The Chemical City Band (CCB) closed its 112th Season with a concert on July 28 at the Nicholson-Guenther Community Band Shell in Midland's Central Park. With cooperating weather, we were able to hold all 7 rehearsals and perform 7 concerts outdoors this year. We consistently had large and appreciative audiences, setting an all time record on June 30 for cash/coin donations in the drum shells. On another occasion we received a significant number of Canadian coins which were exchanged for equivalent US currency.
Although our nation continues to struggle with the Covid-19 pandemic, the Chemical City Band returned to almost normal operations this summer. Those few unvaccinated musicians (mostly younger folks) were asked to wear a mask upon arriving and departing the stage. The average number of players per performance was back up to 48 (39 in 2020), drawing from a total of 69 musicians this year. Our ages ranged from 14 to 83. 19 dedicated musicians played all 7 concerts.
The CCB has a 6 member Board of Directors, who are also members of the band:
Richard S. Harner, president
Susan Gessford, vice-president
Gaye Terwillegar, secretary
Richard L. Scott, treasurer
Steve DeRees, music director
Mara Stewart, publicity director
In addition to contributions from the general public, the Board would like to acknowledge financial support from The Alden and Vada Dow Family Foundation and The Rollin M. Gerstacker Foundation. The CCB also participated in the Give Local Midland, a one-day fund raiser in May, sponsored by the Midland Area Community Foundation. Contributions to our endowment fund can be made at any time to the MACF by indicating the Chemical City Band long term investment fund #545.
2021 Roster (in alphabetical order):
Eric Attard
Dean Bard
Nicholas Bloom
Tom Broka
Nicki Bruski
Meg Carlsen
Tom Coon
Susan Cuddie-Stephens
Ben Dawley
Tina Delong
Steve DeRees
Kaitlin DeRees
Ethan Dotson
Max Doty
Ryan Egeler
Richard Enszer
Joey Essenmacher
Adrienne Feige
Amy Folkenroth
Jason Folkenroth
Lucas Foote
Anna Gessford
Dave Gessford
Stephanie Gessford
Sue Gessford
Anne Halls
Richard Harner
Brady Havens
Wendy Hohmeyer
Irene Kline
Katelynn Kosar
John Kostoff
Andrew Kowalski
Jim Lile
Hannah Loiselle
Laura Maiers
Mattie Midkiff
Rachel Morr
T.J. Neuenfeldt
Jim Pawloski
Ryan Petersen
Tom Peterson
Kevin Rash
Nicole Rausch
Andrew Reed
Tom Rice
Samuel Ringgold
Stanford Rowe
Tom Ryden
Dick Scott
Kerry Smith
Nathan Snyder
Roger Stevens
Mara Stewart
Andrew Taylor
Justin Taylor
Emilia Teed
Paul Teed
Gaye Terwillegar
Beth Thomas
Matthew Thomas
Yuki Togashi
Justin Walker
Lindsay Walker
Karen Welser
Roger Welser
Jeanne Wiest
Joel Wiseman
Jacob Wisenbach
Mackenzie Zdrojewski
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