This past Saturday was a banner day for Van Wert High School.\u00a0 Many read the sports page of the newspaper and saw that the Cougars won a thriller basketball game over the Celina Bulldogs Saturday night.\u00a0 Congratulations to Coach Froelich and the Cougar basketball team and we wish them good luck at Regionals this week.<\/p>\n
But, before the thriller in Ada, the Van Wert High School Bands and Choir posted outstanding performances on Friday night and Saturday afternoon.\u00a0 It was a clean sweep for these student music ensembles as Concert Choir, Concert Band and Symphonic Band all three earned superior \u201cI\u201d ratings at District Competition.\u00a0 Three judges rate each performance and all three gave a \u201cI\u201d rating.\u00a0Mrs. Gamble, Miss Kelly, and Mr. Sloan should be commended, as should the students who make up these ensembles.\u00a0 And with this year\u2019s crazy weather playing havoc on school schedules, it is even more impressive. They will now compete at the state level later this spring.\u00a0 Good luck to all three groups!<\/p>\n
It should be mentioned that choirs and bands from all three Van Wert County Schools participated as well as other schools in our area.\u00a0 Going to contest gives performing ensembles focus and musical goals to achieve and makes better musicians of the students.\u00a0 There is great discipline to gain by the attempt, just as there is on the basketball court.\u00a0 So, congratulations to all those who took on the challenge.<\/p>\n
We are now halfway through the month of March.\u00a0 I am still accepting names of organizations interested in being considered for serving food at one of the Fountain Park Summer concerts.\u00a0 Currently, there are 18 on the list to be considered for 8 concerts.\u00a0 The only stipulation is that you must be a non-profit organization and have the ability to serve large numbers of people.<\/p>\n
This will be the 10th anniversary of the Fountain Park Summer Music Series.\u00a0 Believe it or not, we got this started in 2002.\u00a0Little did I or anyone on the board of The Van Wert County Foundation realize what a popular event this would become for the people of the Van Wert area.\u00a0Through the gift of music, the Saltzgaber Music Fund has been able to help many worthy community organizations earn thousands of dollars and the concerts have provided thousands of people with wholesome family entertainment throughout the summer.<\/p>\n
The new summer line-up for our 10th season will be announced soon.\u00a0 So, keep a lookout for the release.\u00a0 Some favorites from the past will be returning, along with some brand new entertainers, to Fountain Park.<\/p>\n
Since 2002, we have had over 70 free performances in Fountain Park.\u00a0 And then spring boarding from these concerts has been the concerts at the Niswonger Performing Arts Center starting in 2007.\u00a0A whole new season is in the planning stages and an exciting Community Concert line-up will be announced on April 19, followed by the Grand Series for 2011-12.\u00a0 This is a very busy time, as we try to nail down concerts for the next 14 months.\u00a0 When the work is finished, we will make announcements and everyone can plan accordingly.\u00a0Just know that there will be some spectacular entertainment coming to Fountain Park and the NPAC again.<\/p>\n
In the meantime, don\u2019t miss out on Club Swing this Friday night at the NPAC, followed by Pirates of Penzance<\/em> the next Friday night as we look to finish the season strong!<\/p>\n FIN\u00c9.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This past Saturday was a banner day for Van Wert High School.\u00a0 Many read the sports page of the newspaper and saw that the Cougars won a thriller basketball game over the Celina Bulldogs Saturday night.\u00a0 Congratulations to Coach Froelich and the Cougar basketball team and we wish them good luck at Regionals this week. […]<\/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-4734","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-13 21:19:39","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\/4734","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=4734"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4734\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4734"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}