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APRIL 26, 2023
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL XXXIX • NO 3
Car show slated in East Petersburg BY ADRIAN ESCHENWALD
n Saturday, May 6, the 14th annual Vagabonds Car Show will return to the East Petersburg Community Park, 6051 Pine St., East Petersburg. The free event will be held from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., and a rain date has been set for Sunday, May 7. The car show will also include a variety of food trucks and vendors. Members of the Vagabonds Rod & Custom Club will sell hot dogs, East Petersburg Borough will offer breakfast sandwiches, and ice cream will be available to purchase from Scoops Ice Cream and Grille. Trophies and door prizes, consisting of gift cards and donations from vendors, will be awarded throughout the day. At 10 a.m., a cornhole tournament will be held; event attendees will be able to register for a set cost per person, and the winner of the tournament will be awarded a cash prize. During the show, Flamin’ Dick and the Hot Rods will perform classic rock music from the ’50s and ’60s. “People always love coming to see the cars, listening to the music and getting a bite to eat,” said Vance Spicer, vice president of the Vagabonds.
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Members of the Vagabonds Rod & Custom Club will be present at the show to display their classic cars.
In addition to a spectacle of hundreds of cars, the event will incorporate a Chinese auction and a yard sale. A selection of items such as dishware, children’s toys and household goods will be available to purchase. The items that will be available have been donated by members of the Vagabonds and those in the local community, and the proceeds will benefit Hospice & Community Care in Lancaster. “We’ve been supporting Hospice & Community Care for over 20 years,” Spicer said. “We
chose to support them because it’s a local organization and that money benefits Lancaster.” The car show is part of a series of community events offered by the borough in partnership with Vagabonds. Although this is the 14th year that the club and borough have organized the event together, members of the Vagabonds Rod & Custom Club have been hosting an annual car show for decades. The club was officially founded in 1958 and is based out of Landisville,
although its members hail from across the county. To obtain membership, one must have a vehicle that has been customized either through a unique paint job or body modification. Vagabonds Rod & Custom Club members meet every other month to take group drives in their cars, with the group usually comprising several dozen vehicles. The group often selects a location ahead of time to drive to and stop for lunch, sometimes traveling as far as
Maryland. The majority of Vagabonds Rod & Custom Club members drive customized hot rods that predate the ’80s, although there is no criteria for cars to be entered in the car show. “People come with original stock Fords, new Corvettes and Japanese cars,” Spicer added. “Anyone can come, and everyone is welcome.” There is a set cost to enter a vehicle in the show. For more information, search for “Vagabonds Spring Kick-Off Car Show” on Facebook.
Drivers put their hands on the Wish Angel trailer before last year’s Make-A-Wish Mother’s Day Truck Convoy.
BY CATHY MOLITORIS
BY ADRIAN ESCHENWALD
Think of the Make-A-Wish Mother’s Day Truck Convoy, and you might think of a long line of trucks traveling down the roads of Lancaster County. That is certainly central to the event, said Terry Finch, event chairperson, but that is just part of a special day. “Our event is anchored by the Convoy trucks and our extremely generous truck drivers, but it is so much more,” Finch shared about the event that kicks off at the Manheim Pennsylvania Auto Auction. “It’s a community celebration of our
Hempfield High School, 200 Stanley Ave., Landisville, will host its 2023 Dance Theatre performances on Friday, April 28, and Saturday, April 29, at 7 p.m. An additional matinee show will be held on Sunday, April 30, at 2:30 p.m. Tickets will be available to purchase at the box office, which will open one hour before each performance, and are currently available online at www.hempfieldsd.org/tickets. On Thursday, April 27, at 7 p.m. a free preview of the show will be offered to all senior citizens who
are residents of Hempfield School District. Every year, Hempfield High School’s Dance Theatre selects a theme for its performance as a way to tell a story through the art of dance. The theme of this year’s show, “Timewarp,” revolves around the general concept of time, from the ordinary ways that everyone experiences the passage of time to the greater concept of impermanence. “We wanted to explore the concept of savoring every moment and focusing on the time that you have, as well as what you leave behind when your time is done,” said Devon Groff, the show’s director.
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