Garden Spot
LOOK INSIDE
AUGUST 20, 2025
SERVING OUR COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
REACHING MORE THAN 11,290 HOMES
It’s Electric!
Hunting Licenses Now Available!
Garden Spot Marching Band Prepares Fall Drill BY ANN MEAD ASH
OUR NEW CATALOG
I
IS AVAILABLE NOW! Call Us for Your FREE Copy!
Make sure your bow is ready! Beat the rush and schedule your bow for a tune-up or service
NOW!
n the summer of 2024, the Garden Spot Marching Band (GSMB) went through a few changes, adding eighth-grade students, and began transitioning to a more competitive unit by taking part in the Cavalcade of Bands exhibition series. Last year’s show, featuring music by Randall Standridge and a drill written by band director Katie Bennici, focused on mystery and spies, with students forming shapes such as giant question marks and carrying flags with images of spies on them. For 2025, the same duo has crafted the show, but this year the focus is on electricity and is appropriately named “Live Wire.” Beasley recalled that she was applying for a Spartan Foundation grant for electronic equipment at the same time she was searching for a show theme. “When we were looking
The Garden Spot Marching Band members learned the fall drill during band camp.
for a show and I was working on this grant, we knew it would be perfect,” she noted. The Spartan Foundation grant, which the band received, covered microphones for the front ensemble, speakers for narration and sound effects, and microphones to amplify the field. “It’s amazing,” said Bennici, who added that she was also able to
procure three power-line props for the show. The props resemble shiny metal antennae towers. “They are interactive, so students will stand on the second run of the ladder,” Bennici explained. Solos this year will include Meredith Good on mellophone and Jack Larson on saxophone. T he 55 members and nine
color guard who make up GSMB gathered on July 28 through 31 for mini band camp from 4 to 8 p.m. each day. On Aug. 4 through Aug. 8, they rehearsed again from noon to 8. A show for parents was held at 7 p.m. on Aug. 8. The drill opens with the band forming two lightning bolts on the field. The show includes narration, See GSMB pg 8
Considering a new bow this season?
The Language of a Drum
Stop in and try one today!
GDN
BY ANN MEAD ASH
at
610-273-3724
R120577
5004 Horseshoe Pike Honey Brook, PA HOURS: Mon., Tue., Thu., Fri. 6-6 Wed. 6-8 | Sat. 7-3
VOL LXI • NO 35
For perhaps thousands of years, drums have been used to communicate messages. Drums can signal warnings, give commands, and even cry out for help. The drum that Mitch Dissinger, vice president of the New Holland Area Historical Society (NHAHS) bought at auction to display with New Holland Band (NHB) artifacts in the NHAHS museum conveys a message as well. NHAHS board member Brian Frankhouser explained that drums are often used to identify a band. Displaying a number of post cards associated with small town bands, Frankhouser pointed out the importance of the drum. “The point is that inall these pictures, the only way to identify the band is by the (name) on the drum,” he said. The drum Dissinger purchased is in no shape to be struck, but it bears the name “Bowmansville Brian Frankhouser, Mitch Dissinger, and Mike Band” with a picture of an eagle and a red, white, and blue Ressler display the Bowmansville Band drum that recently became part of the New Holland Area
Nonprofit Helps Girls Chase Their Objectives BY GEORGE DEIBEL
Executive director Jennifer West stated that Girls on the Run (GOTR) Lancaster-Lebanon is designed to help girls achieve whatever goals they set. “We like to say girls join for 100 different reasons,” she said. “Some like to get faster in a sport on their offseason. Some are new to the area, and they want to make friends. Some have friends,
See NHAHS pg 3 Historical Society New Holland Band display.
See GOTR pg 6
Autumn in New England Tour New Hampshire
Sept. 29th-Oct. 3rd
• Wild & Wonderful West Virginia Tour - Oct. 25th-29th • A Vermont Calender Christmas Tour - Dec. 1st-5th
Call For A Free 2025 Tour Menu 717-823-2086 or visit/book @ FUNCOUNTRYTOURS.COM
R120741
COME TRAVEL WITH US...
POSTMASTER: PLEASE DELIVER AUG. 20, 2025
PRSRT STD ECRWSS U.S. Postage Paid Engle Printing Co
Postal Patron