Monday, August 1, 2022

2022 Season Closing Remarks

 The Chemical City Band (CCB) closed its 113th season with a concert on July 27 at the Nicholson-Guenther Community Band Shell in Midland's Central Park.  The weather cooperated again this year with all 7 concerts performed outdoors.  We want to thank all those who donated in the drum shells during the concerts, including a $2 bill, Canadian coins, and 50 cent rolls of pennies.

During the 2022 season, 78 musicians performed at least 1 concert and 9 were present for all 7 concerts.  14 high school and college students participated in addition to 11 current or retired school music directors.  In all, 48 musicians performed each week on average.  We honored one musician with 50 years of performance experience with the CCB, and acknowledged those with 40+ and 30+ years in the band.

The CCB has a 6 member Board of Directors, who are also performing members of the band:

Richard S. Harner, president

Susan Gessford, vice-president

Gaye Terwillegar, secretary

Richard L. Scott, treasurer

Mara Stewart, publicity director

Steve DeRees, music director

In addition to contributions from the general public, the Board would like to acknowledge operating 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 one-day fundraiser in May, sponsored by the Midland Area Community Foundation.  Contributions to the CCB endowment fund administered by the MACF can be made at any time by indicating the Chemical City Band long term investment fund #545.


Chemical City Band 2022

2022 Roster (in alphabetical order):

Eric Attard
Dean Bard
Greg Bovid
Tom Broka
Nicki Bruski
Autumn Brutyn
Ben Bucci
Megan Carlsen
Tom Coon
Lonny Cruff
Annie Cunningham
Ben Dawley
Tina Delong
Steve DeRees
Ethan Dotson
Rick Enszer
Jason Falkenroth
Adrienne Feige
Stephanie Gessford
Anna Gessford
Sue Gessford
Anne Halls
Rich Harner
Brady Havens
Craig Heydenberg
Wendy Hohmeyer
Lei Johnson
Everett Kalcec
Angela Kalcek
John Kostoff
Andrew Kowalski
Katelyn Kozar
Cora Lambert
David Latondress
Jim Lile
Hannah Loiselle
Laura Maiers
Paul Melichar
Mattie Midkiff
Rachel Morr
Nathan Ng
JR Nosal
Ken Pederson
Ryan Petersen
Tim Peterson
Nick Pisarcyzk
Hannah Qualls
Kevin Rash
Nicole Rausch
Andrew Reed
Tom Rice
Rachel Robbins
Stan Rowe
Tom Ryden
Lucas Scherzer
Paul Schultz
Jenny Schwab
Dick Scott
Brenda Selley
David Selley
Bobbi Sheppard
Kerry Smith
Nathan Snyder
Roger Stevens
Mara Stewart
Justin Taylor
Emelia Teed
Paul Teed
Stephanie Terpening
Gaye Terwillegar
Beth Thomas
Justin Walker
Lindsay Walker
Grant Wang
Karen Welser
Roger Welser
Jeanne Wiest
Jacob Wisenbach
Ken Ygiela