Around Town March 13

Posted by ChaddsFordLive on March 12, 2014

• The Brandywine Battlefield Park celebrated Charter Day on March 9 and announced its hours for the season. The park is open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, and noon to 4 p.m. on Sunday. According to an e-mail sent out by Judy Thorpe, secretary for the associates, the park will also open on Thursdays beginning in April. She also said the park can be accessed at any time provided you park your car outside the gates after hours when the gates are locked. (Photo: Re-enactor Noah Lewis, as teamster Ned Hector, teaches visitors to the park how to properly man a cannon.)

• Chadds Ford Gallery will host a one-day day exhibit, "Scarborough Fair: Reminiscing", on Sunday, March 16, from 1-3 p.m.

• Unionville High School will host the 2014 PMEA Region VI Band Festival this Saturday, March 15 at 2:30 p.m. at the high school. An estimated 128 students have advanced from the district competition to form a collective concert band from 46 high schools in the five-county area. The group will gather in Kennett Square to perform selections including Andante and Tranquillo, Short Ride in a Fast Machine, Saucedo’s 1st movement of his First Symphony for Band, When Jesus Wept, El Camino Real and the Star Spangled Banner. Guest Conductor Richard L. Saucedo, a 31-year award-winning band director from Indiana, is a freelance arranger and composer known for his numerous marching band arrangements, concert band works and choral compositions. Tickets are $6 for adults, $4 for students and children older than 5. It’s free for those who are 5 and younger.

• The Chadds Ford Historical Society will hold an informational meeting on March 22 for people interested in the Junior Guide Summer Program. The society will hold a Junior Guide camp on Saturday afternoons from June 7 through Aug. 23. Cost for the camp is $165 for members, $185 for nonmembers. The guide program is open for those 11-18 years of age. For more information, contact the office at 610.388.7376, or visit education@chaddsfordhistory.org or http://www.chaddsfordhistory.org/education-1/junior-guide-program/

• The Kennett Symphony of Chester County continues its 2013 - 2014 Conductor Search Season with Welcome Spring, under the direction of Conductor Candidate David Alexander Rahbee. The evening features a pre-concert presentation by Rahbee from 7-7:30 p.m. followed by the concert at 8 p.m. After the concert will be a post-concert chat, where audience members are encouraged to ask questions about the concert and Rahbee’s candidacy for Music Director and Conductor. The concert features Beethoven’s Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68, “Pastoral” and Copland’s Appalachian Spring. Both pieces joyfully celebrate the feelings of Spring. Single ticket prices are $35 in advance, $40 at the door, students are $5. Subscriptions are available featuring a variety of packages and prices as well as group discounts. Free parking. For complete information visit www.kennettsymphony.org or call the Kennett Symphony at 610 444 6363.

• Concord Township is offering $500 leadership and community service scholarship awards to two high school students residing in the township. Applications are available online at www.twp.concord.pa.us (under General Information) and are now due by April 1, 2014.

• Now through Nov. 23, The Brandywine River Museum of Art will offer discounted admission to visitors who present their tickets to the Costumes of Downton Abbey at Winterthur Museum, Garden and Library. Visitors will receive $2 off adult admission to the Brandywine River Museum of Art.

• The Chester County SPCA announced the addition of veterinarian Michelle Mehalick to the staff as full time Medical Director. The CCSPCA previously relied on a part time veterinarian and more recently, several per-diem veterinarians. A medical director is a necessity at the shelter, which cared for over 5,600 animals in 2013 — the majority being strays. As the only open-access shelter in the Chester and Delaware County areas, animals come to us in a variety of conditions often requiring immediate medical treatment. Prior to Mehalick, the CCSPCA also relied heavily on area veterinarians, many of whom graciously provided discounted services for the animals’ care.

• State Rep. Stephen Barrar will hold his annual Health and Safety fair on Saturday, April 5, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Brandywine Youth Club - O’Donaghue Field House at 41 Thornton Road in Concord Township.

• Pocopson Elementary School's annual Art & Garden Celebration will be on April 26, from 9 a.m.-3 p.m., rain or shine. The day starts with a FunRun — with registration at 9 .m. The run includes a 1/3-mile for youngster K – second grade, and a one-mile run for grades 3 and up. The rest of the day includes carnival games, inflatable obstacle courses, performances and face painters. People can also shop the Craft Fair, pick up a plant and bid on one of more than 100 quality silent auction items.