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SEPTEMBER 9, 2020
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
Practicing “The Best Of Times”
VOL LVII • NO 22
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Encounter Church Plans Seventh Car Show BY DAYNA M. REIDENOUER
Encounter Church, 300 Hideaway Drive, Quarryville, has held an annual World of Wheels car show for six years. 2020 will be no exception. This year’s event will be held on Saturday, Sept. 19, from 3 to 7 p.m. The rain date will be Sunday, Sept. 20, from 3 to 7 p.m. Organizers are expecting a higher turnout than usual and have been
planning accordingly. “I’m mildly terrified that, with so many car shows canceled, we’ll wind up with 500 cars,” pastor Stuart Osborne commented. “We’ll just have to pray for very good weather (so we can park on the lawn).” The show usually attracts classic vehicles, but everything interesting is welcome, as the motto is “if you want to drive it or push it, you can bring it.” Osborne noted that one See Car Show pg 6
The Solanco High School marching band rehearsed its new show, “2020 - The Best of Times.” Weyman noted that marching band shows have a standard fourstep interval, which is just over 6 feet, between individuals, so social distancing is inherent to that standard. This spring, anticipating that the school closure and the restrictions that followed would eliminate crucial rehearsal time, Weyman reprogrammed the show, swapping out the originally scheduled music for arrangements of “Don’t You Worry ’Bout a Thing” by Stevie Wonder, “The Best of Times” by Styx, and “Viva La Vida” by Coldplay. Typically, June and July are spent working on playing technique and ensemble music, while the twoweek camp in August focuses on learning the drill, staging, and visual portions of the program. This year, the band met only in August. “Because I always strive to maintain a high degree of challenge for the kids via programming - which we have certainly done with ‘The Best of Times’ program - I felt it prudent to rethink the show to maximize what would remain of our summer preparatory rehearsal time,” Weyman said.
The seventh annual World of Wheels car show hosted by Encounter Church will feature a wide assortment of vehicles.
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This year has contained uncertainty and disappointment, but Solanco High School director of bands Scott Weyman has adopted an optimistic perspective. “2020 The Best of Times” is the marching band’s production number this fall. “The concept of the show is that we, as a band, get to experience ‘the best of times’ when we have the chance to gather and perform together,” Weyman explained. “Our goal is for our performance to provide ‘the best of times’ for our audience as well.” This year’s band includes 75 student musicians and color guard members, a little larger than last year’s band. “(It) continues our trend of growing by a few students per year,” Weyman said. “This is despite having several students who opted out for the 2020 marching season due to COVID-19-related concerns.” Sean Keller is the senior drum major, and Julianna Weiss is the junior drum major. The color guard student leaders are Jadan Forren
and Alex Coble. The instrumental section leaders are Greta Plechner and Lexi Heisler, woodwinds; Zach Herr and Martin Stoner, brass; Kendell Beiler, battery percussion; and Danielle Bishop, pit percussion. The staff members include Karen Huber, assistant marching band director; Shannon Garver, color guard designer/instructor; Stephenie Zdrojewski, color guard instructor; Jared Drennen, percussion instructor; Matt Green, brass instructor; Ken Zimmerman, drill designer; and David Bailey, public address announcer. To prepare for safely running the marching band program, Weyman developed “A Comprehensive Guide to Restarting Marching Band Under COVID-19 Protocols,” which was adopted by the school board this summer. Band camp began on Aug. 10, and each day opened with health screenings for students and staff members. All activities took place outside of the school building and with social distancing protocols in place. Everyone involved was required to wear face masks when passing each other or when interacting.
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