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This Week's Concert
Sunday, July 2, 2017
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in Burlington and Southeast Iowa
since 1927
Mark Taylor
Carmen Lachnitt
Our summer season’s fifth concert on Sunday July 2nd will be conducted by West Burlington Elementary School’s band director Carmen Lachnitt.  Carmen plays the bassoon when she’s not conducting and, in addition to her membership in our band, plays in the Southeast Iowa Band and the Southeast Iowa Symphony.
Carmen’s other selections include: Semper Fidelis March by John Philip Sousa; George Washington’s Birthday Party by C.L. Barnhouse arranged by Andy Clark; Selections from CHICAGO by John Kander arranged by Ted Ricketts including And All That Jazz, Cell Block Tango, Roxie, and We Both Reached for the Gun; The Syncopated Clock by Leroy Anderson arranged by Philip J. Lang; A Tribute to Glenn Miller arranged by Henry Gass including Tuxedo Junction, Little Brown Jug, Jersey Bounce, and American Patrol; Chester Overture for Band by William Schuman; The Liberty Bell March by John Philip Sousa; and our traditional closing march, The Stars and Stripes Forever by John Philip Sousa.
Links which may be of interest to members of our audience:

CHICAGO the musical - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_(musical)

Glenn Miller - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn_Miller

Chester the song - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chester_(song)

Chester Overture for Band - http://windliterature.org/2012/12/10/chester-by-william-schuman/

The Liberty Bell March - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Liberty_Bell_(march)
Next week's conductor
will be Derrick Murphy
Derrick Murphy
Since the date of this concert is the closest in proximity to the July 4 Independence Day holiday, Carmen has chosen patriotic music as well as traditional summer concert favorites.
The concert will feature soprano soloist Alice Kenel, the vocal and general music teacher for the West Burlington Elementary School.  Alice will sing Irving Berlin’s God Bless America and the Warren Barker arrangement of George Gershwin’s Someone to Watch Over Me.  She will also lead the audience in singing The Star Spangled Banner.