Shinnston Community Band

A concert band consisting of amateur and professional musicians from the North-Central West Virginia area.

SCB Annual Christmas concert

The Shinnston Community Band gave its annual Christmas Concert on Saturday, December 8 at 7:30pm at the Lighthouse in Shinnston. The band performed a number of Christmas favorites including Sleigh Ride and White Christmas as well as Carol of the Drum and Chorale Prelude. If you missed our December 8 concert be sure to be [...]

Tentative Christmas song list

Here is a tentative Christmas concert song list. It is subject to change: MIDNIGHT SLEIGHRIDE CHRISTMAS CLASSICS SLEIGH RIDE MARCH OF THE TOYS CAROL OF THE DRUM -TROMBONE ENSEMBLE SELECTIONS- CHORALE PRELUDE DECK THE HALLS ANGELS FROM THE REALMS OF GLORY

Winter session upcoming rehearsals

SCB rehearsal for Thursday, November 1 will be at the Lumberport Middle School Bandroom at 7:00pm. Rehearsals for the remainder of the Winter Session will be held at Lumberport Middle School each Thursday at 7:00pm (except on the week of Thanksgiving, when rehearsal will be on Tuesday, the 20th.)

Winter rehearsals to start in October

No rehearsals in September. Winter session is scheduled to begin with weekly rehearsals beginning October 4. I received the following for Louie regarding the Italian Heritage Festival performance: Evan, please extend to all members what a great performance they gave at the festival Saturday. The band really does get better and better with each performance. [...]

Tentative song order for the Italian Heritage Festival concert: LA BANDA NASCENTE TARANTELLA NEW YORK, NEW YORK FUNICULI FUNICULA THE BLACK HORSE TROOP AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL LA BELLA ROMA A SANTA CECILIA LA BAMBOOZLE ONE O’CLOCK JUMP JIMMY BUFFETT IN CONCERT STARS AND STRIPES FOREVER

First SCB Independence Day concert

After rain postponed the event by one day, the Shinnston Community Band gave its first Independence Day concert at United Central Supply on Monday. We had a great turn out and a terrific performance by our opening act The New Relics. Soon, pictures and music will be available on the web site from the Shinnston [...]

Independence Day song list

The selections for the July 1 Independence Day concert will be as follows: STAR SPANGLED BANNER WEST VIRGINIA HILLS AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL BLACK HORSE TROOP OLYMPIC SPIRIT GRAND OLD FLAG / YANKEE DOODLE BOY FAIREST OF THE FAIR IN THE MOOD JIMMY BUFFET STARS AND STRIPES FOREVER

Rehearsal and schedule reminders

We had a good turnout at rehearsal on Thursday. No rehearsal on May 10. We will begin weekly rehearsals on May 17 in preparation for our summer concerts. Rehearsals are at Lincoln High School at 7pm. Please be sure to check your email before rehearsals. Changes in the schedule will be emailed to you. We [...]

Scheduling announcement

Due to a scheduling conflict at Lincoln, the May 3 rehearsal of the Shinnston Band will be at the Lighthouse, in downtown Shinnston. Rehearsal is at 7pm. Please e-mail me if you need directions. BRING YOUR MUSIC STAND! Also, it looks like our Fourth of July concert is being moved to Sunday, July 1 (instead [...]

General announcements

Beginning in March, the Shinnston Community Band will rehearse the first and third Thursday. Rehearsal will be March 1 and March 15, 7:00pm at Lincoln High School. If twice a month is unhandy for any of you, please come when you can. We understand that these are busy months for many of our students who [...]

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