From BG AREA COMMUNITY BANDS
The BG Area Community Bands present the annual Fall “family concert,”
Halloween Hi-Jinks, Sunday, Oct. 21, 4 p.m. at the Bowling Green Schools Performing Arts Center. The afternoon program will include familiar seasonal selections with a focus on “family friendly” music. Children of all ages are most welcome to attend, and are encouraged to wear “non scary” costumes.
The Concert Band, conducted by Thomas Headley, will feature “76 Trombones” by Meredith Willson, John Philip Sousa’s delightful setting of “Yankee Doodle,” a Pixar salute to the movie “UP!” and a medley of a number of Disney favorites skillfully arranged by John Higgins. BiG Band BG, the Bowling Green Area Jazz Band directed by William E. Lake, will feature Jazz vocalist Elizabeth Green on “Cry Me a River” and Tenor Saxophonist Dan VanVorhis on Louis Prima’s “Jump, Jive, and Wail.”
The family-friendly one-hour concert is free, and the public cordially invited to attend. The Performing Arts Center is easily accessed from nearby parking at the 530 West Poe Road school campus. Free-will donations will be gratefully accepted, along with information about the Patron program.
