Shinnston Community Band

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

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 [...]

CD’s are now available!

“The Shinnston Community Band Salutes America!” Songs include: Washington Post, Midway March, Battle Cry of Freedom, Armed Forces Salute, America the Beautiful, Black Horse Troop, Glenn Miller Medley, and the Stars and Stripes Forever. We sold out of the first order, and these are sure to go fast! Price: $10.00 plus $2.00 Shipping and Handling. [...]

Two exciting announcements

The Shinnston Community Band is gaining a tremendous amount of respect and recognition throughout the state. The band is extremely pleased to announce that a grant has been awarded to us by the Robert H. Mollohan Family Charitable Foundation Community Grant Program. With this grant, SCB will be able to purchase new equipment and music. [...]

Schedule changes and information

There are no rehearsals in September. We will be sending you dates for October’s rehearsals ASAP. Rehearsal night will be changed to Tuesday beginning in October. Due to a change in Louie’s schedule with his church choir (his paying job), he will be unavailable on Thursdays. We apologize to members who will have a problem [...]

A few summer concert details

We finally have a summer concert schedule! We are very excited to have been invited to perform for the first time at Maple Lake in Bridgeport. We are also planning another Independence Day concert in Shinnston. Last year, the whole evening was a huge success, and we want to do it bigger and better this [...]

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

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

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

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 [...]

« Previous Page« Previous Entries  Next Entries »Next Page »

Calendar

May 2012
S M T W T F S
« May    
 12345
6789101112
13141516171819
20212223242526
2728293031