St. Louis Park Community Band Welcomes Back Director

unnamed-3The St. Louis Park Community Band Welcomed back director Steve Lyons last night after a short leave during the summer season.  Rehearsals for the fall and winter seasons have begun.  Last night we previewed several songs for our Halloween concert at Rosedale Center on October 29th.

Announcing Our Summer Repertoire!

We are pleased to announce two unique concert experiences for our various summer concerts.  Please join us for more than one concert as you will hear different music at different venues!  Concert details can be found on the right column.  Summer concerts include:

  • Monday, June 13, 6:45p.m., St. Louis Park High School, St. Louis Park
  • Wednesday, June 15, 7:00p.m., Town Green Park, Maple Grove
  • Wednesday, June 22, 7:00 p.m., Centennial Lakes Park, Edina
  • Sunday, June 26, 3:00p.m., Como Dockside Pavilion, St. Paul
  • Friday, July 8, 7:00p.m., Staring Lake Park, Eden Prairie
  • Saturday, July 16, 2:00 p.m., Downtown Park, Hopkins
  • Wednesday, July 27, 7:00p.m., Wolfe Park, St. Louis Park

Music selections include:

Series A

  • The White Plume March
  • Themes Like Old Times
  • Sieglindia
  • Goober Peas
  • Armed Forces Salute
  • Clear Track Polka
  • Mother Goose March
  • Danzas Cubanas
  • Dance of the Hours
  • Shake A Tail Feather

Series B

  • American Visions
  • Puszta
  • I Got Plenty O’ Nothin’
  • Hava Nagila
  • Armed Forces Salute
  • Vaudeville Spectacular
  • Someone To Watch Over Me
  • Glenn Miller In Concert
  • Lest We Forget
  • Shake A Tail Feather

Repertoire Announced For Memorial Day Ceremony

We are pleased to announce the repertoire for our Memorial Day ceremony on Monday, May 20th at Wolfe Park in St. Louis Park. We will be providing patriotic music before the ceremony begins starting at 10:45 am. We will also be providing musical interludes to compliment the ceremony.  This event is free and open to the public.  Songs to be performed include:

  • Star-Spangled Salute
  • The White Plume
  • Lest We Forget
  • Armed Forces Salute
  • American Visions

Repertoire Announced for Tuesday, April 5th

We are pleased to announce the repertoire for our concert on Tuesday, April 5th at Edinborough Park in Edina. Admission is free and begins at 7:00 p.m.

This time of year people get hungry for Spring time and warmer weather.  Our concert music will focus on the family vacation and popular travel destinations.

North America destinations include Selections from “Chicago”, Foshay Tower Washington Memorial March, and New York: 1927.  Overseas destinations include Australian Up-Country Tune, Italian Festival, Four Scottish Dances, Mt. Everest,  and the world premier of Sieglindia, written by our trombone player, Mr. Al Sweet.

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