Veterans honored with breakfast at Howe Church of Christ

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Veterans help themselves to some good cookin’ at the Howe Church of Christ on Saturday.

For several years now the Howe Church of Christ has invited veterans for a breakfast at the church on the Saturday before Veterans Day. The morning began with prayer followed by good food and fellowship.

“It seems like all the guys enjoy it

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and we enjoy doing it for them to celebrate our veterans in our area,” said Judy Finney who was helping serve food to the veterans.

Veterans came from as far as Anna and Pottsboro to enjoy the good food and fellowship.

it’s very intense.

Liss says that she’ll remember the 2019 Pride of Howe band as one that had to get where were because of the overall unity.

“This band didn’t have that bighuge personality superstar, but it was a group where they all played, all contributed and it was definitely a team effort to get that thing out there on the field,” Liss said. “It’s a young band and we had inexperienced people in the front ensemble. They went from never touching a certain instrument before July 31 to playing on the floor at the Alamodome.”

Mineola eventually became the state champion for the second year in a row. From the area, Whitesboro advanced as the number two seed and eventually finished second in state. Van

Alstyne also did not make the finals and finished 11 of the 22 bands.

Liss says that each Howe band is different and has their own identity and personality. This particular band did not like to perform in hot weather, whereas some of her bands do not adapt well to the cold weather.

“You have to figure out quickly ‘what’s this group like? How do they respond?’, said Liss. “I don’t care how much you prepare and how much you work, something’s going to be thrown at you that you weren’t suspecting. Whether it’s a speaker not working or a change of warmup location. Something is going to be different, so you have to figure out how that group is going to adapt.”

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