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The Nevada County Concert Band celebrates its 52^nd performance season with today’s street concert as part of the Constitution Day weekend’s events. This is the band’s final concert for its 2023 season. pops concert at the Nevada County Fair. Independence Day curbside concert. The Pioneer Park Picnic Pops concert #2 of 3. annual picnic concert for Lake Wildwood residents. a joint concert with special guests the Watsonville Community Band. This is our Band Musician Invitational event, in which we host off-season band musicians from all over for a registration-based day of rehearsing, conversing, performing, picnicking, and fun.

Sunday June 23, 2024 5:00 – 6:30pm at the Pioneer Park bandshell in Nevada City, CA Thursday July 4, 2024 10:00am for an hour-long concert before the parade and then intermittently throughout the parade 5:00 – 6:30pm Pine Tree Stage at the Nevada County Fair in Grass Valley, CA Sunday September 3, 2023 today’s theme: Labor Day Picnic Pops at Commodore Park in Bugler’s Cove, 18955 Wildflower Drive, Penn Valley, CA Saturday September 16, 2023 today’s theme: Constitution Day street concert 4:30 – 6:30pm North Pine Street at Commercial Street (closed to traffic) in downtown historic Nevada City, CA

The Star Spangled Banner
Frances Scott Key/C. Graufulla Hausey

Grease!
arr. John Moss
MEDLEY: We Go Together • Summer Nights • Hand Jive • Beauty School Dropout • Greased Lightning

The Rattlin’ Bog
Tim Smith/Cheryl Woldseth

Skyrockets
Guyler Hershey Leonard/Cheryl Woldseth

Olympics: a Centennial Celebration
arr. John Moss
MEDLEY: Bugler's Dream • Olympic Fanfare and Theme • The Olympic Spirit • Summon the Heroes

What a Wonderful World
arr. Richard Saucedo
with Alto Saxophone soloist

Earth, Wind, & Fire in Concert
arr. Richard L. Saucedo
MEDLEY: September • After the Love Has Gone • Fantasy

INTERMISSION

Space and Beyond
arr. John Moss
MEDLEY: Also Sprach Zarathustra (from “2001: A Space Odyssey” and “Barbie”) • Star Trek (the motion picture) • Mars (from “The Planets”) • Star Wars (theme)

Clouds
Walter Donaldson/Geo. F. Briegel/Cheryl Woldseth

Colors of the Wind
Alan Menken/John Higgins

Clarinet Escapade
Russell Ward
featuring the clarinet section

Overture for Winds
Charles Carter

Moana (selections)
Lin-Manuel Miranda/Jay Bocook
MEDLEY: How Far I'll Go • We Know the Way • Where You Are • You're Welcome

ENCORE: The Stars and Stripes Forever
John Phillip Sousa

ENCORE: 1915 March
B. C. Bridges/Cheryl Woldseth
our own signature march

♬ PERFORMED THESE LATER DURING THE PARADE

Air Waves
Joseph Olivadoti/Cheryl Woldseth

ENCORE: The Stars and Stripes Forever
John Phillip Sousa

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♬ UPCOMING EVENTS

Saturday 8/10 – Pine Tree Stage pops concert at the Nevada County Fair in Grass Valley

Sunday 8/25 – Pioneer Park Picnic Pops concert #3 at Pioneer Park in Nevada City

Sunday 9/1 – Labor Day Picnic Pops concert at Lake Wildwood (residents only) in Penn Valley

Saturday 9/14 – Constitution Day Pops Concert in downtown Nevada City

♬ NEVADA COUNTY CONCERT BAND (in blue) – Guest Musicians (in black)

CONDUCTOR Cheryl Woldseth FLUTE Diane Beck Christine Cummings Mikaela Furie Alice Jacobs (+picc) Lisa Laughlin (+picc) Cadence McKibben Diane Nickerson Lauren Nourse Laurie Piner (+picc) Melanie Seaton (+picc) Maggi Shelbourn (+picc) Michael Smidt (+Dpicc) Eve Somjen Chealsea Thrush Ariana Vickers (+picc) Melanie Webb Susie West OBOE Kit Chesnut Rebecca Seijas-Ball BASSOON Bruce Piner Joshua Tiffany CLARINET Derek Evans (+Eb) Kendra Fifield Teresa Gaman Cathy Hardymon Michael Ireland Joelle Lake Carrie Langkabel Donna Meyer Bianca Patterson Bill Powell (+Eb) David Schwartz Tom Seaton Anne Uher Jan Woldseth CLARINET, ALTO David Lake (+Bb) James Langdell (+Bb) Lance Moreno (+Bb)

CLARINET, BASS Linda Coughenour Norene Goldberg Ginger Jackson Diane Klaczynski Kay McCammond SAXOPHONE, ALTO Gary Anderson Ryan Apple Janette Beebe Paula Clingan Doug Johnson Dan Kaufman Andrea McKibben Allen Nickerson Carla Nordstrom Brian Olson SAXOPHONE, TENOR Vega Alvarez Ethan Conklin Barb Corrick Don Paulus Mark Potampa Tim Proffitt Craig Scott SAXOPHONE, BARITONE Ellen Bell Lance Clark Tello Julie Gustafson Teresa Minervini Mary Whitmore TRUMPET/CORNET Steven Azevedo Ray Blackham John Furtado Greg Goodknight (+Eb) Lance Haliday Karin Hofland Jim Luckinbill Ryan McKibben John Proctor Ralph Remick Alex Rosprim Brendan Smith Jim West Ted Zalkind

FRENCH HORN Ken Carter Steve Fernald Pat Rosales Becky Stonestreet Amy Traugot TROMBONE Dave Bear Francis Chew Larry Faller Chris Hofland Dennis Junk Christian Minervini Deanna Olson Mike Sarringar Emily Williams Jason Woldseth BARITONE/EUPHONIUM Bill Bates Bruce Dewing John Gibson Tom Larsen Roy McKibben Brian Munger TUBA George Preston Adrian Quince Walter Webb BASS GUITAR Bob Burbridge MALLETS Linda Hitchcock (+timpani) DRUMS and AUXILIARY PERCUSSION Rowan Ball John Basa Lee Bittner Annette Granger Hank Hanson Kurt Remick Miles Mason (+timpani)

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♬ MANY THANKS TO Old Barn Storage, Coco’s (formerly Lazy Dog Ice Cream), The Top Dog, the Roamin’ Angels Car Club, and Jim Luckinbill with his Model T car

♬ THANK YOU TO THE FOLLOWING LOCAL BUSINESSES FOR THEIR HELPFUL DONATIONS:
SaveMart on Nevada City Hwy, 530-477-9511
Starbucks on Freeman Ln, 530-363-1757
SPD Market on McKnight Way, 530-272-5000
Port of Subs on Sutton Way, 530-477-2660