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JUNE 28, 2023
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LIX • NO 27
Sousa, Cohan, and more July 4 concert planned in park BY ANN MEAD ASH
birth of the Firebird. “The Trans Am Firebird had the giant bird on the hood,” he added. As in the past, vehicles to be judged must be registered by noon on Saturday, July 8. Between 9 a.m. and noon on July 9, cars will line up on the show field. Cars will be judged in more than 30 classes. Judging for the People’s Choice Award will begin at noon and cease at 2 p.m. For a nominal fee, spectators may obtain a ballot and vote for their favorite car. The Carl S. Sauder and Tom Wagner memorial awards, along with the Best of Show and Spectator’s Choice awards, will be given to cars chosen by designated judges at 3:30 p.m.
Ken Laudermilch, director of the New Holland Band, is known for varying the musical selections he chooses for the New Holland Summer Arts Program (NHSAP) Independence Day celebration by mixing a few new numbers into the concert program. This year’s concert will include eight new pieces along with some tried-andtrue patriotic favorites. As in the past, the concert will be held in the New Holland Community Memorial Park, located on the 400 block of East Jackson Street, beginning at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, July 4. The rain date for the event is Wednesday, July 5. Traditionally, fireworks follow the concert, but this year, the display will not be held unless the Lancaster County burn ban has been lifted. Steve Nolt, who is retired from WDAC radio, will announce the concert. For 2023, Laudermilch has selected nearly 20 numbers for the concert, and he has chosen four by John Philip Sousa, along with patriotic songs by George M. Cohan and a collection of other tunes to round out the annual concert. The concert will open with Cohan’s “Star-Spangled Spectacular,” and the composer’s “Patriotic Fantasy” will kick off the second half. Irving Berlin’s “Songs for America” will close the first half.
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Steve Loewen (front) and Kurt Weaver visited the New Holland Park with Weaver’s 1989 Trans Am 20th anniversary model, which was an official pace car for the 73rd Indianapolis 500.
Focus on Firebirds and Camaros cars, Loewen delved into New Holland history, his own life-changing teve Loewen, one of the orga- accident in 1976, and the help of a nizers of the Vintage Sights friend and neighbor following that and Sounds New Holland event. “I lived on West Main Street (diagonal) to Antique Car, Gas Peifer Pontiac,” said Engine, and Tractor Show, always has a “To me, this is kind Loewen, who noted reason for choosing o f a m e m o r i a l that Peifer manager the theme of the t r i b u t e t o L a r r y Larry Denlinger show. For the 42nd Denlinger for his lived two houses annual event, which tremendous help west. When the acciwill be held in the to me in the early dent left Loewen in a wheelchair, Larry, New Holland Commu- days.” whose wife, Ann, nity Memorial Park, had the maiden 400 E. Jackson St., New Holland, on Sunday, July 9, name Peifer, helped secure beginning at 9 a.m., Loewen has Loewen’s first wheelchair van. When the first car show was orgachosen “Firebirds and Camaros.” In choosing the sporty sister nized in 1982, Larry offered to
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sponsor a class of 1967 through 1969 Camaros and Firebirds. After Larry was killed in an auto accident in 2018, Loewen determined to make Firebirds and Camaros the theme in the near future. “To me, this is kind of a memorial tribute to Larry Denlinger for his tremendous help to me in the early days,” said Loewen. “He was one of the first guys to step up and sponsor (a class in the car show).” Loewen pointed out that 1967 is the first model year for both cars, and he noted that the style was developed to compete with the Ford Mustang. “Ford got the jump on GM when they came out with the Mustang (in 1964),” he said, adding that John DeLorean oversaw the
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