Clintonville Community Band 8/23

We shared this date at the Park of Roses gazebo with the Clintonville Community Choir. It was nice to have them around as they added so much to the concert. No other group I've ever been with has had an affiliated group with it and they are a wonderful group to boot. We started the concert with a 40 or so minute set then yielded to the choir for theirs. After they were done we combined to perform an arrangement of "The Battle Hymn to the Republic". We had a guest conductor, Steve Kaufmann, in the absence of our regular conductor, Rick Burkart. Things went pretty well as a whole. A special mention goes to the woodwind section for their standout performance of Pierre LaPlante's "The High Barbaree", a selection of sailing songs.

I remember thinking during the performance how the band used to perform inside the gazebo. Now we'd have a hard time fitting even half of us in it. Usually, we put the percussion in it and the rest of us out in front. Yesterday, the choir used it. The horn section sat directly in front of it, and I noticed how much easier it was to hear us. I think it was because the sound echoing off the concrete steps.