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Observer Windermere, Horizon West, Dr. Phillips
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Eight Art World Academy students create folk-art mural. PAGE 5A.
FREE • THURSDAY, AUGUST 10, 2023
VOLUME 8, NO. 44
Warrior seniors stake claim West Orange High School students were up and at ’em early Saturday morning to put their creative mark on their parking spaces for the new school year. PAGE 5B.
A dancer’s diary
Home Sweet Home
Dr. Phillips resident Barbara Patch has written a book filled with her mother’s journal entries when she performed in Vaudeville. PAGE 7A
YOUR TOWN ORLANDO CHORAL SOCIETY HOSTING SEASON LAUNCH
Singers are invited to attend the 2023-24 season launch of the Orlando Choral Society, under the direction of Dr. Jeffery Redding. He is the former choir director at West Orange High School and current director of choral activities at the University of Central Florida. The information meeting is at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 14, at Tanner Hall, 29 W. Garden Ave., Winter Garden. The group is planning to sing in Steinmetz Hall, audition for Disney’s Candlelight Processional, perform in four concerts and engage in community outreach projects. For details, visit orlandochoralsociety.org.
JOIN VFW FOR POKER RUN West Orange VFW Post 4305 is hosting a poker run in support of local veterans Sunday, Aug. 13. It will begin and end at the post, 1170 E. Plant St., Winter Garden. After the 10 a.m. start, stops will be made at Lake Harris Hideaway, Oasis Saloon and Rock Springs Bar & Grill. The cost is $25 per bike plus $10 per rider. Prizes will be given for best and worst hands. Breakfast for $8 will be available at 8 a.m.; registration begins at 9. Lunch is included with a buy-in and will be served starting at 2 p.m. Non-participants can purchase a lunch for $10. The band Hypersona will play at 3.
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Principal Brian Sanchez Corona and PTSO President Kati Dukes showed off their claws with the school’s Wildcat mascot.
Students at Water Spring Middle School are celebrating the opening of their new campus as school kicks off this week. PAGE 4A.
SOBO remembers artist Paul Gerding Crenshaw Academy to open in the fall Courtesy photo
Family and friends gathered at the SOBO Art Gallery in Winter Garden last week to pay tribute to the Windermere photographer and artist.
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Brenda Crenshaw, owner and founder of The Crenshaw School, is opening Crenshaw Academy. The academy will remain in the heart of Gotha. PAGE 2A.