The Mail-Journal, Volume 28, Number 26, Milford, Kosciusko County, 9 August 1989 — Page 11

Summer

Smith-Walbridge: The best there is

By JEREMY BEER Smith-Walbridge Camp near Syracuse has come a long way since 1949, when it was started by

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CURRENT OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS — The Wawasee Property Owners Association held its annual meeting Friday evening at the South Shore Golf Club Pavilion with over 300 in attendance. The event marked the 40th anniversary of the organization and saw membership climb to an all-time high of 820. After a buffet dinner and business meeting. Jack Vanderford showed and narrated a mid-1930s promotional film featuring Lake Wawasee. The Syracuse Fire Department was also on hand to display its newly purchased snorkel fire truck.

| NOW PLAYING! • The nation’s longest-running revival • of the Broadway classic I "Plain . Fancy” • The delightful musical comeJy • of Amish life and love. J Evening Shows New sonp, • Wed &. Thurs 7 pm, Fri &. Sat 8 pm. New dances, • Matinees New costumes and sets J Wed, Thurs, Sat &. Sun, 3 pm. Come enjoy a heartwarming love story told • with songs dance, smiles and tears. • Now playing at the Amish Acres Playhouse, Nappanee, Indiana. ! Call 773-4188 for show information and reservations. • NEW! Amish Acres Grill open after the show for late dining.

Merle and Margaret Smith along with George and Lois Walbridge as a baton twirling camp." Its capacity has risen from only six then to around 300, and in that

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time the camp has gained a reputation as being the best there is. The camp director now is Gary Smith, the son of Merle and Margaret. Gary, the band director at the University of Illinois during the school year, started to take over Smith-Walbridge “little by little” about 10 years ago. However, he says the camp is still very much a family operation. During the fifst two-thirds of the summer, the camp runs a program for drum majors, majorettes, flags and rifles, and drill teams. The same program is also run by Smith-Walbridge at the University of Illinois, Marietta College, and Eastern Illinois University. With four weeks left in the summer, these programs end, so Smith-Walbridge then leases the camp out to bands or any group who wished to use it. Usually around 15 high school bands utilize the facilities during those four weeks. Campers that come to the Smith-Walbridge program usual-

Arts, crafts festival now at Amish Acres

Historic Amish Acres in Nappanee will present the 27th annual Amish Acres Arts & Crafts Festival, Thursday through Sunday, Aug. 10-13. More than $5,000 in cash prizes will be awarded to the winning paintings and crafts from the competition big top tent. The entries will be from over 300 artists from across the midwest and beyond. Amid colorful tents and awnings surrounding Amish Acres farm pond, potters will spin their wheels while silversmiths and weavers work to the music of dulcimers and banjos. Silhouette cutters, portrait artists, woodcarvers and doll makers will ply their trade and sell their wares. The four day artists' weekend is designed around the Amish heritage and folk art of the historic restoration and the Nappanee area. Horse and buggy

Officers and directors for the coming year from the left are: David Grandstaff; Cyndi Brumbaugh; Robert Myers;.Jane Irmscher; Richard Boerger; Robert Hampton, secretary-treasurer; Logan Love, vice-president; Bill Spurgeon, president; Charles Beck; David Lichtenauer; and David Culp. Directors not pictured are L.G. “Bud" llayner, John Holdeman, Sam Cole and William McNagny. Cole, Grandstaff and Lichtenauer were all re-elected as directors and McNagny was elected to serve his first term as a director.

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ly arrive on Sunday and leave on Thursday or Friday. Each of these students must pay $129 per week, while campers who come with groups only pay SBS. Gary Smith says that they come from everywhere throughout the Midwest, and sometimes from as far away as Texas, California, and Mexico. In the drum major camp, for example, 20 states were represented this year. Smith claims that the camp used to draw from an even wider area, but that is not so now because of the addition of more camps like Smith-Walbridge and the removal of the train station from Syracuse. According to Smith, students at Smith-Walbridge are taught more than just how to perform in a particular area. In drum major camp, for instance, students are taught to be leaders. They are also instructed in showmanship, how to display confidence, and how to help other students. Majorettes and twirlers are taught how to make their own routines, and also how to teach other members of their band, since many band directors haven’t had

rides, guided tours and demonstrations provide an intriguing background for the art display and market. Family style dinners in the air conditioned restaurant and spit roast pig and sausage sandwiches plus festive food from carts, wagons, and tents, as well as apple cider, sweet corn, funnel cakes, ice cream and preaching pies will give festival visitors all they want to eat and more. The new Comfort Inn Amish Acres, complete with quilts on the beds, complimentary breakfast in the kitchen and rocking chairs on the front porch, stands next to the festival grounds. From the sounds of the fiddle and guitar to the square dance caller plus Punch and Judy a stream of entertainment will fill the summer ajr during the four day festival.

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instruction in this area. Smith-Walbridge was the first camp of its kind in the country. Smith points out that most of his competitors’ camps were started by students who went through the Smith-Walbridge program. He believes, though, tha' he is still the director of the best program in the country, and finds it ironic when bands or students from this area go to another camp when “the best is right in their backyard.” Unlike other camps, SmithWalbridge trains its instructors for a week before camp begins, and thus has developed a reputation for its “nationally renowned instructors.” The program is so good that even band sponsors and teachers go to the camp to participate in seminars and workshops.

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LAKES AREA BAND PERFORMED — Over 500 people were treated to some great musical selections as the Lakes Area Symphonic Band gave its premiere performance on Thursday evening, Aug. 3, at Syracuse's Lakeside Park. The band entertained the crowd with a wide variety of numbers which included “Yankee Doodle Dandy,” “Alexander's Ragtime

Lions complete pavilion construction

The Cromwell-Kimmel Lions Club members have completed the construction of a pavilion at Stone’s Trace, at the intersection of SR 5 and US 33. The pavilion will be used to serve hamburger’s hot dogs, and homemade pies during the Stone’s Trace Festival, Sept. 9-10, and will be available the remainder of the year for the public to use for pic-

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ICE CREAM SOCIAL — Hungry concert-goers were treated to an assortment of good food last Thursday, Aug. 3, at the Lakes Area Community Band concert at Syracuse Lakeside Park. Barbecued chicken was served by friends and relatives of some of the community band members while the SyracuSe-Wawasee Business and Professional Women’s Club sponsored the ice cream social and dessert bar. Bess Stetler, left, and Barb Matney, right, are shown serving ice cream. Both ladies are members of the women's club. (Photo by Linda Musselman)

nics, etc. A dedication of the pavilion will be held at 11 am., Sunday. Aug. 27. Immediately afterward will be a hog roast sponsored by the Lions Club. The menu will include a roast pork sandwich, baked beans, chips, homemade pie and drink. The public is welcome to join the celebration. There is a fee for the hog roast.

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Band,” "Music Man,” and many other great selections. At the closing of the band’s first concert, the musicians were given a standing ovation. Allen Metzler, director of the band, is shown conducting one of the numbers played Thursday evening. (Photos by Linda Musselman)

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