Thursday 10/26 Rehearsal

Dear friends, We had some excellent fellowship and wonderful food at the picnic Saturday. Thanks to those of you who came out. Last Thursday’s rehearsal was superb in that we accomplished a lot by getting the notes under our fingertips. We’ll keep that...

Thursday night 10/19 practice

Dear friends, I will share some personal insights into Sunday’s concert. Attached is the "likely" program for Christmas. Programming is not a simple task of selecting numbers that might be appropriate. It’s about pacing. Every concert starts BIG,...

To say you guys rocked is an understatement!

Dear friends, Steve and I jacked up some of the tempos and YOU HELD FIRM! To me it was like when actors have disciplined themselves to their roles in a scene, someone adlibs, and then the rest of the cast has to follow. Amazing! It was the tightest concert we have...

Thursday 10/12 Dress Rehearsal

Dear friends, For those of you new to the band our dress rehearsals are simply "run throughs without interruption." Do not dress up. We cannot get into the academy for a true dress rehearsal because it is cost prohibitive. Steve and I will spend about 10-15...

Generations Concert Order

CONCERT ORDER Star Wars Spongebob Squarepants Wizard of Oz Dance Monkey Cobra Tango Irish Washerwoman Clarinets Packing Up Mallet Maniacs Orange Blossom Special Raiders March March Grandioso On Wed, Oct 4, 2023 at 2:49 PM Jim Meredith <meredithjr> wrote: Updated...