Week 6 - July 26 Concert

UPDATE: Concert is cancelled due to weather

The Chemical City Band will perform its 6th concert of the 2017 season on Wednesday, July 26 at the Nicholson-Guenther Community Band Shell in Midland's Central Park, starting at 7:30 PM.

The combined concert with the Auburn Community Band last week (July 19) was taped by MCTV and currently streaming on-line.  A DVD copy is also available to the local community for $10. If interested, just stop in at the Grace A. Dow Memorial Library mezzanine office to reserve one.

The following musical selections will be presented:

Northern Lights...............................................................Larry Neeck

Kentucky Sunrise.........................................Karl King, arr. R. Foster

Stardust.................Hoagy Carmichael, arr. N. Wayland, adpt. J. Hall

The Water is Wide...........................................arr. Darren W. Jenkins

Montana.................................................................Jan Van der Roost

Intermission

Porter's Catalina Band....................Dwight McCaughey, ed. T. Rhea

Woodland Hills...............................................................Ed Huckeby

Pilgrim's Chorus, "Tannhauser"..........Richard Wagner, arr. A. Reed

Eighties Flashback....................................................arr. Paul Murtha

The Corcoran Cadets March..................................John Philip Sousa

America, the Beautiful.................Samuel F. Ward, arr. A.F. Gaylord

The Star-Spangled Banner.....John Stafford Smith, arr. A.F. Gaylord

Week 5 - July 19 Concert

The Chemical City Band will perform its 5th concert of the 2017 season on Wednesday, July 19 at the Nicholson-Guenther Community Band Shell in Midland's Central Park, starting at 7:30 PM.

This week we share the stage with the Auburn Community Band of Auburn, Indiana (http://www.acbindiana.com).  This group is traveling to Midland by bus as part of their 35th anniversary festivities.  They will tour the Midland Center for the Arts and have dinner at the Midland First United Methodist Church before the concert.  

In case of rain, the performance will be moved to the Northeast Middle School gymnasium.  Please check this blog or our Facebook page for last minute details.

The following musical selections will be presented:

Auburn Community Band

Don Riley, Director

It Don't Mean A Thing...........................Duke Ellington, arr. J. Moss

God's Country..........................................................Rossano Galante

Tales of Sea and Sail.......................................................Larry Neeck

Chemical City Band

Steve DeRees, Director

Procession of Nobles.....Nicholas Rimsky-Korsakov, arr. E. Leidzen

Fantasy Adventure at the Movies.................................arr. M. Brown

Arsenal, Concert March.........................................Jan Van der Roost

Combined Bands

Directors TBD

Washington Post March.........................................John Philip Sousa

Elegy for the U.S.S. Arizona.................................Larry MacTaggart

America, the Beautiful.........Samuel Augustus Ward, arr. C. Dragon

The Star-Spangled Banner...............................arr. John Philip Sousa

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Week 4 - July 12 Concert

The Chemical City Band will perform its 4th the concert of the 2017 season on Wednesday, July 12 at the Nicholson-Guenther Community Band Shell in Midland's Central Park, starting at 7:30 PM.

Precipitation is forecast once again during the concert.  Please check this blog or our Facebook page for last minute details.  If rain prevents us from playing at the band shell, the concert will be canceled.

The following musical selections will be presented:

Sea Songs.......................Ralph Vaughan Williams, arr. R. Longfield

The Girl from Ipanema.....Jobim, Gimbel, & Moraes, arr. J. Ployhar

Alla Barocco............................Caesar Giovannini, arr. W. Robinson

Golden Jubilee March....................John Philip Sousa, arr. F. Fennell

Intermission

The Entertainer, A Ragtime Two-Step.......Scott Joplin, arr. A. Reed

Ammerland..................................................................Jacob de Haan

Silver Winds...................................................................Victor Lopez

Orange Bowl March...................................................Henry Fillmore

America, the Beautiful.................Samuel F. Ward, arr. A.F. Gaylord

The Star-Spangled Banner.....John Stafford Smith, arr. A.F. Gaylord

Week 3 - July 5 Concert

The Chemical City Band will perform its 3rd concert of the 2017 season on Wednesday, July 5 at the Nicholson-Guenther Community Band Shell in Midland's Central Park, starting at 7:30 PM.

Fortunately, rain should not be an issue this week.  Parking is open on Collins Street near the continuing construction, and also south of the band shell (over the hill).

The following musical selections will be presented:

Yankee Doodle Dandy................George M. Cohan, arr. E. Osterling

Panorama U.S.A.....................................................James D. Ployhar

Let Freedom Ring (My Country, 'Tis of Thee).....arr. James Curnow

The Liberty Bell March...................John Philip Sousa, arr. M. Story

Intermission

Americans We March.........................Henry Fillmore, ed. F. Fennell

Themes Like Old Times III..........................................arr. W. Barker

Upon These Grounds...............................................John Tatgenhorst

Salute to America's Finest.........................................arr. P. Lavender

The Stars and Stripes Forever................................John Philip Sousa

America the Beautiful..................Samuel F. Ward, arr. A.F. Gaylord

The Star Spangled Banner.....John Stafford Smith, arr. A.F. Gaylord