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All -girls' band plans to keep marching. into '07
Community support has organizers optimistic band will continue for 50th year
Susan Hundertmark
While they might still be "flying
by the seat of their pants every
month," the Seaforth and District
All -Girls' Marching Band plans to
keep on marching this September.
"We have been beating the bushes
for funds and we will definitely
start up again in September. We
plan to keep going as long as we
can," says long-time volunteer
Penny Breen..
A fundraising spaghetti dinner
held in Seaforth on Sunday is just
one of the many events the band
has been holding this year to make
up for a shortfall since being cut off
from Trillium Foundation funding
after a $33,000 four-year grant.
. Band organizers visited Huron
County municipalities earlier in the
year asking for .help since they
weren't sure they'd survive until the
band's 50th anniversary in 2007.
But, with "an awful lot of
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the Calgary Stampede this July and
march on into the next season and
its 50th year.
"There is no lack of interest.
Every year we get a new crop of
kids. And, every cent is going to the
kids - there just aren't enough
cents," says Breen.
Recent media attention has
brought out donations that Breen
says the band may have never
accessed otherwise.
"We've been getting more support
this year than we've gotten for
years," she says, adding that dona-
tions have been coming from people
who used to have children or grand-
children involved.
"But, we have to keep this
momentum going. The community
has rallied around us but we hope
they'll continue to think of us in
their annual givings," says Breen.
Upcoming fundraising events
include working at a community
yard sale in Auburn this weekend,
selling hotdogs in Goderich on May
24 and running a booth at the
Clinton Fair on June 11.
The Calgary trip is the third time
performing at the Stampede - the
two other trips occurred in 1985 and
1989. The band's performances will
be held at the Stampede, at the
Spruce Meadows equestrian event
and at the Saddledome.
"It's going to be a lot of work but it
will be something the kids will
never forget," says Breen.
Susan Hundertmark photos
Above, Abby Alexander, of Seaforth, leads a line of drummers while below left,
Katelyn Watson, of Seaforth, dances to the music and below right, Sam Cosford, of
Bayfield plays the trumpet during a Sunday performance at a spaghetti dinner
fundraiser for the Seaforth and District An -Girls' Marching Band.
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