![]() I hope I have given them an experience and memories that they will carry with them forever. “I could not be more proud of them for reaching our goal of Superior ratings! Watching them cheer, hug and beam with pride at the awards ceremony makes it all worth it. “The students continued to work hard after their spring concert to bring their performance to the next level and that they did!” described band director Ms. When reminiscing about the day, student Elsie Ross said, “My most memorable moment was receiving the awards at the park and hearing the positive comments from the judges in class the next day.” Student Colleen Irwin added, “It was a day packed with fun!” The eighth grade band earned the highest average score of the day with a 96.25, followed closely behind by the late night jazz ensemble who earned a 95.5.įollowing the performances, the students traveled to Six Flags where they enjoyed an afternoon in the park and attended the awards ceremony. Garden City earned two of the only three coveted Superior ratings given that day. The two ensembles each performed for 25 minutes and were evaluated on elements such as tone, technique, musicianship and overall performance. On May 6, Garden City Middle School students traveled to Westfield State University in Massachusetts where they performed for highly esteemed judges and competed against various school districts from throughout the northeast. Additionally, guitarist Ethan Wu won the Best Overall Jazz Soloist medal. ![]() Garden City Middle School’s eighth grade band and late night jazz ensemble earned Best Overall and Superior ratings at the Music in the Parks festival. Photos courtesy of Garden City Public Schools 19, 1941: Louis Armstrong & his band with vocalist Ann Baker.Garden City Middle School students proudly displayed their winning trophies after performing at the Music in the Parks festival. 4, 1941: Lil Green with Tiny Bradshaw & orchestra. May 21, 1941: Cab Calloway & his Cotton Club Orchestra.Īug. May 5, 1941: Ella Fitzgerald & her orchestra. June 7, 1940: Ella Fitzgerald & her orchestra.Īpril 20, 1941: Jimmie Lunceford & his orchestra. Here stood Palmetto Park and Pond, a two-story, thousand-capacity dance hall and adjacent concrete-lined swimming pool for cooling off before sets, once a major stop on the “Chitlin’ Circuit.” Featuring the very best of African-American entertainment from until a final Christmas dance in 1941 (just weeks after Pearl Harbor), the list of musicians that graced its stage makes your head spin. Not far from the Savannah River, on Carolina Springs Road, near Highway 1, you may hear ecstatic ghosts if you listen hard enough. Such is the case with a small patch of lawn in South Carolina which now contains only a shallow pond and abuts a scraggly woods. ![]() ![]() Milestone 75th annual Hudson Home & Garden Tour. Then there are those locations where the passage of time has obliterated all evidence and no visible clue to the past remains, even if that past was beautiful and transcendent night after night after night. Check out the new City of Hudson Special Events calendar below Click on each event name to find out. The annual program is diverse, offering an array of live outdoor concert experiences, a winter arts festival, a childrens arts festival, and informative. Other times, we may know a little history, making what remains all the more evocative. Some ruins draw us in because of what’s left behind, even if we don’t know who was there or what they did. Opening reception will be held on January 18 from 5 to 7 pm.įor more info on the exhibit and park/pond, visit: 4 – Winter Exhibit featuring Robert Lyon and Alicia Cully in the Main Gallery and “Palmetto Park and Pond” History Exhibit in the Balcony Gallery. ![]()
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