Wayne Fox has been the conductor of the Perseverance Band since 1979. He is a 1973 graduate of Lebanon Valley College with a B.S. degree in Music Education. He also holds a Master’s degree in Jazz Pedagogy from the University of Miami (Coral Gables, FL). He is retired from the Cornwall-Lebanon School District where he taught for elementary band 37 years. He also served as the Music Department Chair for 26 years. He is active as a private music instructor and freelance musician in the Central Pennsylvania area performing with, among others, the Hershey Theater Orchestra, the Buzz Jones Big Band, the Dave Stahl Big Band, the Blue Moon Big Band, and the Bill Dayton Orchestra.
​Katelyn Daski is a native of Myerstown and a graduate of Cedar Crest High School.  She participated in multiple county, district, and regional band festivals during that time.  Katelyn then continued on to study at Lebanon Valley College, where she earned her B.S. in Music Education, with a focus on flute, as well as a B.A. in Music, with a focus on sacred music.  She is also an avid handbell ringer – in addition to her flute studies, she is proud to be the first person to ever give a solo handbell recital at the college. 
Katelyn is grateful to play with the Perseverance Band of Lebanon; she also plays oboe for the Keystone Band of Rehrersburg and handbells at Trinity Lutheran Church in Lebanon.  Katelyn currently resides in Lebanon with her spouse, Jarred, and their cat Dinah.
​George Felder was graduated from Cedar Cliff HS in 1964, and matriculated to Gettysburg College that fall, as a Pre-Med major.   Apparently, as his dad stated, he REALLY was going into Oceanography, as all his grades were "below C-level" resulting in an educational transfer to "United States Musical College," or more aptly:  Uncle Sam's Misguided Children (USMC) where he played in the Parris Island and Quantico field bands.
Upon returning to Gettysburg, he was now an "elder statesman" in the class of 1970 instead of 1968.   He had 3 different band directors in college---coincidental?
His mother was a music teacher (LVC 1937) and started him on piano at age 2 1/2, where he promptly discovered that one could make 10 mistakes at one time on the piano!   Hence, at age 3, he had decided on trombone, where one can only play ONE bad note at a time!
Returning from Germany where is dad was stationed, he started trombone in 7th grade, and central PA has not been the same since.   He has played in many town bands, most notably the New Cumberland Town Band, the Washington Band of Annville, and finally, the Perseverance Band of Lebanon.   The others where he subbed will NOT be mentioned to save their reputations!
He had a 20-year career with the Harrisburg Symphony, and a 25-year career with the 553rd Band of the Air National Guard in Middletown (at that time.)
He also was first (and only) call bass trombonist for the shows at the old Hershey Arena and the Hershey Theater, like the Ice Capades, Ice Follies, and assorted shows at the arena and theater.  All that ended in 1996 when the bass trombonist also had to double on tuba!  Since he had no idea how to play anything with valves, that ended his participation in those shows.
HIs main gig was a 36 yr. career with the Surgery Dept. of the MS Hershey Med Center, where he received a MS in Polymer Science from PSU in 1993.
He retired in 2006, and promptly became the bane of the neighborhood and his long-suffering wife Donna, with whom he lives in Annville with their standard poodle Nitzi.
He really enjoys playing with the Perseverance Band and the Central Pennsylvania Symphony.  We are not sure of the thoughts of those perspective musicians!
​ Colin McGrory is currently the Band Director at Lebanon High School, in Lebanon Pennsylvania, where he directs Symphonic Band, Jazz Band, Marching Band and Musical Pit Orchestra. Additionally, he has started several chamber music groups including Percussion Ensemble and Woodwind Quintet. Lebanon High School ensembles enjoy many public performances both on campus and in the local community.
 
In addition to teaching, Colin is an active private teacher and clarinetist. His private students have been selected to All State Festivals, and many have been accepted to college music programs. Colin holds a Master of Music in Clarinet Performance from Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, and a Bachelor of Music in Music Education from Susquehanna University. He is a graduate of South Brunswick High School, in Monmouth Junction, New Jersey. Colin’s principal clarinet teachers are Maureen Hurd, Colleen Hartung, Deborah Andrus, and George Balog.
 
Colin enjoys playing with the Perseverance Band of Lebanon in the summers and appreciates and respects the many talented musicians that play in the group. He lives outside of Reading, Pennsylvania with his wife Sarah, daughter Charlotte, and son Declan.