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Volume 23, Number 10
COGINCHAUG VALEDICTORIAN
OUT & ABOUT
Lyman Orchards prepares for strawberry festival By Bailey Wright Town Times
Lyman Orchards in Middlefield will hold its annual Strawberry Fest next weekend, kicking off a summer full of events and fruit picking.
Coginchaug Regional High School’s 2019 valedictorian Emily Dell'Orfano poses at the school on Monday, June 3. Bailey Wright, Town Times
“The Strawberry Fest is really an opportunity for us to invite our guests to come out to the farm and just have a fun-filled day,
communing with mother nature, picking great strawberries, having fun, listen to live music, take horse-drawn wagon rides, and of course enjoying strawberry flavored treats,” said Lyman Orchards spokesperson Tim Burt. The Saturday, June 15 festival will also feature music from Presley & Taylor, a See Festival, A21
Dell’Orfano headed to UConn to study music education
“I grew up doing dance, so I always loved performing. And then I did my first musical when I was like 8 … I really just fell in love with it,” she said.
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“It just fascinated me how you can play one piece and every single person will preserve it differently or per-
form it differently just to express themselves,” she said. Dell’Orfano will continue to pursue her passion for music with a full tuition scholarship to the University of Connecticut. Studying music education in a five-year program, she will graduate with both a bachelors and masters degree.
Lyman Orchards spokesperson Tim Burt takes a photo of a large strawberry on Tuesday, June 4. Strawberries cover almost seven acres of the orchards. Bailey Wright, Town Times
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Sat, June 15, 2019 • 9:00am–2pm
Klingberg Family Centers, 370 Linwood St, New Britain, CT
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General: $10 • Seniors (65+): $8 • Children 12 & under: Free Spectator parking will be at New Britain Stadium
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June 15 is the second of three events in the 2019 Klingberg Vintage Motorcar Series. June 15 will be the big show, featuring a pre-war Concours d’Elegance.
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Coginchaug Regional High School valedictorian Emily Dell’Orfano has been in love with performing and music since childhood.
Dell’Orfano has been dancing, singing, playing piano and the clarinet for years. She said she loves that music can be interpreted differently by different people, something she learned from transitioning piano teachers.
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By Bailey Wright Town Times