Thanksgiving is one of November’s holidays, but another is Veterans Day.
Those at First Friday were reminded of that via the performance of patriotic songs by
students from Lakeview and Edgewood middle schools.
Band Director Joe Peloza led the kids in what was a preview of their upcoming Veterans
Day performance. The public is welcome to attend.
“Nov. 11 … at the Lakeview gym, we’ll have the band, the orchestra and the choirs
present their songs and tribute to the veterans,” he said. “We’ve got a great guest
speaker lined up. Junior ROTC will be there. It’s a wonderful program.”
He praised his students for coming out Friday to perform.
“What I have noticed about this group is that they are so dedicated,” he said. “They
enjoy coming down even during hours outside of band class to perform and I thought
that this would be a wonderful opportunity and being November, it’s a wonderful
opportunity to thank our veterans and our servicemen and women.”
“I think this is a great thing that Warsaw does on First Friday and having these students
use their talents to enrich the lives of others is amazing, so I’m very proud of them,” he
added, mentioning he hoped to bring the students out to perform at other First Fridays
in the future.