By BOWLING GREEN AREA COMMUNTY BAND
On Sunday, March 20 the local community will be treated to a very special arts event in Bowling Green – a simultaneous band concert and gallery opening. The Bowling Green Area Community Bands presents the first Music Paints a Picture Concert, in the spectacular Bowling Green Schools’ Performing Arts Center at 4 p.m.
Featuring mixed media, photography, fabric arts and more, all of the displayed art has been created by the band performers themselves. The concert is the brainchild of assistant conductor Catherine Lewis, herself an award winning quilter as well as the highly regarded director of bands (retired) from Fremont City Schools. Ms Lewis has programmed entertaining and “visual” music selections that coordinate with the art work provided by the adult musicians in the bands.
Fittingly, the concert opener is “Pictures at an Exhibition,” followed by dance inspired pieces “Tango,” “A Two-Step: The Walking Frog” and “A Galop to End all Galops.” The entire clarinet section will dazzle the audience with the Leroy Anderson classic, “Clarinet Candy.”
Local artists include Kathy Bame, Portage: quilted wall-hanging
Sandra Dally, Portage: sculpture, mixed media portrait, mixed media paper work
Diane Huffman, Bowling Green: 3-D scarecrow figure
Howard Williams, Woodville: photographs
Pat Williams, Woodville: photograph, beaded cross stitch
Patty Pickering, Bowling Green: crocheted 3-D frog hat, crocheted scarf
Jane Milbrodt, Bowling Green: photograph
Tom Milbrodt, Bowling Green: photograph
Greg Predmore, Bowling Green: clarinet sculpture
Shelby Steinhagen, Grand Rapids: large metal sculpture
Dan Van Vorhis, Bowling Green: photographs
Sue Stokes, Weston: cross stitch
Steve Arnold, Bowling Green: under water photography
The doors of the PAC will open at 3:30 with the gallery available both before and after the concert. Immediately following the concert, a reception will be held in the PAC atrium as a time to meet the artists.
The BGACA is comprised of the concert band, directed by Thomas Headley and Catherine Lewis and the BG BiG Band, led by William Lake. This concert is free and open to the public; as a 501c3, the BGACB does accept donations. The PAC, located at 530 West. Poe Rd, Bowling Green, is accessible for those with physical challenges and has convenient parking.
