Week 2 - Wed June 20, 7:30pm

Program

Salute to the Colors, march ..........Karl L. King/Glover
Fantasia on "Lady of Spain" .........Tolchard Evans/Hunsberger
Symphonic Suite from "Star Trek" .........Michael Giacchino/Bocook
Bravada Esprit ............David Shaffer
Funiculi Funicula......... Luigi Denza/Lang

Intermission

The Naval Sea Cadet March ............Joseph Olivadoti
The Midnight Fire Alarm ...........Harry Lincoln/Krance
Selections from "Rocky"......... Bill Conti/Lowden
Transit of Venus, march ...........John Philip Sousa/Gore
America the Beautiful / National Anthem.

James Huber, directing

Our sincere thanks to the Midland Daily news for their great coverage of our first concert and the re-dedication of the band shell: http://www.ourmidland.com/news/article_dd6c1962-e975-5ab6-853d-0867cf4324bf.html

A great opening night!

It's showtime!

The 2013 concert season begins this Wednesday night at 7:30pm in the beautifully renovated Nicholson-Guenther Community Band Shell. The program can be downloaded by clicking on the graphic below:



The weather looks very promising, so be sure to join us as we celebrate the re-dedication of Midland's historic Alden B. Dow designed band shell. Click here for the history of this structure in Central Park:
http://www.ourmidland.com/entertainment/verge/article_987555b4-f892-5d4b-9a6a-16b1d25b3d7c.html

It's complete!

The band shell is completed, and we are ready to begin the 103rd season of the Chemical City Band. Mark your calendars for Wednesday June 13, 7:30pm in the newly refurbished Central Park band shell.

Summer 2012 band calendar announced!

Band shell nears completion!

April 13 photos

The band shell is nearing completion of its re-construction. While the new shell is a near identical copy of the original, the storage has been improved. The only original sections that were able to be preserved were the two walls of either side of the shell itself (those have been sandblasted down to the concrete and will be refinished to match the new material in the shell itself). The ground surrounding the structure will be graded and hydro-seeded in early May, allowing six weeks for final preparations before the summer concert season begins.

Our concert season opens on June 13th - more details to come so stay tuned!!!

Bandshell update

January 26th update

Thanks to the leadership of Craig MacDonald of the Alden B. Dow Family Foundation, the funding is now in place for a complete restoration of the Ted Nicholson band shell at Central Park. Demolition started on October 16 and the project will continue so long as the weather conditions permit. The restored band shell will be ready by May, 2012.

Some $25,000 was raised through many individual donors throughout the community. Several area foundations have made large contributions to this project, which includes a maintenance fund to ensure the structure does not fall into disrepair in the coming century. The spirit of cooperation is awesome and reflects the great Midland tradition of coming together to support community projects for the benefit of all. A total of close to $230,000 was needed to properly compete this task.