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Local talent part of Gabriel Youth Orchestra

ANDREW LEIBENGUTH/TIMES NEWS Young members of the Gabriel Youth Orchestra (GYO) held their holiday concert recently at the <a href="http://D.H.H">D.H.H</a>. Lengel Middle School in Pottsville. The GYO is comprised of about 50 talented performers from band members in school grades 7th to 12th, a majority of which are from the Tamaqua and eastern Schuylkill County area. It is under the guardianship of the Gabriel Chamber Ensemble (GCE), based out of New Ringgold. The orchestra, is under the direction of conductor and music director John F. Potlunas, who retired recently from the position of Tamaqua Raider Band Director. Potlunas also directed the Schuylkill Youth Symphony Orchestra for eighteen years. Meeting every Wednesday from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m., the orchestra is always looking for new talent to add to their roster. For more information, contact directors Simon or Agnes Maurer at (570) 943-2558 or via their website <a href="http://www.gabrielensemble.org">www.gabrielensemble.org</a> Music director and conductor John F. Potlunas encourages the crowd to clap along during one of orchestra's Christmas pieces.