Shinnston Community Band

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

Christmas season concludes

This band just keeps getting better and better! Our 8th Christmas Performance Season just concluded with spectacular performances at The Lighthouse in Shinnston, and the Riverside Apostolic Church in Morgantown. Both concerts were very well attended and everyone was in the holiday mood! We are pleased to announce that once again we will receive a [...]

Only three rehearsals left!

Rehearsals are going well in preparation for our Christmas concerts this season, and we have many new members. Check back soon as we will have an updated roster posted. Also, we’ve added another concert to the schedule. We will be performing at the Riverside Apostolic Church in Morgantown on December 12th. We performed there two [...]

End of summer season

Another concert summer has come and gone! Everyone had a great time and of course the band was again wonderful! We started off with the Maple Lake Festival–performing in the lakeside lodge; the Shinnston Independence Day Celebration again was spectacular before a crowd of over 2,500 and an hour long fireworks display; we closed the [...]

Shinnston celebration July 1st!

Only two rehearsals until the Maple Lake Festival on June 24th, and only three left until the Shinnston Independence Day Celebration on July 1st. As well as rehearsals have gone, and although attendance has been good, we need everyone there at these last rehearsals! Please make plans to attend. If you are not playing a [...]

Hopefully everyone got the email notification that rehearsal for May 4th had to be rescheduled due to a scheduling conflict with Lincoln High School. Its been rescheduled for Tuesday, May 18th. We will rehearse every Tuesday night from here on out. At our last rehearsal, we were delighted to have a special guest, Delegate Sam [...]

First rehearsal of summer season

We had a terrific turnout for our first rehearsal of the summer season! The concert committee met and confirmed performances for the summer. First up is our Annual Independence Day Concert at the Shinnston City Park on July 1st. We are pleased to accept an invitation to once again perform for the Benedum Festival in [...]

Exciting announcements…

Governor Bob Wise has announced that the Shinnston Community Band has received a Local Economic Development Assistance grant from the West Virginia Development Office. The grant will be used to purchase needed equipment such as music stands, chairs, a trailer for transportation and storage, percussion instruments, and music. Gov. Wise stated that “I am very [...]

The Shinnston Community Band completed our 7th Annual Christmas Concert season with a performance at the Lighthouse in Shinnston on December 6, 2003. The evening began with a festive parade through downtown Shinnston. Everyone in attendance thoroughly enjoyed the concert! We were very disappointed that a major ice and snow storm that blanketed the Morgantown [...]

  

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