SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:

November 10, 2017

Morning Refreshments
8:00-8:45 a.m.: Perry High School Dr. Eugene Brady Library
Sponsored by Dallas County Hospital

29th Annual Perry High School Social Studies Department Veterans Day Panel Presentation
9:00 a.m.-9:45 a.m.: Perry Performing Arts Center
We Were Soldiers
Moderators: Mr. Gary Overla, Mr. John Fulton

20h Annual Veterans Day Celebration

10:00 a.m.: Perry Performing Arts Center
Readings, Musical Selections, Video Presentations, and Special Recognition
Master of Ceremonies: Mr. Mike Powell
Featured Speaker: Mike Kelley, Vietnam War Veteran

Veterans Day Luncheon

Immediately following the Program: Perry High School Gymnasium
Sponsored by: Perry High School, Bluejay Congress, and the Student Activities Department
Meal: Hy-Vee Dustin Dietrick Catering
Atlantic Bottling Company
Servers: Crossroads Church
Desserts: PCSD Staff

November 11, 2017

Complimentary Breakfast
6:00-10:00 a.m.: Hy-Vee
Free for Veterans, Active Service, & National Guard & Reserve Personnel

Veterans Day Program Events Sponsored and Organized by:

Bluejay Congress, PHS Social Studies Department, PHS Music Department,
PHS Administration, PCSD Student Activities Department
Steve Cook, John Fulton, Linda Kaufman, Tom Lipovac, Brenda Mintun, Gary Overla,
Jenn Nelson, Brad Sparks: PCSD Music Directors
Mike Kelley, Mahlon Conaway, Perry American Legion & VFW
Larry Vodenik, John Palmer: Perry Historic Preservation Commission
Perry Piecemakers Military Quilts
Thank you to Clark Fessler & TC&B for providing the Veterans Day caps.
Thank you to Doug Wood (PEGASUS) for filming todays events.
 PERRY COMMUNITY
HIGH SCHOOL
VETERANS DAY PROGRAM

In Flanders Fields is a poem written by Dr. John McCrae, during World War I in May
1915. To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the poem and to provide a lasting
memorial to our communitys veterans, In Flanders Fields was designed as a
permanent fixture in the Perry Performing Arts Center. Commissioned with Betsy
Petersen, the display is made possible by the generosity of the Glenn Theulen Memorial,
the Perry School Foundation, the Bock Family Foundation, the Dallas County
Foundation, American Legion Post 85, Bluejay Congress, and the volunteer efforts of
numerous community members.

This year marks the 20th annual Perry Community High School Veterans Day Assembly
Program, a cooperative effort between Bluejay Congress, the Perry High School Social
Studies Department, the Perry High School Music Department, the Perry Student
Activities Department, the Perry Historic Preservation Commission, and the local Perry
chapters of the American Legion and the VFW.

On November 11, 1989, the Perry Community High School Social Studies Department of
Jim Kaufman, Tom Lipovac, and Tom Schleicher held its first Veterans Day Panel
Discussion. World War II Veterans Mayor George Soumas, Mr. Emil Natalle, and Mr.
Dale Grow visited with our American History students. Each Veterans Day since,
veterans have visited Perry High School sharing their memories. On Veterans Day in
1997, Mr. Natalle remarked that no community observance of this special day was
planned. With this in mind, Bluejay Congress under the leadership of Linda Kaufman
and International Affairs class taught by Tom Lipovac, organized and hosted the first
Perry High School Veterans Day Celebration in 1998.
Perry Community
High School

TWENTIETH ANNUAL
VETERANS DAY
CELEBRATION
November 10, 2017
10:00 a.m.
 TWENTIETH ANNUAL VETERANS DAY CELEBRATION

Please stand as the flag enters and remain standing through the National Anthem.

Posting of the Colors and Veterans Procession VFW & Am. Legion Color Guard

Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag ............Led by Mahlon Conaway

The Star-Spangled Banner ....arr. Griffith

Select Choir & Jenn Nelson, Director

Introductory Remarks & Origins of Veterans Day..Mike Powell

A Tribute to the Armed Services .......arr. Larson

Select Choir & Jenn Nelson, Director
Veterans: Please stand accordingly with your military branch hymn.

Special Recognition: The Wilson Family .......................................................Gene Peel

Perry Historic Preservation

St. Crispins Day: Band of Brothers .......Mayor Jay Pattee

Perrys Band of Brothers (& Sisters) Video.. Jo Stafford, Frank Sinatra, & Nora Jones

Guest Speaker.............Mike Kelley American Legion Commander

Turn, Turn, Turn ....Pete Seger

Jan & Jay Pattee

In Flanders Fields & the Veterans Day Poppy ............................Jacob Prombo

American Legion Boys State

Danny Boy ..arr. Knowles

Breanna Penenger IHSMA All-State & Jenn Nelson Accompanist

If Youre Reading This (Violet Hill Cemetery Video)...Tim McGraw

Closing Remarks .............Mike Powell

Please Stand and Remain Silent

Taps ......Daniel Butterfield
Angel Escobar, Karen Romero

Retiring of the Colors Color Guard

From this day to the ending of the world, but we in it shall

be remembered We few, we happy few, we band of
brothers; for he today that sheds his blood with me shall be
my brother
- William Shakespeare