{"id":83369,"date":"2021-02-09T08:43:17","date_gmt":"2021-02-09T13:43:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/?p=83369"},"modified":"2021-02-11T07:41:43","modified_gmt":"2021-02-11T12:41:43","slug":"ofa-bands-and-owego-hose-team-join-forces-to-host-valentines-day-chicken-bbq","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2021\/02\/09\/ofa-bands-and-owego-hose-team-join-forces-to-host-valentines-day-chicken-bbq\/","title":{"rendered":"OFA Bands and Owego Hose Team join forces to host Valentine\u2019s Day Chicken BBQ"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Owego Free Academy (OFA) Bands and Owego Hose Teams, Inc. will host a chicken barbeque on Saturday, Feb. 13, from 11 a.m. until gone and with pickup at the Owego Apalachin Middle School, located at 3 Sheldon Guile Blvd. Proceeds benefit the OFA Band\u2019s composition project.<\/p>\n<p>OFA Band members and their director, Lindsey Williams, are commissioning Dr. Dana Wilson, of Ithaca College, to write a new work for concert band in honor of the Village of Owego. The OFA Band members were inspired to seek this commission after learning past OFA teachers and student teachers, Frank Battisti, Roger Keagle, and Philip Paul Bliss were active in commissioning and composing.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Tioga County Historical Society has been instrumental in helping collect information on historic figures and events for the piece. In the months to come, members of the grades seven thru 12 bands and choruses will learn about Owego\u2019s local history, composing and commissioning virtually with Professors Wilson and Battisti.&nbsp;<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2021\/02\/Bands2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-83371\" src=\"http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2021\/02\/Bands2.jpg\" alt=\"OFA Bands and Owego Hose Team join forces to host Valentine\u2019s Day Chicken BBQ\" width=\"300\" height=\"464\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2021\/02\/Bands2.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2021\/02\/Bands2-194x300.jpg 194w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>A digital premiere, much like the&nbsp;OA Music Department&#8217;s recent \u201cHoliday Sing Along,\u201d is to be released in June through the OFA Bands\u2019 social media sites and broadcast on WEBO in honor of both Mr. Battisti&#8217;s 90th birthday and the Owego Rotary&#8217;s Centennial Anniversary.&nbsp;<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The piece is in tribute to the Village of Owego\u2019s valiant support of arts and culture over the past 100 years and all the years yet to come.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The menu will include \u201cCornell Chicken\u201d halves; the Duke\u2019s baked beans, salt potatoes, and Roma roll for $10.&nbsp;Take-out, drive thru, or home delivery is available.&nbsp;<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The hose team chicken barbecues typically sell out in an hour or two, so pre-order is strongly recommended.&nbsp;Pre-orders can be made at <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/oabandbbq\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/oabandbbq<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you would like more information, to get involved, or to sponsor this project, contact Lindsey Williams at <a href=\"mailto:williamsl@oacsd.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">williamsl@oacsd.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>(Note from the Editor:&nbsp;Mariah Salter,&nbsp;a scout from Troop 40925, has developed a project to help the local band programs at the Owego Apalachin School as well, with donations of unwanted instruments being dropped off at the Owego Apalachin Elementary School during the BBQ. You can read that story <a href=\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2021\/02\/09\/local-scout-collecting-for-the-sound-of-music\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Owego Free Academy (OFA) Bands and Owego Hose Teams, Inc. will host a chicken barbeque on Saturday, Feb. 13, from 11 a.m. until gone&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":83370,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-83369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>OFA Bands and Owego Hose Team join forces to host Valentine\u2019s Day Chicken BBQ - Owego Pennysaver Press<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2021\/02\/09\/ofa-bands-and-owego-hose-team-join-forces-to-host-valentines-day-chicken-bbq\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"OFA Bands and Owego Hose Team join forces to host Valentine\u2019s Day Chicken BBQ - Owego Pennysaver Press\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Owego Free Academy (OFA) Bands and Owego Hose Teams, Inc. will host a chicken barbeque on Saturday, Feb. 13, from 11 a.m. until gone...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2021\/02\/09\/ofa-bands-and-owego-hose-team-join-forces-to-host-valentines-day-chicken-bbq\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Owego Pennysaver Press\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/The-Owego-Pennysaver-49179420591\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-02-09T13:43:17+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-02-11T12:41:43+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2021\/02\/Bands1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"699\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"535\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"psadvert\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"psadvert\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2021\/02\/09\/ofa-bands-and-owego-hose-team-join-forces-to-host-valentines-day-chicken-bbq\/\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2021\/02\/09\/ofa-bands-and-owego-hose-team-join-forces-to-host-valentines-day-chicken-bbq\/\",\"name\":\"OFA Bands and Owego Hose Team join forces to host Valentine\u2019s Day Chicken BBQ - Owego Pennysaver Press\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2021\/02\/09\/ofa-bands-and-owego-hose-team-join-forces-to-host-valentines-day-chicken-bbq\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2021\/02\/09\/ofa-bands-and-owego-hose-team-join-forces-to-host-valentines-day-chicken-bbq\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2021\/02\/Bands1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-02-09T13:43:17+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-02-11T12:41:43+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/#\/schema\/person\/e03684194434956dfb61f5ffcbc19492\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2021\/02\/09\/ofa-bands-and-owego-hose-team-join-forces-to-host-valentines-day-chicken-bbq\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2021\/02\/09\/ofa-bands-and-owego-hose-team-join-forces-to-host-valentines-day-chicken-bbq\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2021\/02\/09\/ofa-bands-and-owego-hose-team-join-forces-to-host-valentines-day-chicken-bbq\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2021\/02\/Bands1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2021\/02\/Bands1.jpg\",\"width\":699,\"height\":535,\"caption\":\"Pictured, hose team members Steve Tiffany and Tom Donovan \u2018man\u2019 the chicken cooker. Provided photo.\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2021\/02\/09\/ofa-bands-and-owego-hose-team-join-forces-to-host-valentines-day-chicken-bbq\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"OFA Bands and Owego Hose Team join forces to host Valentine\u2019s Day Chicken BBQ\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/#website\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/\",\"name\":\"Owego Pennysaver Press\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/#\/schema\/person\/e03684194434956dfb61f5ffcbc19492\",\"name\":\"psadvert\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0f42612cb07a4c4b7f1eb18ddb88bac4f8054cf2755aff2b1ac4f82d9e9ffd01?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0f42612cb07a4c4b7f1eb18ddb88bac4f8054cf2755aff2b1ac4f82d9e9ffd01?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"psadvert\"},\"url\":\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/author\/psadvert\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"OFA Bands and Owego Hose Team join forces to host Valentine\u2019s Day Chicken BBQ - Owego Pennysaver Press","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2021\/02\/09\/ofa-bands-and-owego-hose-team-join-forces-to-host-valentines-day-chicken-bbq\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"OFA Bands and Owego Hose Team join forces to host Valentine\u2019s Day Chicken BBQ - Owego Pennysaver Press","og_description":"The Owego Free Academy (OFA) Bands and Owego Hose Teams, Inc. will host a chicken barbeque on Saturday, Feb. 13, from 11 a.m. until gone...","og_url":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2021\/02\/09\/ofa-bands-and-owego-hose-team-join-forces-to-host-valentines-day-chicken-bbq\/","og_site_name":"Owego Pennysaver Press","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/The-Owego-Pennysaver-49179420591\/","article_published_time":"2021-02-09T13:43:17+00:00","article_modified_time":"2021-02-11T12:41:43+00:00","og_image":[{"width":699,"height":535,"url":"http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2021\/02\/Bands1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"psadvert","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"psadvert","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2021\/02\/09\/ofa-bands-and-owego-hose-team-join-forces-to-host-valentines-day-chicken-bbq\/","url":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2021\/02\/09\/ofa-bands-and-owego-hose-team-join-forces-to-host-valentines-day-chicken-bbq\/","name":"OFA Bands and Owego Hose Team join forces to host Valentine\u2019s Day Chicken BBQ - Owego Pennysaver Press","isPartOf":{"@id":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2021\/02\/09\/ofa-bands-and-owego-hose-team-join-forces-to-host-valentines-day-chicken-bbq\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2021\/02\/09\/ofa-bands-and-owego-hose-team-join-forces-to-host-valentines-day-chicken-bbq\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2021\/02\/Bands1.jpg","datePublished":"2021-02-09T13:43:17+00:00","dateModified":"2021-02-11T12:41:43+00:00","author":{"@id":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/#\/schema\/person\/e03684194434956dfb61f5ffcbc19492"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2021\/02\/09\/ofa-bands-and-owego-hose-team-join-forces-to-host-valentines-day-chicken-bbq\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2021\/02\/09\/ofa-bands-and-owego-hose-team-join-forces-to-host-valentines-day-chicken-bbq\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2021\/02\/09\/ofa-bands-and-owego-hose-team-join-forces-to-host-valentines-day-chicken-bbq\/#primaryimage","url":"http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2021\/02\/Bands1.jpg","contentUrl":"http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2021\/02\/Bands1.jpg","width":699,"height":535,"caption":"Pictured, hose team members Steve Tiffany and Tom Donovan \u2018man\u2019 the chicken cooker. Provided photo."},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2021\/02\/09\/ofa-bands-and-owego-hose-team-join-forces-to-host-valentines-day-chicken-bbq\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"OFA Bands and Owego Hose Team join forces to host Valentine\u2019s Day Chicken BBQ"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/#website","url":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/","name":"Owego Pennysaver Press","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/#\/schema\/person\/e03684194434956dfb61f5ffcbc19492","name":"psadvert","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0f42612cb07a4c4b7f1eb18ddb88bac4f8054cf2755aff2b1ac4f82d9e9ffd01?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0f42612cb07a4c4b7f1eb18ddb88bac4f8054cf2755aff2b1ac4f82d9e9ffd01?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"psadvert"},"url":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/author\/psadvert\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83369","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83369"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83369\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/83370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}