Lancaster County Event Calendar
Things to do in Lancaster County

The Reverend Dr. Dominique Denman, pastor of First Reformed United Church of Christ, will host a special Veteran’s Day service on Tuesday, November 11 at 10 am. The program in the historic 1854 church sanctuary at 40 East Orange Street, will include music, prayers, and a reading by 96 year-old Korean War era Veteran Bill Sloyer. Mr. Sloyer, a Lancaster native, is a lifetime member of First Reformed Church. Others participating include Vietnam Veterans Don Markley and Jim Chryst, reading “American Creed” and “Old Glory” respectively. Baritone Rick Weinhold will sing “In Flander’s Fields” and additional music will be provided by Doug Albert, trumpet, and Larry Hershey, organ.

Veterans and all who wish to honor them are invited to the service at 10 am. Light refreshments will follow the service.

The New Holland Band presents their 2nd annual Veterans Day Concert on Tuesday, November 11 at 7 p.m. in the Chapel at Garden Spot Village. With tunes that reflect the experiences of our service men and women, the program will include “Bugle Call Boogie”,” A Nation’s Strength” and “Seapower Fanfare”. Also included are Richard Rodgers’ Selections from South Pacific and Charles Ives’ Variations on “America”. A new concert band arrangement of Hoagy Carmichael’s “Memphis in June” will feature the duet of Air Force veterans Warren “Doc” Daugherty on alto saxophone and John Zontek on trombone. Zontek is the arranger of this new work and will make a guest appearance with the New Holland Band for its area premier. The conclusion of the concert will feature the “United States Armed Forces Service Song Medley” in which we ask veterans to stand and be recognized for their service to our country when they hear their service song played.