U. S. Marine Band 2007 National Tour (Northeast U. S.)

Tom Holtz · Post by **Tom Holtz** » Wed Sep 05, 2007 2:02 pm

It's that time of year again!

[quote="In it's most recent press release, the U. S. Marine Band Public Affairs Office"]â€œThe Presidentâ€™s Ownâ€

Tom Holtz · Post by **Tom Holtz** » Wed Sep 05, 2007 4:58 pm

bloke wrote:The Memphis Symphony has an *old OLD OLD edition of this. They play it at kiddie concerts, sometimes. I'm pretty sure that the "wire-band" orchestration doesn't call for a tuba, as I seem to recall having covered the bass 'bone part at the kiddie concerts I've done with them.

This is a brand new transcription done in-house by Don Patterson. No wire choir, no swastikas. There's a fair amount of old-school band rep on this tour. I'm looking forward to the programs. Check out http://www.marineband.usmc.mil/calendar/ and click around on the October and November dates to get an advance look at the repertoire. Lots of solid stuff this year.

runelk · Post by **runelk** » Wed Sep 05, 2007 8:32 pm

Who's in the tuba section for the tour?

Art Hovey · Post by **Art Hovey** » Wed Sep 05, 2007 11:46 pm

I'm confused. The website says the band will visit Connecticut, but no concerts are scheduled....

katfey · Post by **katfey** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 7:35 am

http://www.marineband.usmc.mil/NATIONAL ... dex.htm#ct
Saturday, November 3, 7:30 p.m.
Manchester, CT
Manchester High School Auditorium
Journal Inquirer
306 Progress Drive
Manchester, CT 06045
(860) 647-3521

Sunday, November 4, 3 p.m.
New Haven, CT
John Lyman Center for the Performing Arts
Southern Connecticut State University
Lyman Center Box Office
501 Crescent Street
New Haven, CT 06515
(203) 392-6154

Tom Holtz · Post by **Tom Holtz** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 11:45 pm

runelk wrote:Who's in the tuba section for the tour?

Cameron Gates, Paul Mergen, yours truly. It's going to be fun in the back row.

The PAO gang is finishing the website updates this week, and I believe all of the tour information is online now. We're definitely going to be in Connecticut. My little brother lives near Hartford, and I'll be counting on getting a few loads of laundry done while we're in the neighborhood.

scottw · Post by **scottw** » Fri Sep 07, 2007 9:23 pm

Art Hovey wrote:I'm confused. The website says the band will visit Connecticut, but no concerts are scheduled....

Ignore the body of the page and the cute li'l map. Click on "tour itinerary" button in the upper left of the page and simply scroll down to Conn. Government!

Tom Holtz · Post by **Tom Holtz** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 10:28 am

scottw wrote:
Art Hovey wrote:I'm confused. The website says the band will visit Connecticut, but no concerts are scheduled....
Ignore the body of the page and the cute li'l map. Click on "tour itinerary" button in the upper left of the page and simply scroll down to Conn. Government!

The calendar has all the program info, too. Find the concert dates in your area and go to the calendar to see what has been programmed for those dates.

Tom Holtz · Post by **Tom Holtz** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 10:19 pm

We are underway. Just finished the first concert in Chambersburg, PA. Full house, too. The gang back in D.C. was busy today helping to install a new Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and they've got a parade in Quantico on Wednesday morning.

Next stops are all PA stops... Lebanon, Wikes Barre, and Lewisburg.

Gary is almost to $4300--hook him up.