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Holy Week ushers in celebrations By B.C. Manion
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Churches across Pasco and Hillsborough counties are gearing up for a wide array of Holy Week events and Easter celebrations. Some churches will do re-enactments of the Last Supper and Good Friday, while others will include egg hunts, pancake breakfasts, barbecue meals and other festivities. Whatever they’re doing, churches are ready to greet regulars and visitors alike, as they commemorate the last days of Jesus’ life and celebrate his resCOURTESY OF NEW WALK CHURCH urrection. Our Lady of the Rosary Church, at New Walk Church brings in a helicopter for an Easter egg 2348 Collier Parkway, expects about drop to help call attention to its Easter services.
twice as many people at its Easter services as normally attend its weekend Masses, said the Rev. Ron Aubin, the church’s pastor. “A normal Sunday, it would be about 3,000 to 3,500. Easter, it will be over 7,000,” the pastor said. Aubin said the Easter message, in part, will be this: “He (God) sends his son (Jesus) as savior of the world, and that we who believe in him and die in the waters of baptism and rise with him in the waters of baptism, will also rise to the eternal life. “I have the hope of one day rising from the dead. And hope is not wishing. Hope is believing. It is something See EASTER, page 9A
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Tampa Premium Outlets won approval from a development review panel for a wide-range of internal signage that will brand the retail complex. But a 90-foot pylon sign beckoning to motorists as they whiz down Interstate 75 is one landmark the mall’s developers might have to redesign or do without. It is well above the county’s 30-foot height limit. And Pasco Assistant County Attorney David Goldstein said the sign also wouldn’t meet regulations of the Florida Department of Transportation and could affect Pasco’s share of highway funds. “Our office is going to object,” he said. Goldstein did, however, suggest that developers explore a compromise of a smaller, clock tower. It is not clear if that type of structure would clear state department of transportation hurdles or fit in with Pasco’s new ordinance to encourage developers to create unified signage for their projects that enhances architectural styles and establishes a sense of place. The outlet mall’s application is an early test of the county’s new sign plan. The Pasco County Commission will have the final word. Visibility is a critical issue for the outlet mall, said John Dionis, senior director of development for New-Jersey-based Simon Property Group. “We’re looking to have a national advertising marketing campaign to draw people to the center,” Dionos said. “We like to dovetail that with visibility, with branding so people know how to get to the center from
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the outside.” As a regional mall, about 75 percent to 80 percent of customers are expected to come from outside the area, Dionos said. It is too easy for motorists, especially those unfamiliar with I-75 and State Road 56, to zip past the off ramps funneling traffic toward the mall, he said. Developers are in the process of seeking the state transportation department’s approval for identifying signs at highway See OUTLETS, page 9A
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Things can get a little loud at the Dorsey house in Land O’ Lakes. With four brothers ages 6 through 11, they can fill the house up with sound. But you won’t hear a loud television blaring or children screaming over toys. Instead, you’ll hear violins being tuned. Piano keys being played. Music stands being moved into place. And then you’ll hear elegant pieces of classical music, performed by artists who spend a lot of time honing their craft. When these boys play together, it doesn’t sound like anything you’d hear on the playground. The three oldest brothers, Daniel (piano), Nathaniel (violin) and Anthony (violin), participated in this year’s Justine Le Baron Young Artists Competition, an annual event sponsored by the Florida Orchestra Musicians Association. Daniel took third place in the Junior Piano category, while youngest brother Aaron, at age 6, gave the piano a rest and sat this one out. Their mother, Rowena Dorsey, doesn’t mind the symphonic sounds in her house
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The Dorsey brothers spend many days practicing their instruments as part of their home schooling. From left, Nathaniel and Anthony are on their violins, and Daniel is on the piano.
the least little bit. “It’s like a regular music school if you ask me,” she said with a laugh. “We are kind of an unusual family.” Rowena home-schools the boys, so their music practice is a scheduled part of their day. Rather than just going through the motions, the boys enjoy working on pieces of music and performing them well, after plenty of practice. After dinner with their mother and their father, Martin, they frequently repeat their latest efforts with both parents listening to their improvement. If it sounds like music is a time-consuming pursuit for the boys, it is. But that’s what they like to do. Their parents encouraged them to pick up instruments at a young age — they all started around age 5 or age 6. But the enthusiasm is all their own.
Their parents don’t force them into competitions. They choose when they want to compete, and they practice because they want to play better. “Ultimately, I really want them to enjoy it,” Rowena said. They do enjoy playing, she said, but they’re also very competitive. That’s why a seemingly impressive performance at the Young Artists competition might be something of a disappointment. “It felt weird,” Daniel said about his thirdplace finish. “I was going against the same people in another competition and I won first (place). And I was against them again, and they beat me this time.” David likes to challenge himself, repeatedly practicing a difficult piece until he has See MUSIC, page 9A