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Pioneer Middle School students attend NYSSMA Festival in Alden

Pioneer students who excel throughout the year with their instruments have the opportunity to attend special events that highlight students with great skill. The New York State School Music Association Festival, for Junior High (grades 7-9) took place this year at Akron High School on Saturday, Nov. 7. Through the course of the year, students can go to different adjudications in the area, to have their playing judged in several areas and they receive a score. Students with the highest scores are invited to attend festivals like NYSSMA.

Alden, NY · 2d
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Holiday decorations fill the shelves at St. Joe’s thrift annex

Margaret Bowen and Linda Palaszynski, two volunteers at St. Joe's who help run the Mammoth Sale shop, amidst a large assortment of Christmas decorations they helped get ready for holiday sales. Photo by Howard Owens. Before the children get nestled in their beds with visions of sugar plums dancing in their heads, the right Christmas atmosphere needs to be set, and the Mammoth Sale Store at St. Joe’s has a sleigh-full of atmosphere-setting decorations for sale at bargain prices. The decorations came from donations collected over the past 12 to 18 months, volunteer Margaret Bowen said. “What we have here is every kind of Christmas standing ornament that you could think of, every kind of hanging ornament, anything that someone might think is essential for Christmas,” Bowen said. “Because people have different views, and there are different kinds of things that sell at different times during the time of the sale. And it’s interesting just to watch and to learn what people actually look for.”

Batavia, NY · 1d