For the first time since August of 2019, the Marion Concert Band will be live in concert! On Friday, July 2, the Marion Concert Band will open its 2021 concert season with a program of patriotic music in celebration of Independence Day. The program is as follows:
National Emblem March – E. E. Bagley
Captain America March – A. Silvestri
American Anthem – G. Scheer
American Pageant – T. Knox
Our Glorious Land – J. Olivadoti
God Bless the U.S.A. – L. Greenwood
American Civil War Fantasy – J. Bilik
The Homefront: Musical Memories from World War II – arr. J. Christensen
God Bless America – I. Berlin
Armed Forces Salute – arr. B. Lowden
America, the Beautiful – S. Ward
The Stars and Stripes Forever – J. P. Sousa
The concert, under the direction of Tobias Monte, will begin at 7:00 at the Robert Broomhead Bandstand, Island Wharf off Front Street in Marion. All concerts are free and open to the public. “Like” us on Facebook at “Marion Town Band” for up-to-date announcements and rain cancellation notices.