Pete Guidi, president and chief operating officer of Ward Manufacturing in Blossburg, accepts a Platinum Sponsor Appreciation Award plaque from Endless Mountain Music Festival Executive Director Cynthia Long. “Ward Manufacturing has made a big impact on our community through their ongoing commitment to local organizations, like ours,” said Long. For the past 17 years, including 2023, Ward has supported the festival. On Friday, July 28, 2023, Ward is sponsoring the “Lift Up Your Voices and Sing” concert in Mansfield University’s Steadman Theater. It will open with the EMMF Symphony Orchestra performing Schedrin’s “Carmen” Suite for strings directed by EMMF Resident Conductor Teresa Chung. Mansfield University Director of Choral Activities Peggy Dettwiler will then conduct the orchestra and singers from the university and area communities in a performance of W. A. Mozart’s “Coronation Mass K.317.”