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JANUARY 25, 2023
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LIX • NO 5
The Music Of The Soul BY ANN MEAD ASH
lair Leaman of New Holland is well-acquainted with area musical talent. As the coordinator of the Chester County and Lancaster County “Messiah” sing-alongs and other musical events, Leaman has worked with well-known musicians who have performed in Philadelphia and New York. Leaman knows both members of Amoroso da Capo, a father-and-son musical team, who will share their talents at St. Stephen Reformed Church, 249 E. Main St., New Holland, in February. Titled “The Worshipful Sounds of Amoroso da Capo,” the program, which will feature a guest appearance by pianist Stuart Sacks, will be held at the church, 249 E. Main St., New Holland, on Friday, Feb. 3, at 7 p.m. Richard Amoroso Sr. is a cellist who has toured with Burt Bacharach and Lou Rawls, along with lending his performance skills to singers Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis Jr. Richard Sr. was the solo cellist with the Air Force
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taken place at venues including Garden Spot Village and Westminster Presbyterian Church in Lancaster. “(Richard Sr.) played in the ‘Gospel According to Bach’ concert held at St. Stephen in 2022,” Leaman
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CrossNet Plans 2023 Banquet Explaining the theme of the CrossNet 2023 annual banquet, which is “Transformation - Yours and Mine,” Meredith Dahl, CrossNet executive director, is sure to touch on how different aspects of the community work together toward goals of the ministry. “Our mission is to offer help and hope in the name of Jesus,” she began. “Our lives are transformed as God is working in and through us … and as we’re serving, others’ lives are transformed.”
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recalled, adding that the event was well attended. The purpose of the upcoming concert is for the pair to “give their testimony and speak to their relationship with God.” The father and
Homegrown Talent
Garden Spot High School senior Sean Kelch holds the design production of a tool he helped develop during his internship at CNH.
Ben Heiser, Global Platform manager - round baler and small square baler with CNH Industrial, New Holland, knows the value of enhancing the skills of local youths. “We are one of the largest sites globally,” he said of the area location. “Don’t we want to make sure the company has exposure … to develop the talent that grew up down the street?” Working together with Jill Hackman, Career Pathways coordinator at Garden Spot High School (GSHS), Heiser has created a program to give
GSHS students hands-on experience with agricultural engineering during their senior year. More than five students have participated in internships since the program began in the fall of 2018. Heiser first created the internship as a working job shadow experience of about six hours per week, but it soon grew into more. “We are evolving the experience based on intern feedback,” said Heiser, who added that he is focused on giving the students the most positive experience possible. In the spring of 2022, then-junior Sean Kelch, who is interested in engineering, had exhausted his See Internships pg 3
son will also share how God has shaped their musical relationship as well as their family relationship. A freewill offering will be accepted at the concert. Readers who have questions may call 717-354-7871.
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Band before earning a bachelor’s degree in music and a master’s in performance. He has given a number of solo recitals in the Philadelphia area and along the East Coast. In 1989, Richard Sr. and his son Richard Amoroso Jr. played as guest performers with Peter Nero and the Philly Pops at the Academy of Music in Philadelphia. Richard Jr. began his association with the Philadelphia Orchestra at the age of 14, when he performed as soloist as the winner of the orchestra’s student concerto competition. He studied under the orchestra’s concertmasters Norman Carol and William de Pasquale. He has played at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall and performed in chamber ensembles in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and Lyon, France. The father and son have been performing as Amoroso da Capo for nearly half a century, bringing their repertoire of sacred, worship, classical, disco, and pop to a variety of venues. Leaman noted that he has been associated with Richard Sr. for more than three decades and that local concerts by Richard Sr. have
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