Garden Spot High School is located in New Holland, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Founded in the 1950s, this is the only Senior High School in the Eastern Lancaster County School District.
Garden Spot High School is quite possibly most famous for its theater program, "Garden Spot Performing Arts" (GSPA). GSPA began in 1967, founded by then-High School English Teacher Stanley D. Deen. Deen lead the organization for 30 years. Credit also goes to D...
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Garden Spot High School is located in New Holland, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Founded in the 1950s, this is the only Senior High School in the Eastern Lancaster County School District.
Garden Spot High School is quite possibly most famous for its theater program, "Garden Spot Performing Arts" (GSPA). GSPA began in 1967, founded by then-High School English Teacher Stanley D. Deen. Deen lead the organization for 30 years. Credit also goes to Deen's earliest collaborators, fellow Garden Spot teachers Bill Reilly (set and lighting design), Francis A. Palumbo (costume design and make up), David Martin (set construction) and Marlin Houck (music director). Deen retired from teaching and directing at Garden Spot in 1997. To honor his legacy as both a teacher and theater director, Garden Spot's auditorium was named after him in the year 2000.
Since its founding in 1967, GSPA has been a favorite after-school activity for literally thousands of students. Every year, scores of students work...
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