2025
Calendar
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Theme brainstorming party
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Friday September 19, 5:30-8:30pm
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home of Teresa Gaman
– RSVP by email to nccband@yahoo.com
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¥ bring
food to share
¥ bring device for internet searches
¥ non-musicians are welcome
¥ RSVP needed
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ÒStuff the FoldersÓ party
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TBA Saturday March 9,
9:30am - 12:30pm
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TBA home of David
& Joelle Lake, 16718 Alice Way, Grass Valley, CA 95949
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– bring a folding table (if possible)
– drop in any time to help
– pick up your stuffed folder
too!
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Rehearsals begin
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Mondays from March 31 through May 19, 6:30–8:45pm (setup at 6pm)
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Union Hill Elementary SchoolÕs multi-purpose room
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¥ 11638 Colfax Highway (also
called Highway 174), Grass Valley
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Social time
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Monday May 26 at 5:00pm
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Come one hour before rehearsal with a picnic dinner, and letÕs have some
social time!
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¥ Pioneer Park map
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Rehearsals
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Mondays from May 26 through September 8, 6:30–8:45pm (setup at
6pm)
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Pioneer Park bandshell, corner of Park Avenue
and Nimrod Street, Nevada City
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¥ Pioneer Park map
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Picnic Pops Concert #1
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Sunday June 22, 5:00-6:30pm
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Pioneer Park bandshell, Nevada City
2:45pm shuttle starts
3:00pm unload the trailer – riser setup, flags, banner, sound, and
percussion setup
4:00pm all seating setup – shuttle ends
4:15pm rehearsal and soundcheck
4:45pm all band in seats
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Save parking spaces for our audience! Shuttle runs 2:45-4:00pm for band
and family members, and after the concert as long as needed.
¥ Percussion assignments
link
¥ Shuttle
location (305 Railroad Ave) map
¥ Pioneer Park map
¥ Program link
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Independence Day curbside concert and intermittent parade music
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Friday July 4, concert time 10:00am (parade starts at 11:00am)
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TBD in Grass Valley
in front of SergioÕs Restaurant at 109 Mill Street in downtown Grass Valley
Alpha Building curbside, 210 Broad Street, downtown Nevada City
location TBD in downtown Grass Valley
8:30am – equipment arrives into Alpha Building
8:40am – set up canopies and banner and loudspeaker
9:15am – set up chairs, stands, and percussion
9:45am – all band in seats
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¥ Percussion assignments
link
¥ Performance
layout diagram link
¥ Printable playlist link
¥ Program link
¥ Independence
Day Celebration events
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Extra rehearsal with the invitational guest musicians
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Sunday July 27, 8:30am check-in, 9:00am-12:30pm
rehearsal
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Pioneer Park picnic grove (not the band shell), Nevada City
¥ free
lunch for all NCCBand members
¥ non-members joining us for
lunch is $12
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¥ Pioneer Park –
please note the location of the picnic grove map
¥ The
dayÕs schedule and more details link
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Picnic Pops Concert #2 (invitational band event)
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Sunday July 27, 5:00-6:30pm
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Pioneer Park bandshell, Nevada City
2:45pm shuttle starts (ends at 3:30pm)
3:00pm unload the trailer – riser setup, flags, banner, sound, and
percussion setup
4:00pm all seating setup
4:15pm rehearsal and soundcheck
4:45pm all band in seats
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Save parking spaces for our audience! Shuttle runs 2:45-3:30pm for band
and family members, and after the concert as long as needed.
¥ The dayÕs schedule and
more details link
¥ Shuttle
location (305 Railroad Ave) map
¥ Pioneer Park map
¥ Percussion assignments link
¥ Performance layout diagram link
¥ Program link
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Nevada County Fair concert
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Saturday August 9, Time TBD 2:00pm-3:30pm
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Pine Tree Stage at the Nevada County Fairgrounds, 11228 McCourtney Road, Grass Valley
¥ 12:45pm – first team
meet at trailer for unloading (Gate 5)
¥ 1:00pm – second team
meet at the stage to receive equipment as it arrives from the trailer
– preset banners and drumset
¥ 1:30pm – set up the
stage using the performance layout diagram
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¥ Percussion assignments
link
¥ Performance
layout diagram link
¥ Program link
¥ Directions & map link
¥ NCFair
Guide (link) with hours,
parking, events, and more
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Picnic Pops Concert #3
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Sunday August 24, 5:00-6:30pm
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Pioneer Park bandshell, Nevada City
2:45pm shuttle starts
3:00pm unload the trailer – riser setup, flags, banner, sound, and
percussion setup
4:00pm all seating setup – shuttle ends
4:15pm rehearsal and soundcheck
4:45pm all band in seats
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Save parking spaces for our audience! Shuttle runs 2:45-4:00pm for band
and family members, and after the concert as long as needed.
¥ Percussion assignments link
¥ Shuttle
location (305 Railroad Ave) map
¥ Pioneer Park map
¥ Program link
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Labor Day concert
(for Lake Wildwood residents only)
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Sunday August 31, 5:00-6:30pm
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Commodore Park in Bugler Cove, 18955 Wildflower Drive, Penn Valley, CA
95946
3:30pm
trailer arrives
4:00pm risers, banners, and PA system
4:40pm rehearsal and soundcheck
4:55pm all band in seats
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Enter the gated Lake Wildwood community using Gate 2. DO NOT even try to get there using Gate 1.
Drive slowly – no motorcycles.
¥ Percussion assignments link
¥ Program
link
¥ End of Season Party poster
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No rehearsal
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Monday September 1
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Final summer rehearsal
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Monday September 8
NOTE: This will be a shorter rehearsal
ending at 8:00pm.
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Pioneer Park bandshell, corner of Park Avenue
and Nimrod Street, Nevada City
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¥ Pioneer Park map
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Constitution Pops street concert
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Saturday September 13,
4:30-6:30pm
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North Pine Street (closed to
traffic) at Commercial Street, Nevada City
3:00pm road closed
3:15pm risers, banner, sound setup
3:30pm all seating and percussion setup
4:00pm rehearsal and soundcheck
4:15pm all band in seats
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¥ Park elsewhere and walk in
¥ Percussion
assignments link
¥ Performance layout diagram link
¥ Program link
¥ Constitution Day Celebration
events
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2026 Theme Brainstorming Party
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TBD
Thursday September 19, 5:30-8:30pm
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TBD
home of Teresa (clarinet) &
Dudley Gaman
594 Butler Street, Grass
Valley
650-207-6670
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Bring your ideas and
internet devices. Let's think up next year's theme possibilities!
I'll provide pizza if you bring something too.
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No rehearsals or concerts
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September 14 until new calendar is set
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Break
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TENTATIVE 2025 Season Repertoire
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JUNE 22
ÒTBDÓ
ALPHABETICAL ORDER
Percussion assignments
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JULY 4
ÒIndependence Day PopsÓ
ALPHABETICAL ORDER
Percussion assignments
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JULY 27
ÒTBDÓ
ALPHABETICAL ORDER
Percussion assignments
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AUGUST 9
ÒNevada County Fair PopsÓ
ALPHABETICAL ORDER
Percussion assignments
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AUGUST 24
ÒTBDÓ
ALPHABETICAL ORDER
Percussion assignments
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August 31
ÒLabor Day PopsÓ
ALPHABETICAL ORDER
Percussion assignments
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SEPTEMBER 13
ÒConstitution Day PopsÓ
ALPHABETICAL ORDER
Percussion assignments
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OPENER: The Star-Spangled Banner
Frances Scott Key/C. Graufulla-Hausey– (listen)
INTERMISSION
ENCORE: 1915 March
B. C. Bridges/Cheryl Woldseth
our own signature march – (listen)
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1915 March
B. C. Bridges/Cheryl Woldseth
our own signature march – (listen)
The Stars and Stripes
Forever
John Phillip Sousa
(listen)
DURING PARADE
The Stars and Stripes
Forever
John Phillip Sousa (listen)
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OPENER: The Star-Spangled Banner
Frances Scott Key/C. Graufulla-Hausey– (listen)
INTERMISSION
ENCORE: The Stars and
Stripes Forever
John Phillip Sousa (listen)
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ENCORE: The Stars and
Stripes Forever
John Phillip Sousa (listen)
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OPENER: The Star-Spangled Banner
Frances Scott Key/C. Graufulla-Hausey– (listen)
INTERMISSION
ENCORE: 1915 March
B. C. Bridges/Cheryl Woldseth
our own signature march – (listen)
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OPENER: The Star-Spangled Banner
Frances Scott Key/C. Graufulla-Hausey– (listen)
INTERMISSION
ENCORE: The Stars and Stripes
Forever
John Phillip Sousa (listen)
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OPENER: The Star-Spangled Banner
Frances Scott Key/C. Graufulla-Hausey– (listen)
INTERMISSION
ENCORE: The Stars and
Stripes Forever
John Phillip Sousa (listen)
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MARCHES
Golden Gate
Edwin Franko Goldman
1939 San Francisco Worlds Fair and two new bridges
California State
Ed. McDonald (Don)
Keller
I Love You,
California
E. F. Frankenstien/Paul Yoder
CaliforniaÕs state song
California Here
I Come
Al
Jolson, B. G. DeSylva, & Joseph Meyer/Gene
Sand
for marching band
The Klaxon
Henry
Fillmore/Frederick Fennell
subtitled ÒMarch of the AutomobilesÓ
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POP SONGS
Big Fun in the
Sun
arr. David Marshall
MEDLEY: Good Lovin' ¥ Barbara Ann (from "American
Graffiti") ¥ Surf City ¥ Itsy Bitsy Teenie
Weenie Yellow Polkadot Bikini ¥ California Dreamin' ¥ Wipe Out
Tower of Power Greatest
Hits
arr. Victor Lopez
MEDLEY: What Is Hip? ¥ You're Still a Young Man ¥
Down to the Night Club
California Girls
Brian Wilson &
Mike Love/John Berry (The Beach Boys)
for jazz ensemble
Santana!
arr. Jerry Brubaker
MEDLEY: Evil Ways ¥ Oye
Como Va ¥ Smooth
California Dreamin'/Monday,
Monday
J. Phillips/Bill Holcombe (The Mamas
& The Papas)
MEDLEY:
California Dreamin' ¥ Monday, Monday
I Left my Heart
in San Francisco
Geo.
Cory & Doug Cross/Alfred Reed
Let It Snow! Let
It Snow! Let It Snow!
Jule Styne/Jim Swearington
Brasilia
Julius Wechter/Herb Alpert
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FEATURE SOLOIST
Carnival of Venice
Del Staigers/Herbert
Clarke
trumpet solo
GabrielÕs Oboe
Ennio Morricone/Robert
Longfield
oboe, flute, clarinet, trumpet, or alto
sax solo
Call of the Sea (concert polka)
Holmes & Smith
clarE, clar, bassoon, SaxAB, SaxT, cornet, euphonium
– solo or duet
Them Basses
G. F. Huffine
low instruments section feature (especially tuba)
Serenade (from "The Student Prince)
Sigmund Romberg/Jerry
Lopes
euphonium solo
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BROADWAY/MOVIE MUSIC
How to Train
your Dragon
John Powell/Sean OÕLoughlin
Best of the West!
arr. Michael Story
MEDLEY: I'm on my Way {Paint Your Wagon) ¥ The
Good, the Bad and the Ugly ¥ Blazing Saddles ¥ The Magnificent Seven
HarryÕs Wondrous
World
John Williams/Jerry
Brubaker
Disney
Razzamatazz
arr. James Christensen
MEDLEY: Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah (Song of the South) ¥
Eglantine (Bedknobs and Broomsticks) ¥ A Spoonful
of Sugar (Mary Poppins) ¥ Fortuosity ¥ I Wanna Be Like You (The Monkey Song) (The Jungle Book) ¥
Friend Like Me (Aladdin)
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FOLK SONGS
Old MacDonald
Had a Farm
Merle J. Isaac/Leroy
Anderson/Jason Scott
Canciones Mexicanas
Duarte
MEDLEY:
Pajarillo Baranque–o
¥ Cielito Lindo ¥
Zacatecas ¥ Cuatro Milpas
¥ Jalisco
CominÕ Round the Mountain
arr. Fred Heyer
American Folk
Rhapsody
arr. Clare Grundman
MEDLEY: My Little Mohee
¥ Shantyman's Life ¥ Sourwood Mountain ¥ Sweet
Betsy from Pike
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CLASSICAL & ORIGINAL WORKS
Infinite
Possibilities
Randall Standridge
Yosemite Autumn
Mark Camphouse
Pony Express
Chris T. Bernotas
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CARRY-OVERS
OPENER: The Star-Spangled Banner
Frances Scott Key/C. Graufulla-Hausey – (listen)
ENCORE: 1915 March
B. C. Bridges/Cheryl Woldseth
our own signature march – (listen)
ENCORE: The Stars and Stripes Forever
John Phillip Sousa (listen)
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