{"id":171592,"date":"2023-10-20T03:42:46","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T08:42:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=171592"},"modified":"2023-10-21T00:05:42","modified_gmt":"2023-10-21T05:05:42","slug":"a-little-slice-of-paradise-has-come-to-lincolnview-hs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2023\/10\/20\/a-little-slice-of-paradise-has-come-to-lincolnview-hs\/","title":{"rendered":"L’view band “drums up” pleasing music"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

SCOTT TRUXELL\/<\/strong>independent editor<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s a pleasing sound to most, one that\u2019s unique and not exactly one you normally hear in a rural area such as Van Wert County, but that\u2019s about to change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Thursday night\u2019s Lincolnview school board meeting, members of the new 17-member Lincolnview High School steel drum band shared a small taste of what they\u2019ve learned in a very short amount of time. The new steel drums were picked up just a few months ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThese students are picking up things faster than I\u2019ve ever seen,\u201d band director Mike Archinal told the board. \u201cMy goal was to have four songs to be able to play by December, but they hit 12 songs in three weeks. It\u2019s progressing so fast and they\u2019re playing well and learning.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\u2019re going to start going out in the community \u2013 nursing homes, businesses, I\u2019ve got a couple of places for us to go play to be entertainment for the community,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Members of the Lincolnview High School steel drum band gave a sneak preview to the school board on Thursday. Band members demonstrated each instrument, then the band played two songs. Scott Truxell\/Van Wert independent<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Archinal also said he\u2019s in the midst of planning a special gala event for the board, administrators, parents, and the Van Wert County Foundation to hear the very first performance by the band. The event will be held at the Wassenberg Art Center in Van Wert on a date yet to be announced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He told the board he\u2019s planning on eventually branching off to the junior high school level and perhaps even the elementary level, if the schedule permits. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Archinal also said he\u2019s had inquiries about possibly forming a community steel drum band, something will likely become a reality at some point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe opportunities are endless here,\u201d he said. \u201cThis instrument, and this ensemble does not technically need to have technical ability or be able to read music. When you go down to down Carnival or Trinidad or anyplace like that, most of those players never read music\u2026none of them can read music.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Obtaining the steel drums was a two-year project, and funding came from different sources, including a $20,000 grant from the Van Wert County Foundation, an amount matched by the district, plus $15,000 from the band boosters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The drums took over a year to manufacture and Archinal said each one took up to 80 hours to make. He explained the different sounds each drum makes and had members demonstrate before playing two songs for the board, including the theme song from the movie \u201cThe Breakfast Club.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SCOTT TRUXELL\/independent editor It\u2019s a pleasing sound to most, one that\u2019s unique and not exactly one you normally hear in a rural area such as Van Wert County, but that\u2019s about to change. During Thursday night\u2019s Lincolnview school board meeting, members of the new 17-member Lincolnview High School steel drum band shared a small taste […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-171592","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-10-04 09:16:48","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171592","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=171592"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171592\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":171647,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171592\/revisions\/171647"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=171592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=171592"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=171592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}