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SUMMARY:Boston Festival of Bands
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Event Name: Boston Festival of Bands=0D=0AEvent Url: http://www.artsboston.org/event/detail/441255681=0D=0AEvent Date Begin: 2011-06-04=0D=0AEvent Date End: 2011-06-04=0D=0A=0D=0AThe Metropolitan Wind Symphony, which founded the Boston Festival of Bands, will host the 23rd annual Boston Festival of Bands at historic Faneuil Hall (adjacent to Quincy Market) in Boston on Saturday, June 4,  2011  from 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.  The bands will play selections ranging from Broadway show music to Sousa marches to classical music.  There will be music to please all tastes! Come hear a different concert band play each hour. It is a FREE band concert.=0D=0A==0D=0A=The schedule and partial program information for our talented list of participants is as follows:=0D=0A==0D=0A=11:00 AM, American Band,Providence, RI,  Gene Pollart, conductor, performing Bonaparte by Otto Schwarz, Goddess of Fire by Steven Reineke, The American Band Salute by Roger Cichy, and Stars and Stripes Forever by John Sousa=0D=0A=12:00 Noon, Casco  Bay Concert Band, South Portland, Maine,  Peter Martin, conductor, performing Loch Lomand byFrank Ticheli, Morning Alleluias by Ron Nelson, Symphonic Suite by Clifton Williams, and Danzas Cubanas by Robert Sheldon=0D=0A=1:00 PM, Metropolitan Wind Symphony, Boston, MA, Lewis Buckley, conductor, performing Suite of Old American Dances  by Robert Bennett, Variations on a Shaker Melody by Aaron Copland, and Armenian Dances, Part I, by Alfred Reed=0D=0A=2:00 PM, Windham Community Band, Windham, NH, Jared Cassedy, conductor, performing Shenandoah by Frank Ticheli, Iberian Escapades by Robert Sheldon, On a Hymnsong of Philip Bliss by David Holsinger, and Jersey Boys arr. Brown=0D=0A=3:00 PM, Sharon Concert Band, Sharon, MA, Stephen Bell, conductor, performing Slavonic Dances by Elliot Del Borgo, The Sinfonians by Clifton Williams, Espana Cani by Pascual  Marquina, and Funiculi Funicula  by Luigi Denza=0D=0A=4:00 PM,  Concord Band, Concord , MA, James O'Dell, conductor, performing Con Sabor Espagnol by Lewis Buckley, Sea Songs by Ralph Vaughan Williams, Three Jazz Moods by John Lewis, and Colours by Roger Cichy=0D=0A=5:00 PM, Rhode Island Wind Ensemble, Providence, Rhode Island, Robert Franzblau, conductor, performing  Wind  in the Willows  by Johan de Meij, Riverdance Finale by Bill Whelan, and Scenes from the Louvre by Norman Dello Joio=0D=0A==0D=0A=Visit the MWS web page at http://www.mws-boston.org for information and directions.  Email mws@mws-boston.org or call the concert line at (617) 983-1370 with any questions.=0D=0A=0D=0AStart time:11 am - 6 pm
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