The band performed "Back Home Again in Indiana", "America Exultant", "Espana Cani", "Stormy Weather", "Valley Forge", "Shake, Rattle and Roll", "Pachelbel", "Chattanooga Choo Choo", "Hallelujah Trombone", "Washington Post", "Just a Closer Walk", "Gallant Marines", "National Emblem", and "America the Beautiful".
The Lafayette Citizens Band wraps up its 2005 season with a 6:00 concert on Labor Day, Monday, September 5. And on the following Sunday, September 11, you are invited to attend the LCB Annual Meeting and Open House at the John Philip Sousa Foundation, at 6th and New York Streets in Lafayette. Refreshments start at 3:00, and a short business meeting will be held at 4:00, at which new board members will be inducted.
Next Thursday, August 11, the Jasper/Newton Community Band performs at Riehle Plaza. Remember, the concert starts at 6:30 pm!
Please note: Our August 4 and 11 concerts will begin at 6:30 p.m.
Lafayette Citizens Band concerts are held at the James F. Riehle Plaza, at 2nd and Main Streets in downtown Lafayette. Free parking is available at the Lafayette Savings Bank, behind the Helmerick and Smith Law Offices at 200 Ferry, and at the County Parking Garage at 2nd Street (use the South Street entrance).
Ed played in the Lafayette Citizens Band when he was in high school and a few summers during his college years. He also returned on two different occasions to guest conduct the band in the 1980s. Ed will be missed. Memorials may be made to the Edwin L. Williams Memorial Scholarship Fund to the Office of University Advancement at Ohio Northern University, 525 S. Main St., Ada, OH 45810.
Piccolo soloist Bryana Bunte is featured in Robert Starer's "Fantasy on 'When Johnny Comes Marching Home'", and the whole flute section is featured on Jules Massanet's "Meditation from 'Thais'". The music of Henry Mancini is presented in a Warren Barker arrangement, and there is more! See pictures from the concert.
July 14 was also Bastille Day, and the Lafayette Citizens Band presented the Suite Francaise by Darius Milhaud, which honors the sacrifices of those who helped the French preserve their freedom. The suite includes the movements "Normandie", "Elsace-Lorraine", and "Provence".
The Civic Theatre of Greater Lafayette was also recognized in the program, with highlights from The Sound of Music, sung by Jo Gelfand (erstwhile percussionist and typist) and Don Isaacs (also a euphonium player with the band). Civic's production of The Sound of Music plays this Friday, Saturday and Sunday at the Tippecanoe County Amphitheater, at 8:00 p.m. Civic Theatre Executive Director Susan Kisinger narrated another number on the concert, titled "Pan the Piper".
You can view the complete program here.
Ten years ago, the Lafayette Citizens Band played a special concert we called "Semper Sousa", to commemorate John Philip Sousa's visit to Lafayette in 1895 with his band to play at the Grand Opera House.
On Thursday, July 7, the band played a concert titled "If You Knew Sousa", consisting almost completely of the music of John Philip Sousa. The concert included the "Sable and Spurs March", the "National Games March", "The Kaffir on the Karoo" from Tales of a Traveler Suite, the "New Mexico March", "Under the American Flag" from Sousa's Cubaland Suite, "Mars and Venus" from the Looking Upward Suite, and an arrangement of favorite Sousa tunes arranged by Warren Barker. The only things on the program not by Sousa were Von Suppe's "Poet and Peasant Overture", Puccini's "One Fine Day", and "Relax" by Paul Yoder. See pictures from the concert.
The Lafayette School Corporation Middle School Summer Jazz Band played a pre-concert concert on
June 30. Under the direction of Ned Boyd, the band played from 6:15 to 6:45. Because of the weather,
the crowd didn't need to be warmed up; maybe the cool jazz the band played cooled the crowd down.
This Lafayette Citizens Band follwed with a concert titled "American Patrol", featuring the march of
that name by F.W. Meacham (the march that was used as the basis for Glenn Miller's big band tune).
Also featured was the "Purdue March (Home of the Boilermakers)", written by Howard Akers and arranged
by our own percussionist Jeff Parthun. Another special number was "The Typewriter", featuring as
soloist, another of our talented percussionists, Jo Gelfand. You can
view the complete program here.
Lafayette Citizens Band concerts are held at the James F. Riehle Plaza, at 2nd and Main
Streets in downtown Lafayette. Free parking is available at the Lafayette Savings Bank, behind
the Helmerick and Smith Law Offices at 200 Ferry, and at the County Parking Garage at 2nd
Street (use the South Street entrance). Concerts start at 7:00 pm through the end of July.
On Thursday, June 23, the Lafayette Citizens Band performed a concert titled "On the Mall",
which was the name of a featured march by Edwin Franko Goldman. There were other marches, too:
the "Lights Out" march by Earl McCoy and the "Valdres" march by Johannes Hanssen. Also
featured was an arrangement of Johann Strauss' "Die Fledermaus", Reinhold Gliere's "Russian
Sailor's Dance", and a medley of film tunes titled "Hollywood", arranged by Warren Barker.
The trombones were featured in David Rose's "Holiday for Trombones" (see picture above).
You can
view the complete program here. Roth Flowers of Lafayette
gave away a flower basket to the holders of the winning ticket, Bob and Janice Gibson of
Princeton, Indiana (see picture above).
Lafayette Citizens Band concerts are held at the James F. Riehle Plaza, at 2nd and Main
Streets in downtown Lafayette. Free parking is available at the Lafayette Savings Bank, behind
the Helmerick and Smith Law Offices at 200 Ferry, and at the County Parking Garage at 2nd
Street (use the South Street entrance). Concerts start at 7:00 pm through the end of July.
On Thursday, June 16, the Lafayette Citizens Band played a concert titled "Music for a Summer Evening".
John Philip Sousa's "Washington
Post March" started the concert, followed by Ralph Vaughan Williams' "English Folk Song Suite".
The trombone section was featured in Meredith Willson's "Seventy-Six Trombones" from The Music Man.
Also on the program was "Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral" by Richard Wagner, Leroy Anderson's
"Belle of the Ball", a familiar piece known as "Tarentella" (the chase), and Karl King's "Invictus March".
The program wrapped up with John Williams' "Selections from E.T.". There
was more: you can
view the complete program here.
Lafayette Citizens Band concerts are held at the James F. Riehle Plaza, at 2nd and Main
Streets in downtown Lafayette. Free parking is available at the Lafayette Savings Bank, behind
the Helmerick and Smith Law Offices at 200 Ferry, and at the County Parking Garage at 2nd
Street (use the South Street entrance). Concerts start at 7:00 pm through the end of July.
On Thursday, June 9, Eli Lilly and Company sponsored the annual Lilly Family Night concert. Free
popcorn and coke was served before and during the concert. Special presentations were made to Lilly
for its generous community service (see above).
The concert included Gershwin's Strike Up the Band
and Cole Porter on Broadway, both arranged by Warren Barker, the finale from Tchaikovsky's
Symphony No. 4, Jimmy Van Heusen's Like Someone in Love, and much more. You can
see the whole program here.
Lafayette Citizens Band concerts are held at the James F. Riehle Plaza, at 2nd and Main
Streets in downtown Lafayette. Free parking is available at the Lafayette Savings Bank, behind
the Helmerick and Smith Law Offices at 200 Ferry, and at the County Parking Garage at 2nd
Street (use the South Street entrance). Concerts start at 7:00 pm through the end of July.
High school players joining the band were:
Next Thursday, Eli Lilly and Company sponsors our annual Lilly Family Night. Free
popcorn and coke will be served before and during the concert. See you then!
Another Beautiful Night for a Concert
The trombone section was featured in "Holiday for Trombones" by David Rose.
Bob and Janice Gibson of Princeton, Indiana, winners of a flower basket from Roth Flowers, at Thursday's
"On the Mall" concert at Riehle Plaza.
Music for a (Perfect) Summer Evening
Bill Kisinger conducts the LCB on a beautiful summer evening.
Popcorn, Coke, Music and Awards
All Served Lilly Family Night Concert
Gary Henriott, of the Lafayette-West Lafayette Economic Development Corporation, presents
the 2005 Community Prosperity Award to Vince Kochert, Public Affairs Administrator at Eli Lilly and Company.
Also receiving the award is Brian Dalder, Engineering Consultant at Lilly and oboe player for the
Lafayette Citizens Band.
On Thursday, the Lafayette Citizens Band, along with nearly 30 talented high school players from the area,
presented its annual High School Night concert, in which the high school players sat alongside
members of the LCB. All four of the high school directors (Matt Conaway, West Lafayette;
Marilyn Renner, Central Catholic; Steve Cotten, Harrison; and Tom Barker, Jefferson High School)
were able to guest conduct their numbers, before the rain forced concert to fold. You can
see the program here.Rain Shortens High School Night Concert,
But the Band Plays on
The band played through the light sprinkles, and all of the high school directors conducted
the band, but the concert was eventually shortened due to the rain. Here are
more High School Night photos.
(Photo by Steve Ruppert)
The Lafayette Citizens Band opened its 2005 season under blue skies on a beautiful Memorial Day
evening. Players and audience alike came early and found plentiful parking in the lots at 200 Ferry
Street, Lafayette Savings Bank, and the County Garage at 2nd and South Streets. The music included
America the Beautiful, the National Emblem March, music by George M. Cohan, Irving Berlin and
Leroy Anderson, an encore by John Philip Sousa, and more.LCB 2005 Season Kicks off on Memorial Day
Veteran Warren Wright of Lafayette stands during the Armed Forces Salute
at the LCB's Memorial Day concert, with his wife Edna sitting next to him. Warren was
correctly identified by Sharon Morphew, who will receive a $25 gift certificate from
Arni's Restaurant.
(Photo by Steve Ruppert)
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