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November 2016 Volume 15, Issue 11 Ph: 657-2418
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Newsome High School Marching Band Gets $5K from Hillsborough County For Macy’s Parade Trip
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Brandon To Share Movie Market As Two New Theaters Poised To Open This Holiday Season
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Greater day is yet to be deterBrandon area mined, Nash said the residents and company is hoping to movie lovers welcome its first guests are now promin late November. ised to have Less than five miles no shortage of north on Progress theater seats Village Blvd., conto fill this holistruction is only day season, weeks from comthanks to the pletion on the $15 construction million Xscape of two brand Theaters, the area’s new theaters; third movie and enterRiverview 14 tainment destination GDX in option. Gibsonton When open, the and Xscape AMC the Regency 20 Theaters have been facility, which brings an serving Greater Brandon area residents for additional 14 screens Theaters on the past 30 years. Two additional theaters (12 regular auditoriums Progress are scheduled to open. Village Blvd. and two XTREME audiBoth theaters are nearing completoriums), will effectively raise the total tion and are said to open on time, to number of screens between the three welcome the holiday crowd. multiplex locations to 48. AMC The Regency 20 Theaters, Xscape Theaters representative, located in Regency Square 2496 W Scott Bagwell emphasized the wide Brandon Blvd, which has been serving variety of impressive features and perks the Brandon area and has dominated that rival all others. “We offer what all the movie market for more than three movie lovers want; better picture, better decades, will now have to share the sound and better price,” Bagwell said road and work a bit harder to keep its Story Continued On Page 36 longtime guests. Just 15 minutes south on I-75, on Gibsonton Drive, Goodrich Quality In This Theaters is building Riverview 14 GDX, Issue a 66,000 sq. ft., facility with 14 screens. According to Goodrich Quality SIGN LANGUAGE................................PG 3 Theaters Marketing and Creative Director, Kelly Nash, Riverview 14 GDX RECRUITING FOSTER PARENTS ........PG 10 will be Tampa Bay’s Largest Screens all HOLIDAY EXPO .................................PG 12 with comfortable, plush, powered recliners. SHOOTING CLUB ..............................PG 25 “The theater will include two auditoriums with GDX (Giant Digital SPORTS CONNECTION...............PGS 34‐35 Experience), our premium large Format CHALKLINES .....................................PG 38 (PLF) screen, much like IMAX, with a screen span of 70 ft. wide and feature ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT................PG 46 state of the art Dolby Atmos multiGIFT GUIDE. ..............................PGS 54‐59 dimensional sound systems with discrete sound being pumped out of more READ MORE LOCAL NEWS ONLINE than 50 speakers,” Nash said. www.ospreyobserver.com While Riverview 14 GDX’s opening
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Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners proudly presented a $5,000 check to the Newsome High School Wolfpack Marching Band in support of its selection as the first high school marching band from the county to ever receive an Hillsborough County Commissioner Stacy White, left, is joined by invitation to the Newsome High School principal Carla Bruning, while presenting a Annual Macy’s $5,000 check to the Newsome Wolfpack Marching Band. The money was donated to the Band to offset its travel expenses in Thanksgiving Day connection with its participation of the 90th Annual Macy’s Parade. Thanksgiving Day Parade. County on television. Commissioner Stacy White, was on The Wolfpack Marching Band is hand for the check presentation cereone of just ten high school marching mony during a recent football game bands and, the only Florida band to halftime show last month. White said perform in 2016 parade. that the money is given to the band Wolfpack Marching Band Director with great pride by the BOCC to cover Michael Miller put things in perspective the band’s travel expenses in connection with the upcoming trip to New York when he said, “This is about as great of an honor as it gets. You guys have City. worked hard and it paid off.” “This is a big deal for both Of course, Newsome’s ‘March to Newsome High School and Macy’s’ is not cheap and, according to Hillsborough County as a whole,” Miller, with more funds needed the White said. “What better way to showcommunity’s generosity and monetary case our county than to have one of support is much welcomed. our high school bands appear on “We are bringing 175 students and national television as part of this won225 friends and family members,” derful American tradition that tens of Miller said. “We are accepting monemillions of viewers will be tuned in to.” tary donations to help cover the cost of Macy’s parade representative, Wesley Whatley, said that the band will fuel for our equipment trucks, and cold perform in front of more than three mil- weather gear for the students. Donations can be made directly to lion spectators on the streets of New the Newsome Band Boosters or visit York City and, more than 50 million people that will be watching the parade Story Continued On Page 7
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FishHawk Creek Elementary School Resource Officer Lakeshia Arroyo, is joined by students Samantha Marks and Madison Jones last month as the three pause for a photo during the annual Walk to School Day. The international event involves communities from dozens of countries walking and biking to school on the same day. Read more in this edition.
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