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Green Mountain Brass Band

Vermont State Parks
2008 Vermont Days
Concert in the Park

01/24/09

The Band at Vermont Days

sponsored by:
Vermont State Parks

June 15, 2008
2:00 to 4:00 pm

Waterbury Center State Park
177 Reservoir Rd
Waterbury Center, Vermont 05677
Park Phone: 802-244-1226
US Route 2, Milton, VT

Admission is Free!

Special Thanks to:
Rochelle Skinner, Chuck Woessner & Susan Bulmer
Vermont State Parks

Rev. Peter Plagge & Susie Perkins
Waterbury Congregational Church, Waterbury

Concert

Sunday, June 15, 2008
2:00 to 4:00 pm
Call: 1:30 pm
Dress: White & Tan

Program

Star Spangled Banner - Himes
Aces High -
All In The April Evening -
A Disney Spectacular -

Ye Banks and Braes -
Trombone Trio
Trombone Trio

Norwegian Wood -
The Floral Dance -
First Suite In E Flat -

Intermission

The Voice of the Guns - Alford
Forgotten Garden -
Appalachian Mountain -
National Emblem -
Yesterday -
Birdland -

These Green Mountains -
Vermont State Anthem Neil Wacek, Tenor Soloist

Trombone Trio
Stars & Stripes Forever - Sousa

The Band

Guest Bandmaster
Gary
Gary Aubin

Assist. Guest Bandmaster
Jim Douglas
Gov. Jim Douglas

Cornets
Anne Ross
Brett Chipman
Brian Chipman
Jim Rush
Joe Klopfenstein
Mike Lawler
Sandy Dahl
Tyler Robitaille

Horns
Neil Wacek, Flugelhorn
Mia Fritze
Priscilla Douglas
Mark Walker

Baritones
Alan Irwin
Chapin Kaynor

Trombones
Carrie Cole
Lisa Buchanan
Tom Lackey

Euphoniums
Dale Long
Nick Bohlen

Basses
Jim Diette
Tom McNeil
Dana Howe
Kameron Clayton

Percussion
Peter Guthman
Sandy Dahl

Vocalist
Neil Wacek, Tenor

PRESS RELEASE

Green Mountain Brass Band
Vermont Days Concert
Vermont State Parks
Waterbury Center State Park
Vt 100, Waterbury Center, Vermont
Sunday, June 15, 2008 from 2:00 to 4:00 pm

The Vermont State Parks presents the Green Mountain Brass Band in concert at the Waterbury Center State Park during their Vermont Days Celebration on Sunday, June 15 at 1:00 pm. This concert will include a variety of traditional, contemporary and popular band concert music. The Park is handicap-accessible. Admission is free thanks to the generosity of The Vermont State Parks.

Vermont Days, June 9th and 10th, is the weekend to celebrate the arrival of summer and enjoy a free sample of Vermont's excellent fishing, state parks, and historic and cultural resources. All Vermont State Park day areas, state-owned historic sites, and the Vermont Historical Society Museum in Montpelier will be open at no charge. Saturday, June 9th is free fishing day Ð the one day in the year when residents and non-residents may go fishing without a license.

The Brass Band has 26 members and features Cornets, Horns, Trombones, Baritones, Euphoniums, Basses, Drums & Percussion. The Band draws its musicians from northern Vermont's musical community.

Gary Aubin will be the Band's Guest Bandmaster. Gary is a long time Bandmaster of the St. Johnsbury Town Band and has played Euphonium and Trumpet with the Lyndonville Military Band for 40 years. He teaches at the Design and Computer Technologies Program at the Green Mountain Technology and Career Center in Hyde Park, VT. Gary has also performed with many bands and musical groups throughout Vermont. He is familiar to area audiences as the drummer with the famous Maple Leaf 7 Dixieland Band.

For more information on the Green Mountain Brass Band, please contact Dale Long, Band Manager at 6 Clover St., So. Burlington, VT 05403 , call (802) 863-7819, email gallenod@verizon.net, or visit www.greenmountainbrassband.org.

PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT

Green Mountain Brass Band
Vermont Days Concert
Vermont State Parks
Waterbury Center State Park
Vt 100, Waterbury Center, Vermont
Sunday, June 15, 2008 from 2:00 to 4:00 pm

The Vermont State Parks presents the Green Mountain Brass Band in concert on Sunday, June 15 at 2:00 pm at the Waterbury Center State Park on VT Route 2 in Waterbury Center. This concert, part of the State Park's Vermont Days, will include a variety of old and new concert band music. Admission is free. Enjoy an old time band concert in the park at the Waterbury Reservoir with the Green Mountain Brass Band. For information, call Dale Long at 863-7819.