Lampeter-Strasburg townlively.com
MAY 24, 2023
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LX • NO 3
L-S musicans earn honors
The service will end with a song. The Strasburg Area Sertoma Club organizes the event each year with the goal of recognizing the original meaning of Memorial Day. The holiday was created to remember veterans who gave their lives during the Civil War and was first called Decoration Day. The cemeteries in Strasburg that the parade will visit contain many graves of veterans from as early as the Revolutionary War.
Lampeter-Strasburg (L-S) High School musicians have earned several notable accomplishments. Senior Maya Carl advanced to the district level in the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association (PMEA) program for the second year in a row. She played alongside other standouts at the District 7 South Band Festival held from Feb. 9 to 11 at Warwick High School. A number of L-S student musicians were chosen to participate in this year’s Lancaster-Lebanon Music Educators Association (LLMEA) High School and Middle School County Band South Festival. The event was held on Feb. 4 at Hempfield High School, and Lampeter-Strasburg’s middle and high school band director, Larry Royer, was the guest conductor for the middle school band. High School County Band members are Trevor Groff, Lana Dyer, Justin Gouger, Katherine Helm, Lillianna Sanderson, Cole Beiler, Bethany Barrall, Drea Rice, Kaitlyn Pope, Noah Sanderson, Pearce Flory, Olivia Leed and Maya Carl. Middle School County Band members are Jackson Allison, Micah White, Cameron Straley, Cole Shehan, Evan Sauder, Garrett Fawber, Auburn Heinly, Anya Sheffer, Quinn Flory, Isabelle Henry and Rosalie Glick. Fifteen L-S High School students were among the 225 local student musicians selected to play in this year’s LLMEA High School Orchestra Festival. The event was held at L-S High School on Feb. 18. Musicians rehearsed
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Memorial Day Parade slated in Strasburg BY ADRIAN ESCHENWALD
n Monday, May 29, a Memorial Day parade will begin at 9 a.m., on Clearview Drive in Strasburg. The parade will feature several local service organizations, veterans and active-duty military members, and it will be open for the public to participate in. “It’s an old-fashioned, patriotic parade,” said Brian Barr, parade
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chairman and member of the Strasburg Area Sertoma Club. “It’s a way to honor those who made the ultimate sacrifice for our country.” The Lampeter-Strasburg Community Band and the Lampeter-Strasburg High School and Martin Meylin Middle School marching bands will perform in the parade, accompanied by local Boy Scout and Girl Scout troops. The procession will make stops at the cemeteries of Wesley United
Methodist Church and Saint Michael’s Lutheran Church. At each cemetery, members of the parade will lay flowers at veterans’ gravesites, and taps will be played. Once the parade reaches the town square, a color guard made up of local veterans will change the flag. The procession will conclude at Strasburg Cemetery with a Memorial Day service, which will feature a keynote speaker and a few readings.
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A color guard comprising local veterans participates in a previous year’s parade.