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Cape band camp keeps up the rhythm
91 member strong in 2016
The Cape Henlopen High School band, consisting of over 90 participants, will rock the football games this year with another wonderful show. DAN COOK PHOTO
August 16, 2016
Cape dance team member Ashleigh Ling does some fancy footwork during the daily rehearsals. DAN COOK PHOTO
Emily Heilner, front, plays the trumpet as sousaphone player Jimmy Harrod plays along in back. DAN COOK PHOTO
Rising sophomore Macy Beach wails out the tunes on the sax. DAN COOK PHOTO
Sophomore Marley Enright plays the clarinet. DAN COOK PHOTO
Veteran dance troupe member Emily Lingo will add leadership to the squad. DAN COOK PHOTO
Veteran drummer Dru Simmons will lay down the rhythm for the 91 piece band. DAN COOK PHOTO
Clarinet player Sierra Touhey will add jazz and swing sounds to the halftime shows. DAN COOK PHOTO
Assistant drum major Erin Gallagher doubles as a piccolo player during the performances. DAN COOK PHOTO
Dance troop members who will be entertaining the audiences this season are (l-r) Emily Lingo, Ashleigh Ling, Jayden Lesko, Melanie Mccloy, Abby Severin, Owen Lawson, Alyssa Ling, Sarah Metler, Alyssa Gentile, Sarah Hunsicker, Haley Shufelt, Sarah Bennet and Brianna Johnson. DAN COOK PHOTO
Cape trumpeter Claire Lokken will play high register brass in the performances. DAN COOK PHOTO
The band stands in a heart formation for a Disney tune. DAN COOK PHOTO
Director Chris Burkhart, left, shares a light moment with dance team member Emily Lingo. DAN COOK PHOTO
Cape Henlopen band director Chris Burkhart, in his fourth season as the Viking music director, is looking for another awardwinning year with the Viking band. Burkhart, along with assistant director Brian Mahoney, dance team coach Autumn Schneider and flags coach Shannon Palmer, have been running through eight hour rehearsals each day for their 2016 show, Disney Adventure, which features music from new and old Disney movies.
