[BBCB-Mail] band update and concert details

[Leslie Palacios]

Hello Band!
This is a littel long but there is updated concert info.

We the following rehearsals, all at 7:30pm, remaining this season:
Wednesday May 16 Blacksburg High School Band Room
Wednesday May 23 Blacksburg High School Band Room
Wednesday May 30 Blacksburg High School Band Room
Wednesday June 13 Squires Student Center room 243
Wednesday June 20 Squires Student Center location TBD
Wednesady June 27 Squires Student Center room 243

Rehearsals will begin again September 5, 2007 in the Blacksburg high
school band room

Here is information on our upcoming summer concerts including detailed
information on the first three dates with Music lists.

Dress for all summer concerts will be white top (preferrable band
shirt), khaki bottoms (pants, shorts, skirt, capris, etc.) Consider
bringing bottled water and bug repelent to outdoor venues.

SATURDAY MAY 19 - ARMED FORCES DAY CONCERT
Location: Claytor Lake
Time 2:00pm downbeat, be there ready to play at 1:30pm
Picnic follows concert
Concert Order
1       Star Spangled Banner, The - John Stafford Smith, arr.
Department of Defense
2       Armed Forces Salute - arr. Bob Lowden, Joyce Eilers
3       Liberty Bell March, The - John Philip Sousa, arr. William D. Revelli
4       American Folk Rhapsody #3 -  arr. Claire Grundman
5       This Land Is Your Land - Woody Guthrie, arr. G. Kenny
6       Anzio - Steven E. Brown
7       Rushmore - Alfred Reed
8       Sinatra In Concert - arr. Jerry Nowak
9       Radetzky March - Johann Strauss, arr. Alfred Reed
10     God Bless America - Irving Berlin, arr. Keith Christopher &
John Moss
11     America The Beautiful - Samuel Augustus Ward, arr. Carmen Dragon
12     Stars & Stripes Forever - John Philip Sousa, arr. Keith Brion

Entrance to the Park is free for band Members. Let them know at the gate.

Please be sure to bring your instrument, music, music stand.  Consider
sunscreen, a hat and a bottle of water.

PICNIC - The band will provide beverages, paper goods, plasticware and
ice.  Please bring your favorite dish(s) to share.  If your item is
parishable we will have some cooler space to help keep things yummy!

THURSDAY MAY 24
XYZ Blacksburg United Methodist Church
6pm optional dinner
7pm downbeat for concert (be ready to play at 6:30pm)

Music Order
1       Liberty Bell March, The - John Philip Sousa, arr. William D. Revelli
2       American Folk Rhapsody #3 -  arr. Claire Grundman
3       Song Of The Nightingale - F. Filipovsky, arr. L.P. Laurendau
4       Anzio - Steven E. Brown
5       Kellie's Song - John R. Howell
6       Sinatra In Concert - arr. Jerry Nowak
7       Punch And Judy - Henry Mancini, arr. Johnny Warrington
8       Bye Bye Birdie - Charles Strouse
9       Funiculi Funicula - Luigi Denza, arr. Philip Lang

Bring your instrument, your music, music stand. Although we will be
inside please note that it is usually VERY warm in the social hall.

Dinner is available if you would like to participate.  It is a catered
buffet that will most likely have: Fried chicken, ham, mashed
potaotes, green beans, corn pudding, broccoli salad, jello salad,
assorted beverages and desserts. Cost is ususally around $5.


MONDAY MAY 28 -
Memorial Day Concert
Warm Hearth Retirement Community Gazebo (inclement weather: Karr
Actvities Center) Downbeat 10:45am (be there no later than 10:15am)

Music Order
10:45am Pre-Ceremony Music
1  This Land Is Your Land - Woody Guthrie, arr. G. Kenny
2  Liberty Bell March, The - John Philip Sousa, arr. William D. Revelli
3  America The Beautiful - Samuel Augustus Ward, arr. Carmen Dragon
11:00 am - Ceremony Music
4  Star Spangled Banner, The - John Stafford Smith, arr. Department of
Defense
5  Armed Forces Salute - arr. Bob Lowden, Joyce Eilers
6  God Bless America - Irving Berlin, arr. Keith Christopher & John
Moss
11:45 am - Post-Ceremony Music
7 Stars & Stripes Forever - John Philip Sousa, arr. Keith Brion

Bring: Instrument, music, music stand

Future Concerts
WEDNESDAY JUNE 6 - Warm Hearth Retirement Community Summer Concert Karr
Actvities Center 7:00pm downbeat

THURSDAY JUNE 14 Wheatlands Retirement Community 7:00PM downbeat

WEDNESDAY JULY 4 Blacksburg Independence Day Parade and Celebration -
Parade 2:00pm, Picnic 4:00pm, Concert 6:00pm

SATURDAY JULY 14 RURITAN FISH FRY Slusher Chapel Time 5:00pm downbeat

TUESDAY JULY 17 - Radford Concert Series - Bisett Park Gazebo 7:00pm downbeat

SATURDAY AUGUST 4 - Steppin' Out 12:00pm downbeat Main Stage