Pequea Valley AUGUST 28, 2024
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LX • NO 36
Exploring Costa Rica
Keeping Jazz Alive
BY FRANCINE FULTON
BY ANN MEAD ASH
giving them an opportunity to use the language with native speakers. “No one is required to speak Spanish, but some jump at the opportunity,” she noted. “Our guide that we had is really great with the students, so students can practice with him if they want to before they interact with everybody else.” As part of the trip, students and their teachers visited Arenal Volcano National Park and the hot springs there, the Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve and Santa Elena Cloud Forest Reser ve. They also went horseback riding,
Fred Hughes, director of the New Holland Band (NHB) and founder of the nonprofit Jazz Alive, is a man with a musical mission. “ T he mission (of Jazz Alive) is dedicated to the preservation of jazz,” said Hughes. “That includes community concerts and school residencies and assemblies,” he added. To help support that mission, “An Evening with the Fred Hughes Trio” will be presented in the chapel at Garden Spot Village (GSV), 433 S. Kinzer Ave., New Holland, on Saturday, Sept. 28, at 7 p.m. In addition to Hughes on piano, the trio features Philadelphia drummer Dan Monaghan, a musician Hughes has been playing with regularly, and bass player Steve Meashey, whom Hughes has known since 1985. Hughes said the group’s repertoire will include pieces from the Great American Songbook. “I like to introduce the music of great piano players, so it will be Dave Brubeck, Duke Ellington, Bill Evans, and some more piano players,” noted Hughes. Hughes’ love of jazz grew out of his experience with the First Army Band in Seoul, South Korea. Originally a tuba player, Hughes played the organ as a prelude to the NHB spring
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Pequea Valley High School student Lauren King enjoyed visiting the butterfly conservatory.
Ivy Swann from Pequea Valley High School enjoys horseback riding in Monteverde.
it goes to whoever is interested.” The cohort has traveled to Costa Rica every other year since 2012, missing only 2020 due to the pandemic. The students fundraise together, have group
meetings to prepare and collect school supplies ahead of time to take to the children in Costa Rica. Jennifer said one of the goals of the trip is for students to enhance their Spanish-speaking skills,
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iplining, visiting a volcano park, horseback riding, touring a butterfly garden and taking part in a cooking class were just some of the activities that local students enjoyed during a nine-day excursion to Costa Rica. Participants in the trip were students from Cocalico, Pequea Valley (PV), Ephrata and Twin Valley high schools. The students were accompanied by teacher chaperones Lori Warfel from Ephrata, Kate Gomez and Corry Bilby from Cocalico, Betsy Techman and Ruth Hernandez from Twin Valley and Jennifer Bilby from Pequea Valley. “It’s great because it’s so hands-on. There is so much to see and do,” said Jennifer. “While I love museums, this is so much more interesting and active. (The students and chaperones) were so happy they went.” Every other year, local students have the opportunity to travel to Costa Rica in a travel cohort made up of local school students. The trip is presented by WorldStrides, a student travel company. Students at various schools are invited to participate. “We put up signs and, in our case, told (the students) about (the trip) in our classes and we had an initial meeting for those who (were) interested,” said Jennifer, who teaches Spanish at PV High School. “At first we advertise to students in Spanish classes. Then
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