SSSB To Perform at the Great American Brass Band Festival
The Southern Stars Symphonic Brass Band has been selected to perform at the prestigious Great American Brass Band Festival in Danville, Kentucky. Read the article in the Crossville Chronicle, in addition to the information below.
This is a tremendous opportunity for the Southern Stars to extend their national recognition to a much larger audience which typically attends this weekend of FREE concerts. It is not unusual that there can be up to 10,000 people in the audience for these concerts. However, you should not be discouraged by this number, since there is lots of room on the lawn at the Main Stage to accomodate this size of crowd.
This year is the 21st anniversary for the GABBF, and the June 12-13 weekend will feature a total of 14 other brass ensembles, including brass bands, brass quintets, big band, dixieland, New Orleans/cajun style, 202nd US Army band, and a Civil War style military band.
The Southern Stars are slated for a Saturday, June 12, 2:00 pm performance on the Main Stage which is on the mall at the Centre College campus in Danville. Concerts are given every hour and begin on the Main Stage at noon and last into the evening until 9pm. On Sunday, June 13, the concerts resume again at noon and continue thru the afternoon… and all FREE admission. Below is the tentative concert program planned by the Southern Stars:
- Liberty Fanfare
- El Capitan march
- Raymond Overture
- Believe Me With All Your Endearing Young Charms (Brandon Jones, Euphonium soloist)
- You Can’t Take That Away From Me
- March from the movie “1941″
- Misty (Chris McCormick, Flugelhorn soloist)
- selections from the musical Chicago
- Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy
- Caravan Club march
In addition to the Southern Stars, there will be two other brass bands present who are recognized as being at the very top in the world of brass banding. Fountain City Brass Band from Kansas City, is the current 4 year consecutive winner of the North American Brass Band championships, 3 consecutive winner of the US OPEN Brass Band Championships, and was the winner of the Scottish Open Brass Band championships in Nov. 2009. The other brass band is the Canadian Staff Band of the Salvation Army (Toronto) which is internationally known for their outstanding quality of their musicians and concert presentations.
The Great American Brass Band Festival is a one-of-a-kind event committed to preserving brass band music through performance and education, bringing the world’s best brass band music, FREE OF CHARGE, to historic downtown Danville, Kentucky. Events begin on Thursday evening and continue through Sunday afternoon.
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