifically constructing family lineages from before the time of surnames. He will also demonstrate how to create a family tree, focusing on the DNA and family history of the Stoners associated with the Historic Stoner House.
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