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BAND ORGANIZATION
• Non-profit status by-laws dated 3/8/2021
• Band member’s Member Handbook dated 2/23/2023

Member’s Information

REHEARSALS
• Mondays weekly at 6:30pm – 8:45pm (doors open for warmups at 6pm)
• See the Calendar below for the rehearsal and concert locations.

WHAT TO BRING
• instrument
• music folder
• stand light (when needed)

CONCERTS
• For concerts, wear the standard uniform: blue polo shirt, black lower clothing, black shoes and socks (shorts and sandals are okay on hot days).
• Please see the calendar (below) for call times.
• Seasonal concert poster link
• Program link to the current concert (changes each time)

MAPS & LOCATIONS
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.
• Shuttle location, 305 Railroad Avenue, Nevada City
• Pioneer Park, corner of Park Avenue and Nimrod Street, Nevada City
• Alpha Building curbside (Independence Day), 210 Broad Street, downtown Nevada City
• Nevada County Fair, 11228 McCourtney Road, Grass Valley
• Commodore Park in Bugler Cove (Labor Day), 18955 Wildflower Drive, Penn Valley, CA 95946 (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.)
• North Pine Street (closed to traffic) at Commercial Street (Constitution Day), downtown Nevada City

CONTACT INFORMATION
• Telephone number: 530-272-6228 answered by conductor Cheryl Woldseth
• Email address: nccband@yahoo.com
• Mailing address: Nevada County Concert Band, P.O. Box 1444, Nevada City, CA 95959

Here’s the band’s MUSIC LIBRARY LIST. Check back often, because it keeps changing!

2026 Calendar

2026 Theme brainstorming party
Monday September 29, 2025 – 5:30-8:30pm
home of Teresa Gaman – RSVP by email to nccband@yahoo.com
• bring food to share
• bring device for internet searches
• non-musicians are welcome
• RSVP needed

“Stuff the Folders” party
Saturday February 28, 10am-12:30pm
home of Amy Traugot – address is distributed on the NCCBand News email list
• bring a folding table (not needed any more)
• drop in any time to help
pick up your stuffed folder too!

Rehearsals begin
Mondays from March 30 through May 18, 6:30–8:45pm (setup at 6pm)
Sierra Presbyterian Church, • 175 Ridge Road, Nevada City

Social time
Monday May 25 at 5:00pm
Come to Pioneer Park one hour before rehearsal with a picnic dinner, and let’s have some social time!

Rehearsals
Mondays from May 25 through August 31 or September 14, 6:30–8:45pm (setup at 6pm)

Picnic Pops Concert
Sunday June 28, 5:30-7:30pm
Pioneer Park bandshell, Nevada City
• 3:30pm shuttle until 4:15pm
• 3:30pm unload the trailer – riser setup, flags, banner, sound, and percussion setup
• 4:30pm all seating setup
• 4:45pm rehearsal and soundcheck
• 5:15pm all band in seats
• 6/28/2026 program link
• Google 2026 NCCBand Season photo album
• Facebook 6/28/2026 “Second Star to the Right” photo album
• YouTube 6/28/2026 “Second Star to the Right” video

Independence Day curbside concert and intermittent parade music
Saturday July 4, 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 – Independence Day Celebration events link
location TBD in downtown Grass Valley
• 8:45am – trailer arrives
• 9:00am – set up canopies first, then everything else
• 9:45am – all band in seats
• 10:00-11:00am curbside concert (parade starts at 11:00am) and stay for periodic performing throughout the parade
• Printable playlist link
• Program link to the current concert (changes each time)
• 7/4/2026 program link
• Google 2026 NCCBand Season photo album
• Facebook 7/4/2026 “Independence Day” photo album
• YouTube 7/4/2026 “Independence Day” YouTube video

Extra rehearsal with the invitational guest musicians
Sunday July 26, Pioneer Park picnic grove (not the band shell), Nevada City – the day’s schedule and more details link
• event link
• 8:00am coffee/pastries
• 8:30am check-in
• 9:00am-12:30pm rehearsal
• free lunch for all NCCBand members
• non-members joining us for lunch is $12 (paid in advance)
• percussion assignments
• seating layout diagram (coming soon)
• Instrument Exchange list

Picnic Pops Concert (invitational band event)
Sunday July 26, 5:30-7:30pm
Pioneer Park bandshell, Nevada City
• 3:30pm shuttle until 4:15pm
• 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
• program link (coming soon)

Nevada County Fair concert
Saturday August 15, 3:00pm-4:30pm
Pine Tree Stage at the Nevada County Fairgrounds, 11228 McCourtney Road, Grass Valley
• 1:45pm – first team meet at trailer for unloading (Gate 5)
• 2:00pm – second team meet at the stage to receive equipment as it arrives from the trailer – preset banners, mallets, drumset, & percussion
• 2:30pm – set up the stagethe performance layout diagram

Picnic Pops Concert
Sunday August 23, 5:30-7:30pm
Pioneer Park bandshell, Nevada City
• 3:30pm shuttle until 4:15pm
• 3:30pm unload the trailer – riser setup, flags, banner, sound, and percussion setup
• 4:30pm all seating setup
• 4:45pm rehearsal and soundcheck
• 5:15pm all band in seats

Labor Day concert
(for Lake Wildwood residents only)
Sunday September 6, 5:00-6:30pm
Commodore Park in Bugler Cove (Labor Day), 18955 Wildflower Drive, Penn Valley, CA 95946
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.
• 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

No rehearsal
Monday September 7

Final summer rehearsal
Monday September 14 – we will undoubtedly end early
Pioneer Park bandshell, Nevada City

Constitution Pops street concert
Saturday September 19, 4:30-6:30pm
North Pine Street (closed to traffic) at Commercial Street, downtown Nevada City – park elsewhere and walk in – Constitution Day Celebration events
• 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

off-season until new 2027 calendar is set

2026 Season – Concert List

JUNE 28 – Second Star to the Right – CONCERT ORDER – printable program link

OPENER: The Star-Spangled Banner – Frances Scott Key/C. Graufulla-Hausey (listen)
Eagle Squadron (listen)
Adventures of Tom & Huck (listen)
Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood (listen)
Jabberwocky (listen)
Looking Upward #2: Beneath the Southern Cross (listen)
Into the Woods (selections from) (listen)
INTERMISSION
Curtain Call (listen)
From the Summit (listen)
Tutti Frutti (listen)
At the Movies with John Williams (listen)
Under the Sea (from “The Little Mermaid”) (listen)
Man of La Mancha (selection for band) (listen)
ENCORE: 1915 March (listen)

JULY 4 – “Independence Day Pops” – CONCERT ORDER – printable playlist link

Eagle Squadron (listen)
The Barnstormer (listen)
Man of La Mancha (selection for band) (listen)
A Century of Progress (listen)
So Nice (Summer Samba) (listen)
The Pops Polka (listen)
Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy (listen)
Guardians of the Galaxy (soundtrack highlights) (listen)
Curtain Call (listen)
Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood (listen)
Back to the Future (listen)
The Stars and Stripes Forever (listen)
PLUS DURING PARADE 1915 March (listen) plus repeats of several marches listed above

JULY 26 – Back to the Future – CONCERT ORDER

OPENER: The Star-Spangled Banner (listen)
A Century of Progress (listen)
Umpah! Umpah! (listen)
Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood (listen)
Curtain Call (listen)
From the Summit (listen)
Ramshackle Rag (listen)
So Nice (Summer Samba) (listen)
Back to the Future (listen)
INTERMISSION
Up, Up and Away (listen) for the sax section only
The Barnstormer (listen)
Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy (listen)
The Pops Polka (listen)
Prohibition Era March (listen)
At the Movies with John Williams (listen)
Eagle Squadron (listen)
Guardians of the Galaxy (soundtrack highlights) (listen)
ENCORE: The Stars and Stripes Forever (listen)

AUGUST 15 – “Nevada County Fair Pops” – ALPHABETICAL ORDER

ENCORE: The Stars and Stripes Forever (listen)

AUGUST 23 – Beyond the Horizon – ALPHABETICAL ORDER

OPENER: The Star-Spangled Banner (listen)
The Barnstormer – (listen)
Beyond the Horizon (listen)
Five to Go (listen)
Guardians of the Galaxy (soundtrack highlights) (listen)
I’m Beginning to See the Light (listen)
Into the Woods (selections from) (listen)
Jupiter (from “The Planets”) (listen)
Looking Upward #2: Beneath the Southern Cross (listen)
Man of La Mancha (selection for band) (listen)
Shine on Me (listen)
Under the Sea (from “The Little Mermaid”) (listen)
ENCORE: 1915 March (listen)

SEPTEMBER 6 – “Labor Day Pops” – ALPHABETICAL ORDER

OPENER: The Star-Spangled Banner – (listen)
ENCORE: The Stars and Stripes Forever (listen)

SEPTEMBER 19 – “Constitution Day Pops” – ALPHABETICAL ORDER

OPENER: The Star-Spangled Banner (listen)
ENCORE: The Stars and Stripes Forever (listen)

2026 Season – Repertoire details

MARCHES

The Barnstormer – Nick Brown/Mackie Beyer/Cheryl Woldseth (listen)
A Century of Progress – John Philip Sousa (listen)
Eagle Squadron – Kenneth J. Alford (listen)
The Pops Polka – Arthur Fiedler & Jack Mason/Richard Maltby (listen)
Prohibition Era March – Lloyd Gould del Castillo (listen)
Umpah! Umpah! – George L. Cobb/R. E. Hildreth/Cheryl Woldseth (listen)

POP SONGS

Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy – Don Raye & Hughie Prince/James D. Ployhar (listen) – featuring the trumpet section
Guardians of the Galaxy (soundtrack highlights) – arr. Michael Brown (listen) – MEDLEY: Marvel Studios Fanfare • Hooked on a Feeling • Come and Get Your Love • Groot Cocoon • Cherry Bomb • Ain't No Mountain High Enough
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

FEATURED SOLOIST(s)

Five to Go – Jack Bullock (listen) – for AATTB sax quintet (some improv) with band
I’m 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
Jabberwocky – Harold L. Walters (listen) – for euphonium soloist with band
Tutti Frutti – Philip R. Buttall (listen) – for undetermined trio with band
Up Up and Away – Jimmy Webb/Cheryl Woldseth (listen) – for the sax section only

BROADWAY

Into the Woods (selections from) – Stephen Sondheim/Stephen Bulla (listen)– MEDLEY: Into The Woods • No One Is Alone • I Know Things Now • Children Will Listen
Man of La Mancha (selection for band) – Fred Rogers/Paul Murtha (listen)– MEDLEY: Little Bird Little Bird • Dulcinea • Man of La Mancha • The Impossible Dream

MOVIE/TV MUSIC

At the Movies with John Williams – arr. Justin Williams (listen) – MEDLEY: The Planet Krypton (Superman: The Movie) • Flight to Neverland (Hook) • Somewhere in My Memory (Home Alone)
Back to the Future – Alan Silvestri/Frank Bernaerts (listen)
Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood – John Williams/Jerry Nowack (listen) – MEDLEY: Won't You Be My Neighbor? • It's You I Like • It's Such a Good Feeling
Under the Sea (from “The Little Mermaid”) – Alan Menken/Jerry Nowack (listen)

CLASSICAL & ORIGINAL WORKS

Adventures of Tom & Huck – Paul Severson & Mark McDunn (listen) with whistling
Beyond the Horizon – Rosanno Galante (listen)
Curtain Call – John Wasson (listen)
From the Summit – Kirt Mosier (listen)
Jupiter (from “The Planets”) – Gustav Holst/James Curnow (listen)
Looking Upward #2: Beneath the Southern Cross – John Philip Sousa (listen)
Shine on Me – Erin Keeton-Howard (listen) with improv solos

CARRY-OVERS

OPENER: The Star-Spangled Banner – Frances Scott Key/C. Graufulla-Hausey (listen)
ENCORE: 1915 March – B. C. Bridges/Cheryl Woldseth (listen) our own signature march
ENCORE: The Stars and Stripes Forevesr – John Phillip Sousa (listen)

Music for Ensembles

WOODWINDS – click here
• Flute ensemble
• Clarinet ensemble
• Saxophone ensemble

BRASS – click here
• Brass ensemble (standard brass ensemble is trumpet 1, trumpet 2, Fhorn, trombone, and tuba)
• Euphonium-Tuba ensemble
• Horn ensemble
• Trumpet ensemble

MIXED – click here
(standard mixed ensemble is flute, oboe, clarinet, Fhorn, and bassoon – usual substitutions include flute 2, violin, trombone, or euphonium)
• Mixed with piano
• Mixed without piano
• Mixed with other