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2026
Calendar
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2026 Theme brainstorming party
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Monday September 29, 2025 –
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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Saturday February 28, 10am-12:30pm
Saturday March 15, 10:00am-12:30pm
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home of
There is some parking
above the house on Prospect Street, down from our 3-car garage and around
the corner to the right. This back-side
access has stairs, but Jim will be running a platform lift elevator that
bypasses all stairs.
Go down to the end of
Prospect Street, and turn right onto Clay Street. There should be lots of parking on
both sides of the street. ItÕs
just a little steep, so curb your wheels. I will park my yellow Jeep
to mark the back-side access.
Jim checked about
the bank parking lot, but canÕt tell if the businesses will be open on Saturday,
so itÕs best not to chance it.Amy
Traugot – address is distributed on the
NCCBand News email list
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– bring
a folding table (not needed any
more)
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drop in any time to help
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pick up your stuffed folder too!
Lunch
provided by our hosts! Many thanks to the Luckinbills for
serving hot dogs and beans to our folder stuffing volunteers.
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Rehearsals begin
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Mondays from March 30 through May 18, 6:30–8:45pm (setup at 6pm)
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Sierra Presbyterian Church
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¥ 175 Ridge Road, Grass Valley
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Social time
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Monday May 25 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 25 through August 31 or September 14 TBD,
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
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Sunday June 28, 5:30-7:30pm
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Pioneer Park bandshell, Nevada City
3:145pm shuttle starts
3:30pm unload the trailer – riser setup, flags, banner, sound, and
percussion setup
4:30pm all seating setup – shuttle ends
4:45pm rehearsal and soundcheck
1:15pm all band in seats
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Save parking spaces for our audience! Shuttle runs 3:30-4:15pm 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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Saturday July 4, curbside concert 9:00–10:00am TBD (parade starts
at 10:00am TBD) and stay for periodic performing throughout the parade
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in downtown Grass Valley at the
corner of Mill & Neal Streets, across from the Del Oro Theater
Alpha Building curbside, 210 Broad Street, downtown Nevada City
location TBD in downtown Grass
Valley
7:45am – trailer arrives
8:00am – set up
8:45am – all band in seats
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¥ Percussion assignments
link
¥ Performance layout diagram link
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Printable playlist link
¥ Program link
¥ Independence Day Celebration
events link
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Extra rehearsal with the invitational guest musicians
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Sunday July 26, coffee/pastries at 8:00am, 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 (paid in advance)
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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 (invitational band event)
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Sunday July 26, 5:30-7:30pm
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Pioneer Park bandshell, Nevada City
3:30pm-4:15pm shuttle
3:30pm unload the trailer – riser setup, flags, banner, sound, and
percussion setup
4:15pm all seating setup (no instruments)
5:00pm rehearsal and soundcheck (with
instruments)
5:15pm all band in seats
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Save parking spaces for our audience! Shuttle runs 3:30-4:15pm 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 15, 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, mallets, drumset, & percussion
¥ 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
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Sunday August 23, 5:30-7:30pm
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Pioneer Park bandshell, Nevada City
3:145pm shuttle starts
3:30pm unload the trailer – riser setup, flags, banner, sound, and
percussion setup
4:30pm all seating setup – shuttle ends
4:45pm rehearsal and soundcheck
1:15pm all band in seats
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Save parking spaces for our audience! Shuttle runs 3:30-4:15pm 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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Final summer rehearsal TBD
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pending Monday August 31 – depending upon
Constitution concert date TBD
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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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Labor Day concert
(for Lake Wildwood residents only)
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Sunday September 6, 5:00-6:30pm
NCCBand potluck picnic to follow
at the same location
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Commodore Park in Bugler Cove, 18955 Wildflower Drive, Penn Valley, CA
95946
3:30pm
trailer arrives
4:00pm riser setup, small banner, and small 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 or dogs.
¥ Percussion assignments link
¥ Program
link
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No rehearsal
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Monday September 7
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Constitution Pops street concert
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pending Saturday September 12, 4:30-6:00pm
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North Pine Street (closed to
traffic) at Commercial Street, downtown Nevada City
3:00pm road closed
3:15pm riser setup, small banner, and small PA system
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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Final summer rehearsal TBD
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pending Monday September 14 – we will
undoubtedly end early
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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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pending Saturday September 12, 4:30-6:00pm
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North Pine Street (closed to
traffic) at Commercial Street, downtown Nevada City
3:00pm road closed
3:15pm riser setup, small banner, and small PA system
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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off-season
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until new 2027 calendar is set
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2026 Season Repertoire (TENTATIVE)
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JUNE 22
Second Star to the Right
ALPHABETICAL ORDER
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JULY 4
ÒIndependence Day PopsÓ
ALPHABETICAL ORDER
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JULY 27
Back
to the Future
ALPHABETICAL ORDER
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AUGUST 9
ÒNevada County Fair PopsÓ
ALPHABETICAL ORDER
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AUGUST 24
Beyond
the Horizon
ALPHABETICAL ORDER
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August 31
ÒLabor Day PopsÓ
ALPHABETICAL ORDER
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SEPTEMBER 20
ÒConstitution Day PopsÓ
ALPHABETICAL ORDER
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OPENER: The Star-Spangled Banner
Frances Scott Key/C. Graufulla-Hausey– (listen)
Adventures of
Tom & Huck
Paul Severson & Mark McDunn (listen) with whistling
At the Movies
with John Williams
arr. Justin Williams
MEDLEY: The
Planet Krypton (Superman: The Movie) ¥ Flight to Neverland
(Hook) ¥ Somewhere in My Memory (Home Alone) (listen)
Curtain Call
John Wasson (listen)
Eagle Squadron
Kenneth J. Alford (listen)
From the Summit
Kirt Mosier (listen)
IÕm Beginning to See the Light
Don George,
Johnny Hodges, Duke Ellington, & Harry James/Mark Taylor (listen)
for vocalist or treble Bb/Eb or trombone soloist
with band
Into the Woods (selections
from)
Stephen Sondheim/Stephen Bulla
MEDLEY: Into
The Woods ¥ No One Is Alone ¥ I Know Things Now ¥ Children Will Listen (listen)
Jabberwocky
Harold L. Walters (listen) for euphonium soloist with band
Looking Upward
#2: Beneath the Southern Cross
John Philip Sousa (listen)
Man of La Mancha
(selection for band)
Fred Rogers/Paul Murtha
MEDLEY: Little
Bird Little Bird ¥ Dulcinea ¥ Man of La Mancha ¥
The Impossible Dream (listen)
Mr. RogersÕ
Neighborhood
John Williams/Jerry Nowack
MEDLEY: Won't
You Be My Neighbor? ¥ It's You I Like ¥ It's Such a Good Feeling (listen)
Shine on Me
Erin
Keeton-Howard (listen) with improv
solos
Tutti Frutti
Philip R. Buttall (listen)
for flute/oboe/clarinet trio with band
Under the Sea
(from ÒThe Little MermaidÓ)
Alan Menken/Jerry Nowack (listen)
INTERMISSION
ENCORE: 1915 March
B. C. Bridges/Cheryl Woldseth
our own signature march – (listen)
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The Stars and Stripes
Forever
John Phillip Sousa
(listen)
PLUS DURING PARADE
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)
At the Movies
with John Williams
arr. Justin Williams
MEDLEY: The
Planet Krypton (Superman: The Movie) ¥ Flight to Neverland
(Hook) ¥ Somewhere in My Memory (Home Alone) (listen)
Back to the Future
Alan Silvestri/Frank Bernaerts
(listen)
The Barnstormer
Nick
Brown/Mackie Beyer/Cheryl Woldseth (listen)
Boogie Woogie Bugle
Boy
Don Raye & Hughie Prince/James D. Ployhar (listen) featuring
the trumpet section
A Century of Progress
John Philip Sousa (listen)
Curtain Call
John Wasson (listen)
Eagle Squadron
Kenneth J. Alford (listen)
From the Summit
Kirt Mosier (listen)
Guardians of the Galaxy (soundtrack highlights)
arr. Michael Brown
MEDLEY: Marvel Studios Fanfare ¥ Hooked on a
Feeling ¥ Come and Get Your Love ¥ Groot Cocoon ¥ Cherry Bomb ¥ Ain't No Mountain High Enough (listen)
Mr. RogersÕ
Neighborhood
John Williams/Jerry Nowack
MEDLEY: Won't
You Be My Neighbor? ¥ It's You I Like ¥ It's Such a Good Feeling (listen)
The Pops Polka
Arthur
Fiedler & Jack Mason/Richard Maltby (listen)
Prohibition Era March
Lloyd Gould del Castillo (listen)
Ramshackle Rag
Ted Snyder/William Schulz (listen) featuring
the bass instruments with trombone slides
So Nice (Summer Samba)
Marcos Valle & Paulo Sergio Valle/ James D. Ployhar
(listen) with
optional vocalist
Umpah! Umpah!
George L. Cobb/R. E. Hildreth/Cheryl Woldseth (listen)
Up Up and Away
Jimmy Webb/Cheryl Woldseth
(listen) for the sax
section only
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)
The Barnstormer
Nick
Brown/Mackie Beyer/Cheryl Woldseth (listen)
Beyond the Horizon
Rosanno Galante (listen)
Five to Go
Jack Bullock (listen)
for AATTB sax quintet (some improv) with band
Guardians of the Galaxy (soundtrack highlights)
arr. Michael Brown
MEDLEY: Marvel Studios Fanfare ¥ Hooked on a
Feeling ¥ Come and Get Your Love ¥ Groot Cocoon ¥ Cherry Bomb ¥ Ain't No Mountain High Enough (listen)
IÕm Beginning to See the Light
Don George,
Johnny Hodges, Duke Ellington, & Harry James/Mark Taylor (listen)
for vocalist or treble Bb/Eb or trombone soloist
with band
Into the Woods (selections
from)
Stephen Sondheim/Stephen Bulla
MEDLEY: Into
The Woods ¥ No One Is Alone ¥ I Know Things Now ¥ Children Will Listen (listen)
Jupiter (from ÒThe PlanetsÓ)
Gustav Holst/James Curnow (listen)
Looking Upward
#2: Beneath the Southern Cross
John Philip Sousa (listen)
Man of La Mancha
(selection for band)
Fred Rogers/Paul Murtha
MEDLEY: Little
Bird Little Bird ¥ Dulcinea ¥ Man of La Mancha ¥
The Impossible Dream (listen)
Shine on Me
Erin
Keeton-Howard (listen) with improv
solos
Under the Sea
(from ÒThe Little MermaidÓ)
Alan Menken/Jerry Nowack (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)
ENCORE: The Stars and
Stripes Forever
John Phillip Sousa (listen)
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