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U. S. Marine Band 2007 National Tour (Northeast U. S.)
Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2007 2:02 pm
by Tom Holtz
It's that time of year again!
[quote="In it's most recent press release, the U. S. Marine Band Public Affairs Office"]“The President’s Ownâ€
Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2007 4:58 pm
by Tom Holtz
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.
Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2007 8:32 pm
by runelk
Who's in the tuba section for the tour?
Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2007 11:46 pm
by Art Hovey
I'm confused. The website says the band will visit Connecticut, but no concerts are scheduled....
CT
Posted: Thu Sep 06, 2007 7:35 am
by katfey
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
Posted: Thu Sep 06, 2007 11:45 pm
by Tom Holtz
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.
Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2007 9:23 pm
by scottw
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!
Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 10:28 am
by Tom Holtz
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.
Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2007 10:19 pm
by Tom Holtz
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.