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Eastern Students Form 'Band of Artists' for Second Saturday in Hatboro
Eastern Center for Arts and Technology "Band of Artists" will perform in Hatboro's Second Saturday at the Village Pretzel as a fundraiser for their chance to compete in SkillsUSA.
Eastern Center for Arts and Technology () Commercial Art students, along with two students from Lehigh County Career and Technical Institute, will be performing acoustically as the “Band of Artists” at the Village Pretzel on Old York Road in Hatboro for the Greater Hatboro Chamber of Commerce’s Second Saturday on Saturday, June 9 from 1 - 3 p.m.
These entrepreneurial high school students will have a tip jar available to help offset the cost of the SkillsUSA National competition in Kansas City in late June.
SkillsUSA is EASTERN’s student leadership organization as well as a partnership of students, teachers and industry working together to ensure America has a skilled workforce.
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The “Band of Artists” are EASTERN Commercial Art students: Zoe Reynolds, a junior at Springfield Township High School (vocals and ukulele); Justin Cornelius, a junior from Cheltenham High School (guitar); Hayley Roche, a junior from Upper Dublin High School (vocals and guitar); and from Lehigh
County Career and Technical Institute Alex Abruzzi (backup vocals) and Danny Abruzzi (guitar and vocals).
EASTERN’s Commercial Art program covers everything from conceptual drawing and design to a professional portfolio. Students learn the value and application of their unique styles in both design and illustration. Students use industry-standard software on the Macintosh platform, including QuarkXpress, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Dreamweaver and Flash.
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EASTERN is a public school serving students in nine Eastern Montgomery County school districts. Those districts include Abington, Bryn Athyn, Cheltenham, Hatboro-Horsham, Jenkintown, Lower Moreland, Springfield, Upper Dublin and Upper Moreland. Students benefit from specialized career programs that give them a competitive edge in college or in a career. The campus is at 3075 Terwood Road in Willow Grove. For more information, please call Amy Shields, Organizational Advancement Director, at 215-784-4806, or visit the school’s website at www.eastech.org. To become a fan on Facebook, please visit
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