Wayne Fox

Paul Breidenstine is a 1968 graduate of Lebanon High School. He received his Bachelor of Music in Education in 1972, Masters of Education in 1976, and Masters in Trumpet Performance in 1991 all from West Chester University. He is retired from Hamburg Area School District, where he was high school marching and concert band director as well as director of the jazz band and pep band. He also directed the pit orchestra for the school musical and was Fine Arts Department Chairman for 15 years.  He was active as a private music teacher as well as freelance musician in the central and southeastern Pennsylvania areas performing with, among others, the Reading Symphony Orchestra, Principal trumpet with the Reading Pops Orchestra where he was also librarian and Vice President of the board of directors, founding member of the Berkshire Brass, Berks Grand Opera Orchestra and Reading Civic Theater Orchestra.

Adelyn Ruth is a horn player and native of Cornwall, PA. She began playing with the Perseverance Band in 2019, during her time at Cedar Crest High School, from which she graduated in 2021 as a two-time PMEA All-State Band member. Addy is currently a student at Lebanon Valley College, halfway through earning a B.S. in Music Education and a B.A. in Music with a concentration in Horn Performance and a minor in English. She is a proud student of fellow Perseverance horn player Suzanne Fox, and a devoted member of the Pride of the Valley Marching Band, Symphony Orchestra, and Brass Quintet at LVC. Addy is the Vice President of Ritual and Co-Music Director of LVC’s chapter of Sigma Alpha Iota. She has aspirations to work in professional theatre pit orchestras and share her passion for music with young minds as an educator. She greatly values her experience in the Perseverance Band for the connections it gives her to the community and other musicians, and for the fun she has playing!

Steve Leibig is a 1978 graduate of Lebanon High School.  The decision to play trombone was easy since his Grandfather, his Father, and older brother Bruce all played trombone.  There were trombones around the house he could blow on at an early age.  Steve started playing with the Perseverance band in 1976.  It was the Bicentennial year with lots of parades and concerts.  After high school he attended a two-year trade school for electronics technology and moved to Baltimore in 1982 to work at Westinghouse Defense and Aerospace Systems Center.  Having always kept up his musical interests, he was able to play in several Baltimore area jazz bands that rehearsed weekly and played gigs all year round.  Lots of valuable experience was gained by playing along side some very good Baltimore musicians and band leaders.  It was like a seven-year music camp.  In 1989 Steve moved back to Lebanon to start a family with wife and Lebanon native Debbie.  With two young children, it was difficult to find time for many things including music.  As time moved on, time for personal interests slowly came back.  He joined the Lebanon Big Swing Band in 2007 and has been leader since 2013.  Steve presently works for Penn State Health doing radiation safety work and physics testing of diagnostic imaging equipment. He attends Church of the Good Shepherd and is part of the worship team band.  Besides music, Steve plays tennis with Debbie, rides bicycle, operates his model railroad empire, and enjoys walking their three dogs (all of them at once).