Wallkill Valley Times May 15 2019 | Page 2

2 Wallkill Valley Times, Wednesday, May 15, 2019 IN THIS ISSUE Calendar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Classifieds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Crossword. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Letters to the Editor. . . . . . . . . . 8 Maybrook. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Montgomery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Obituaries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Pine Bush. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 School News. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Service Directory. . . . . . . . . . . 33 Sports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Walden.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 PUBLIC AGENDA WEDNESDAY MAY 15 Shawangunk Zoning Board of Appeals, 7 p.m. Town Hall, 14 Central Ave., Wallkill. Village of Walden Planning Board, 7:30 p.m. Village Hall, 1 Municipal Square. THURSDAY, MAY 16 Montgomery Town Board Audit/ Work Session, 6 p.m. Town Government Center, 110 Bracken Road, Montgomery. Crawford Town Board. 7 p.m. Town Hall, 121 Route 302, Pine Bush. Shawangunk Town Board, 7 p.m. Town Hall, 14 Central Ave., Wallkill. MONDAY, MAY 20 Town of Montgomery Zoning Board of Appeals, 7 p.m. Town Hall, 110 Bracken Road, Montgomery. TUESDAY, MAY 21 Walden Village Board of Trustees, 6:30 p.m. Village Hall, 1 Municipal Square. HOW TO REACH US OFFICE: 300 Stony Brook Court Newburgh, NY 12550 PHONE: [phone], FAX: [phone] Emails may be directed to the following : ADVERTISING [email protected] CALENDAR SUBMISSIONS [email protected] TO REACH THE EDITOR [email protected] FOR THE SPORTS DEPARTMENT [email protected] PUBLIC NOTICES [email protected] WEBSITE www.timescommunitypapers.com The Wallkill Valley Times, (USPS 699-490) is a weekly newspaper published every Wednesday at Newburgh, NY 12550, with offices at 300 Stony Brook Court, Newburgh, NY. Single copy: $1 at newsstand. By mail in Orange, Ulster or Sullivan Counties: $40 annually, $44 out of county. Periodicals permit at Newburgh, NY. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Wallkill Valley Times, 300 Stony Brook Court, Newburgh, NY 12550. Wind ensemble welcomes new conductor By LAURA FITZGERALD [email protected] New Maybrook Wind Ensemble Music Director/Conductor Roy Coates might not be where he is today without his grandfather. Coates’ grandfather instilled the love of music in his sons and grandsons; he had a habit of taking his sons to concerts in Raleigh, North Carolina, Coates’ home state. His grandfather was not the only music mentor he would have. He attended Boston University School of the Arts for a Bachelor of Music Degree in Music Education, where he was a student of the legendary Sam Pilafian. Pilafian introduced Coates to top musicians and got him started in New York City. “He was just the greatest teacher on the planet for all his students,” Coates said. His grandfather idealized to his grandson the Goldman Memorial Band in New York City as one of the greatest bands in the country. Years later, Coates would join the Goldman Band as a tuba soloist. Coates auditioned and performed under conductor Ainslee Cox, who invited him to perform his solo. “In my third year of the band he invited me to perform my solo piece that I had played for him at my audition,” Coates said. “I was one of the few tuba soloists who have ever played with the Goldman Band.” Not only did his ten-year membership in the Goldman Band make his grandfather proud, it opened doors for him. Another tubist opened the door to the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, where he has performed, as well as the North Caroline Symphony. He has performed on bass and tuba in two national touring companies of Roy Coates will make his debut as director of the Maybrook Wind Ensemble on Friday, with a special program of patriotic music. the Broadway shows Chicago, and Sugar Babies. He has also performed with the Federal City Brass Band and performed/ recorded with Newberry’s Cornet Band and the Coates Brass Band, on period brass instruments and mouthpieces. Coates is the current Commander and Conductor of the 89th Army Band New York Guard and has attained the rank of Captain after ten years of service. He has been awarded two Commander’s Citations. He has also been guest conductor of the 42 Infantry Division Band, New York Army National Guard, commanded by CW5 Mark Kimes, and has participated in their Annual Training concert tours of New York State. Coates also plays bass guitar and strings, including a five-string banjo. He played banjo while on tour with the 42 Infantry Division Band. “It was really interesting playing the five-string banjo in that situation,” Coates said. Coates has a Master of Science degree in Music Education from Western Connecticut State University. He is a substitute teacher at Dover High School and teaches the Dover Guitar Club, which he created. “It gives me great joy to see how music can have a positive influence on the students and how it can be a vocation for some of them, like it was for me,” Coates said. He lives with his wife and teen-age children in Hopewell Junction. Coates’ goals with the Maybrook Wind Ensemble are to improve the level of the band’s repertoire and increase the number of musicians. On Friday, May 17, Coates will make his debut in a rousing patriotic tribute. The selection includes a sing-along to Irving Berlin’s “God Bless America,” and an instrumental “Medley to World War I,” composed by Jari Villanueva, who is a member of the U.S. Air Force Band, Washington, DC. Villanueva’s band arrangements have been widely performed in military ceremonies and films, and his selection “Goin’ Home”—which will be played at this performance—was performed most recently at the funeral of President Bush. The Maybrook Wind Ensemble will also perform a mystery piece that residents of the Hudson Valley will recognize by the end of the fourth movement. Admission is free, but donations will be gladly accepted. The performance will be held on May 17 at 7:30 p.m. in the Maybrook Senior Center located in Veteran’s Memorial Park, Schipps Lane. Orange County Veterans Cemetery to host three Memorial Day events Orange County Executive Steven M. Neuhaus and Christian Farrell, Director of the Veterans Service Agency (VSA), have announced that the County’s Veterans Memorial Cemetery will host Memorial Day events on Tuesday, May 21st, Friday, May 24 and Tuesday, May 28. The 19-acre Veterans Memorial Cemetery is located at 111 Craigville Road in Goshen. “We are proud to host these important Memorial Day remembrances, which give us an opportunity to join together in paying tribute to the servicemen and women who gave their lives in defense of our freedoms,” Neuhaus said. “As Memorial Day approaches, I ask that you take time with your family and friends to remember the sacrifices of the fallen. ” The cemetery will host a Memorial Day prayer service at 10:00 a.m. on May 24. It will include the reading of the names of several local servicemen and women who have passed, a moment of silence and then the sounding of Taps. “According to the County’s VSA, 832 Orange County residents have died serving our country in World War I, World War II, Korea, Vietnam and the post-911 conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. Memorial Day, originally known as Decoration Day, is a day of remembrance for those who have died serving our country. In 1966, Congress and President Lyndon Johnson declared Waterloo, NY the “birthplace” of Memorial Day. A ceremony on May 5, 1866, honored local veterans in Waterloo, NY who had fought in the Civil War. For more information about the Memorial Day Veterans Cemetery events, call the VSA office at 845-291-2470.