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Gladstone community provides major support for band program By Casper Wehrhahn Neepawa Banner & Press The band program at William Morton Collegiate Institute received quite the boost recently. That boost comes in the form of approximately $16,000 in donations. These funds are to be used for the purpose of acquiring additional instruments for the program, as well as replacing old instruments that are due for retirement. “I started at the school almost three years ago. Since then, the program has grown a lot,” said band teacher Sean Goerzen. “We’ve got almost double the amount of kids now.” Goerzen shared that staff saw there was a need for more instruments. However, the budget wasn’t in a place where the new acquisitions and instrument updates could be made. Then one of the staff pitched the idea of a community donation campaign. Continued on Page 9
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This donation from the Gladstone Legion to William Morton Collediate Institute was part of a community effort to support the school’s band program recently. Pictured left to right are: Ernie Tester (President of MB/NW Ontario Command), band teacher Sean Goerzen, and Sylvia Hayward (President of Gladstone Branch 110).
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