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“Spring into Summer” Concert
Sunday
May 2, 2010
3:00pm
– 4:30pm
First
Baptist Church
1866 Ridge Road, Grass Valley, CA
FREE
This is a terrific family concert that will appeal to all ages.
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the program or the poster in PDF format.
View the pictures 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7.
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A little bit south of the border, an alien encounter, and a polka featuring a bassoon? Yes, that’s what the Nevada County Concert Band has on its program for its “Spring into Summer” concert on Sunday May 2, at 3:00pm at the First Baptist Church in Grass Valley. This family-friendly concert will sure to get your toes tapping and your belly laughing. “The South American rhythms from Mexico, Peru, and the Caribbean are catchy, and stick with you for a long time,” says conductor Cheryl Woldseth. “And we’re having a great time with Roswell 1947, in which the band gets to make strange and unusual effects with singing handbells, a gong dipped into water, a cymbal played on top of a timpani drum, and more.” And then there’s the bassoon VERSUS band number. Band member Bruce Piner arranged this number himself (with Woldseth’s help), and he had so many ideas to feature the bassoon that he wound up calling the piece “The Divergent Polka.” Based on “The Beer Barrel Polka,” he also deviates to other popular tunes, ending with a challenge to various other instrument players to go higher, lower, and fancier than he can. Rounding out the program are selections from Stravinsky’s “The Firebird Suite” (a phoenix bird as in the Harry Potter books), a medley from the Broadway show “The Music Man,” the folk song “Londonderry Air” by the clarinet quintet, and “When You Wish Upon a Star” from the Disney movie “Pinocchio.” This concert is free (donations accepted), and refreshments will be served at intermission. |
Canciones Mexicanas Caribbean Fantasy El Condor Pasa (Inca dance) The Deviation Polka Fiesta Highlights from “Music Man” Infernal Dance and Finale (from The Firebird Suite) Londonderry Air Roswell, 1947 When You Wish Upon a Star
(from “Pinocchio”) |
