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Audience at 2nd and Main Streets Gets "Mostly Broadway"

Left: In his 73rd year with the band Bill Taylor tunes up in preparation for the "Mostly Broadway" concert on July 29th.
Center: Robert Schlatter, Andrew Nelson, Katherine Tackett, and Alex Mason play their trombones on "The Beautiful Galatea Overture".
Right: The Sound Sensation Barbership Quartet sings "Lida Rose" from The Music Man.
The singers are Greg Holliman on tenor, Van Neie on lead, Don Exmeyer on bass and Phil Fisher on baritone.

Left: Euphonium players (back to the camera) Daniel Broadbent, Tyler Washburn, and Steve Bell take their cues
as conductor Bill Kisinger directs "My Hero" from The Chocolate Soldier.
Right: An overflow audience listens as the Lafayette Citizens Band plays "Cole Porter on Broadway".

The Lafayette Citizens Band concert on Thursday (July 29) was titled "Mostly Broadway", and featured "Best Broadway Marches" by James Christensen, a Warren Barker arrangement of "Cole Porter on Broadway", "Somewhere" from West Side Story by Leonard Bernstein, the Sound Sensation barbershop quartet singing "Lida Rose"from Meredith Willson's The Music Man , John Higgins' arrangement of "Irving Berlin Showstoppers", and more. Here is the complete program for the July 29 concert.

Next Thursday's concert is titled "Youth Triumphant".

LCB Keeps the Rain Away with "Songs of the Sea"

Left: LCB Board President Diane Walkup welcomes Dr. Sayed and Mrs. Jane Gaafar to the LCB Concert on July 22.
Right: LCB woodwinds Celeste Edwards (flute), Jim Tilton (clarinet), Janet Priest and Brian Dalder (oboe) play the "H2 Overture".

Left: LCB Conductor Bill Kisinger introduces "Anchors Aweigh" in the "Songs of the Sea" concert.
Center: Beth Purkhiser was featured in a number titled "Latinata".
Right: The Lafayette Citizens Band acknowledges audience applause at the end of the concert.

The Lafayette Citizens Band's concert on Thursday, July 22 was titled "Songs of the Sea". Having successfully held off the rain for two concerts in a row, this direct approach to scare away the rain clouds was apparently successful in this third consecutive challenge.

The concert began with the Navy song, "Anchors Aweigh", followed by Thom Knox's "Sea Songs". There ws a medley by Jerry Williams titled "H2 Overture", and the "Russian Sailors Dance" by Reinhold Gliere. Johann Strauss Jr.'s "Blue Danube Waltz" was on the program, along with Richard Rodgers' "Victory at Sea". Alto sax soloist Beth Purkhiser was featured in a tune called "Latinata". The July 22 concert program is listed here.

The next concert will be this coming Thursday, July 29, beginning at 7:30 pm at Riehle Plaza, 2nd and Main Streets in downtown Lafayette. Here is the program for the July 29 concert.

LCB Keeps the Rain Away Once Again

Left: Food Finders Director Katy Bunder loads some of the 136 pounds of food contributed by the audience.
Center: Diane Walkup introduces the concert, while Greg Ludlow makes a final sound check.
Right: Umbrellas and ponchos are the order of the day as the concert starts under a light drizzle.

Left: The rain clears, and Jo Gelfand and Sally Carter dance to "Oye Como Va".
Center: The heads of Dr. Lewis and Mrs. Nancy Runnels frame the dancing of Elizabeth and Vernon Hendrickson.
Right: Dancers Ginger Borden and Steve Goodwin and the Hendricksons, dancing to "Hitsville USA".

Left: The clarinet section plays Clifton Williams' "Symphonic Dance #3".
Center: The Band accepts applause at the end of "Jerome Robbins' Broadway".
Right: Martin Becker leads the clapping during the encore, Sousa's "Golden Jubilee March".
(Photos by Billy Hooper)

Thursday afternoon, July 15, was a tad on the rainy side, and there was a little sprinkling as the concert started. But by the third number, the rain had stopped altogether and the Lafayette Citizens Band played the rest of it's "Let's Dance" concert at Riehle Plaza.

Elizabeth and Vernon Hendrickson from Camelot Dance Club were be featured dancers during a number titled "Big Band Signatures", arranged by John Higgins. The concert also included "The Waltzing Cat" by Leroy Anderson, "Oye Como Va" by Tito Puente (and popularized by the group Santana), a medley of tunes called "Hitsville USA", John Philip Sousa's "Washington Post March", two movements from Igor Stravinsky's "The Firebird", Clifton Williams' "Symphonic Dance #3", and more. The concert program is listed here.

Next Thursday's concert (July 22) is titled "Songs of the Sea". The band intends to keep the rain again once again! The concert starts at 7:30 pm at Riehle Plaza, 2nd and Main Streets, in downtown Lafayette. The July 22 concert program is listed here.

"It Never Rains on a Good Band"

Left: The sky looked ominous, but the rain stayed away.
Right: Board President Diane Walkup welcomes the audience and introduces the concert.

Left: The trumpet section plays Sammy Nestico's arrangement of "Loch Lomond".
Center: The Renaissance Building is reflected in the bell of Martin Hodapp's tuba.
Right: The euphonium section plays Warren Barker's "Hooray for Hollywood".

Left: Percussionist Jo Gelfand performs a novelty number, Leroy Anderson's "The Typewriter".
Right top: Martin Becker leads the audience in clapping to the encore, Sousa's "Black Horse Troop March".
Right bottom: The band acknowedges the applause of the audience.
(Photos by Billy Hooper)

Although it had been raining heavily just a few hours before, and the skies looked ominous at 7:30, the rain did not fall on the Lafayette Citizens Band on Thursday evening, July 8. The band performed, on schedule, its "Music for a Summer Night" concert. The program included the Introduction to Act III of Richard Wagner's "Lohengrin", a John Williams medley that included the themes from "Superman" and "Star Wars", and a Warren Barker arrangement titled "Hooray for Hollywood".

There was also a novelty number, composed by Leroy Anderson and featuring percussionist Jo Gelfand, titled "The Typewriter". The complete July 8 program can be found here.

Next Thursday's concert is titled "Let's Dance", and features "The Waltzing Cat" by Leroy Anderson, "Oye Como Va" by Tito Puente (and popularized by the group Santana), and a medley of tunes called "Hitsville USA". The concert program is listed here. The concert starts at 7:30 pm, and is free and open to the public.

Lafayette Citizens Band Leads Freedom Celebration
at July 4 Stars and Stripes Concert

Left: Bill Kisinger leads the LCB rehearsal for the Stars and Stripes concert.
Left Center: Bill arrives to lead the LCB and the Freedom Singers in the July 4 concert.
Right Center: The Honor Guard salutes while the band plays the Star Spangled Banner.
Right: The Freedom Singers sing "America the Beautiful".

Left: Dustin Hopkins sings "The Impossible Dream", accompanied by the Lafayette Citizens Band.
Center: Commander David A. Stanton, U.S. Navy, salutes while the band plays "Anchors Aweigh" as part of the
Armed Forces Salute. Commander Stanton played in the Purdue Band under Bill Kisinger in 1980.
Right: Twanna Harris sings "Stardust" with the Freedom Singers and the LCB.

Left: The piccolo section plays the descant in the second trio of "The Stars and Stripes Forever".
Center: The Tippecanoe Fife and Drum Corps plays during the intermission of the Stars and Stripes concert.
Right: Eric van Cleave leads the Freedom Singers in the "Battle Hymn of the Republic" under the lights
near the end of the Stars and Stripes Concert, shortly before the fireworks started. (Photos by Billy Hooper)

The Lafayette Citizens Band led the July 4 festivities on Sunday, July 4, at the Stars and Stripes celebration at Riehle Plaza.

The evening started at 7:00 pm with the Purdue Jazz Band concert. The Lafayette Citizens Band played from 8:00 to 9:00, with a variety of patriotic tunes, including the "National Emblem March", "Esprit de Corps", "America, the Beautiful", the "Armed Forces Salute", "God Bless America", "The Stars and Stripes Forever", and much more.

At 9:00, there was a 15-minute intermission featuring the Tippecanoe Fife and Drum Corps, and then the LCB took over again at 9:15, finishing around 9:45 with the "Battle Hymn of the Republic" and the "1812 Overture". You can see the complete July 4 program and schedule here.

The next concert is back at its regular day and time, on Thursday, July 8, at 7:30 at Riehle Plaza. Lafayette Citizens Band concerts are free and open to the public. We suggest that you arrive early, and bring your lawn chair.

The Lafayette Citizens Band, 2009
Photo by C. T. Pham, www.phamphotos.com