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AUGUST 9, 2023
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL XXXVI • NO 5
Parkside Harmony honored at international competition he members of Hershey’s own Parkside Harmony recently returned home wearing silver medals from the group’s finalist placement in an international choir competition in Louisville, Ky., from July 4 to 7. The live event was the 84th annual convention sponsored by the Barbershop Harmony Society, featuring top vocal ensembles representing eight countries. Parkside Harmony is an internationally known male a cappella group of 50 auditioned singers. Since its founding in 2015 by artistic director Sean Devine, it has performed across southcentral Pennsylvania, as well as at music festivals and competitions across the United States, including Las Vegas, Orlando, and Nashville. Parkside Harmony had previously earned bronze medals at the international competition in 2017, 2018, and 2022. This year’s score and placement mark the group’s highest achievement to date. “This year’s performance was extra special, as we feel we’ve finally come back from the pause in singing during the pandemic,” Devine said. “It’s taken a while for our singing community and even our audiences
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to fully return to enjoying live music together again. This year’s convention was one we’ll never forget!” Along with music director Vincent Sandroni, Devine and the rest of Parkside Harmony’s leadership team have been preparing for this performance for over a year. The journey to the 2023 championships commenced with a qualification at the Mid-Atlantic District convention, a local title that Parkside Harmony has won every year since 2017. Out of the hundreds of choirs from around the world that attempt to qualify in similar regional events, only 34 ensembles earned the right to compete at this year’s international convention. “It’s fun to celebrate these accomplishments,” Sandroni added, “but we’re ready to move on to the next performance and to keep creating music that brings people together and lifts people up.” Parkside Harmony’s 2023-24 season will include auditions for new singers and the coordination of several local concerts. More information on the group and its upcoming rehearsals and performances can Parkside Harmony performs at an international choir competition in Kentucky. be found at www.parksideharmony.org.
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Manada Conservancy honors landowners History Center wins grant for hockey-related collection The Hershey History Center (HHC) has received a grant from the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC). The grant funds will allow access to the Perley J. Hill Collection, which consists of homemade Hershey Bears “yearbooks” meticulously crafted by Hill, an ardent Bears season ticket holder. Yearbooks range from 1961 to 1980, and each contains one or two companion volumes. Contents include typed rosters, team photos, ephemera and programs, plus items that extend beyond the scope of the
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Hershey team, such as an article on Tony McKegney, the only African American to play in the 1978-79 National Hockey League season. It is unusual for a historical society to have a dedicated specialty collection with the depth and breadth that the HHC’s Hershey Bears American Hockey League (AHL) collection has. The Hill Collection is a major enhancement to what the museum can offer researchers and sports enthusiasts, and the grant from the PHMC will enable HHC to make these documents accessible to the public. See Hockey pg 2 R097321
Participants in the awards presentation were (front, from left) Murray and Rhonda Laudenslager, (back) David Roeting, Sage McKeever, Will Dingman and Sally Zaino.
Murray and Rhonda Laudenslager received the 2023 Conservation Award on July 16 from Manada Conservancy, a nonprofit land trust that serves Dauphin County. Over the past 15 years, the Laudenslagers have preserved more than 360 acres of their land in upper Dauphin County. Their farmland, woodland and unique mountain wetlands of Peters Mountain and Powells Valley are now permanently protected. The Laudenslagers were presented the award by Manada Conservancy executive director Will Dingman and Manada Conservancy board member Sally Zaino. Also in attendance at the awards ceremony was Hummelstown Mayor David Roeting and Sage McKeever, Miss Hummelstown. The Laudenslagers, of Wayne Township, have worked with Manada Conservancy to protect multiple properties with the use of conservation
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