Dear Friends: After a short vacation following our very successful Winter Concert (Out of This World) we’re beginning our spring rehearsals on Tuesday. Thanks to all of you who were able to attend our concert (It was a very busy day – lots to do that day). If you weren’t able to come, I will send you a link to a video of the concert as soon as I have it. I hope that’s pretty soon.
From now to early June, our rehearsals will give our summer conductors a chance to try out the music they have selected and make adjustments to their programs. It also gives the core members off the band a chance to see the music at least once before the night of the concert in the park.
This summer will mark the 50th anniversary of the Corvallis Community Band, and I, for one, am thinking about how far we have come in those fifty years. I’ve been there for all of them, and have many happy memories of those years. For example, we used to say “It never rains on the Corvallis Community Band!” For many years that was really true! I can count on one hand the times that we had to stop playing because of rain. We always came to the park to play, and play we did!
I’m sure you have stories to tell about your experiences with the Community Band. I know that many of you have come for years and have made it a Tuesday night tradition in your lives. We’d love to hear those stories, and I wish we could personally interview all of you. But, in this electronic age, there’s an easy way for you to send us those stories and for us to share them. Please consider sending us your memories. We’d love to hear from you and add your comments to the history that we are compiling.
Thanks for being a friend! I’ll send you a link to our Winter concerts when I have it, and also a listing of our summer concerts. We’re waiting for sponsors to commit and for another theme or two.
Happy Spring!
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.