Dear friends: The Community Band presented its annual Children’s Concert for area fourth graders last Thursday to an enthusiastic audience of around 500. We felt it went very well, and we’re eagerly waiting to get feedback from the teachers about the changes that we made from previous years. The changes were prompted by several meetings with music and classroom teachers, who had many helpful suggestions.
We’re now intensely rehearsing for our Winter Concert on Saturday, December 14, at 2:00 PM at Ashbrook School auditorium. We hope you will be able to join us for “Illuminated Celebrations: Music of Traditions and Light.” The Corvallis Academy of Ballet, The Willamette Apprentice Ballet, and Bones Appetit (a trombone quartet) will join us for several numbers. I think you’ll find the afternoon both entertaining and uplifting.
The Holiday offerings include music from “The Polar Express,” “The Christmas Waltz,” “Christmas Time is Here” from the classic “Charlie Brown Christmas” and “A Most Wonderful Christmas,” a medley full of Holiday favorites. Illuminating and uplifting selections include Alfred Reed’s “Alleluia Laudamus Te,” “Joy Revisited,” by Frank Ticheli, and Sheldon’s “One Thousand Cranes.”
We are asking band members to park across the road in the parking lot for the OSU Gymnastics Center. That should free up more parking for our patrons close to the school. You may also park next door at the Department of Human Services.
Again, you are cordially invited to join us on December 14. We hope to see you there.
Sue
We value our “friends” who come to our concerts in the summer and throughout the year. We have an e-mail list to inform you about what we are doing and what volunteer opportunities we have.
E-mail List
We send out a newsletter approximately once a month, with a calendar of our concerts and information about the band. During the summer, the newsletters are a little more frequent, since we play so many concerts in June, July, and August.
If you would like to be on that list to receive Community Band News, please send your request to Sue Borden (sueborden@comcast.net). We’d like to know your mailing address and phone number, as well as your e-mail address, but the only really necessary information is your email address.
Volunteer Opportunities
From time to time, we need non-band members to help us with tasks that we often can’t do ourselves. Here’s a list of some of those:
- Ushering at indoor concerts during the academic year
- Managing sales of Band items at concerts (both summer and winter)
- Marketing – distribution of posters
- Publicity – speaking about the band at club meetings
- Expertise – help with fundraising, marketing, logistics, sound, lights
If you would like to volunteer, please contact Sue Borden (e-mail address above) who will put you in touch with our volunteer coordinator, or put you to work directly. We are always open to ideas you have, so don’t hesitate to contact us.