UnionVerse Kicks off the Unionville Community Fair

The high school is preparing to celebrate its 102nd Unionville Community Fair between October 2nd and 4th. The fair has historically celebrated Chester County’s agricultural heritage and serves as a gathering for residents. The event includes agricultural shows where residents enter thousands of livestock, vegetables, and baked goods to be judged. The winners, of course, receive ribbons—and most importantly, bragging rights. The fair also plays a major role for the youth, highlighting local 4-H clubs and the Future Farmers of America. Additionally, arts and crafts as well as science exhibits from our district’s students are featured in the main exhibition tent. This year, a band made up of Unionville High School students is performing.

Electric guitarist, junior Lucas Glowatz, pianist and vocalist, sophomore Noah Wilson, and drummer, sophomore Jace Gagliardi met in the 8th grade jazz band three years ago. After the middle school’s annual spring concert, Glowatz proposed to form a trio “to see if they could get something going.” The trio came up with the name UnionVerse—Union, as an homage to the high school, and verse, as in the musical term.

The band started recording covers in home studios, where they began to shine. Eventually, opportunities like the UHS Staff Convocation, the Kindness Festival, and the middle school pep rallies came along. Since then, the band has added freshman Riley Manigly, who brought bass guitar and saxophone to the group.

Ever since performing at the Kennett Creamery for a fundraiser supporting the United Way Foundation, the band has received many more offers to perform; their showing at the Community Fair will mark their twelfth performance. Looking ahead, the band will be headlining a show at The Queen in Wilmington Delaware on October 11.

Glowatz claims he is most proud of how they’ve “grown beyond just being a group of musicians who get together and play” and how they’ve “learned to organize the rehearsals, build setlists, communicate with venues, promote, and create opportunities to perform.” The group has discovered to treat the band as a business while maintaining its focus on the music. Each member has grown musically and learned to be better bandmates with each other; this independence, organization, and passion for music is why UnionVerse has grown so quickly.

In regards to the fair, Glowatz thinks that events like it are important because live music can bring people together in times of negativity and division. Music puts all of that aside for a while and helps people share positivity with each other.

Make sure to come to the Unionville Community Fair between October 2nd and 4th: entry is free. Come on Friday, the 2nd, at 4:30 to watch UnionVerse open up the fair’s entertainment! Hope to see you there!