Dear Band:
I am so excited to start off the 2019-2020 season!
The first thing that I would like to say is that the Beach Bash Concert was awesome!! You really played well and the audience was truly appreciative! I would like to pass on a comment from one of our members after listening to Ron Foster’s equally awesome recording of our concert, “I just finished listening to our concert and I just have to say, “Wow!” I sincerely believe that is the best we have sounded since I joined the band about 5 years ago! … I mean, Damn!”
Our summer has been filled with sun and fun, family and friends! My prayer is that you, too, have had an opportunity to slow down a bit, sip some lemonade and rejoice in the beauty of God’s Creation!
Here again is the schedule for the fall:
- Rehearsals begin – Tuesday, August 6th
- Lakeside Service – Sunday, September 22nd
- Veteran’s Day Concert – Sunday, November 10
- Jingle Mingle Performance – Saturday, November 23 (Downtown Gainesville)
- No Rehearsals – Thanksgiving Break – Tuesday, November 26th & December 3rd
- Rehearsals resume – Tuesday, December 10
- No Rehearsals – Christmas Break – Tuesday, December 24 – 31
- Rehearsals resume – Tuesday, January 7th, 2020
The rest of the season is coming together nicely. I’ll have that out to you soon.
I have my baton warming up already! I trust that you are ready to blow the cobwebs off of your instruments and remember which end to blow into because rehearsals start on this coming Tuesday, August 6thfrom 6-7:30pm.
Here is some music for the first rehearsal:
- 41 – National Emblem March
- 194 – Within These Hallowed Halls
- 429 – Irving Berlin’s Songs for America
- 520 – America the Beautiful
- 533 – The Star-Spangled Banner
- 552 – Armed Forces Salute
- 603 – Hymn to the Fallen
- 644 – Normandy Beach
- 666 – The Greatest Generation
- 717 – Mission Apollo
I am ordering a few pieces, some suggested by members, to sight read in the next few weeks and some warm-up material! I am always open and appreciative of suggestions! Now where did I put that Johann Suggestion Box!?
Blessings!
David