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Members of a concert band receive direction from their conductor.
Banding Together
Huron -Perth
Ar Catholic Hosts the
2017 Instrumental
Music Concert
The Huron -Perth Catholic District
School Board was excited to host the
2017 Instrumental Music Concert.
The concert was hosted at St.
Anne's Catholic Secondary School in
Clinton, on Thursday April 6.
The purpose of this festival was to
celebrate and share the achievements
of the music programs in our Catholic
schools.
The focus of the day was to high-
light students' God-given talents in
music.
Concert bands from Perth and
Huron County to began at 6pm and
all were welcomed to attend.
There was a Sectional Instrument
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Rehearsals to prepare for the performance.
Workshops and later in the evening,
all schools took part in the Mass Band
Rehearsal.
The main performance was the
Concert Bands and the Mass All -
School Band performance.
During the two hour Concert Bands
and the Mass All -School. Band perfor-
mance section of the Banding
Together event, St. Mike's CSS from
Stratford performed `Denbridge Way'
(James Swearingen) and 'The Lion
Kind Soundtrack Highlights' (Calvin
Custer).
Our Lady of Mount Carmel per-
formed `Enchantment; arranged by
Brian Balmages, 'Trumpet Hero;
arranged by Paul Lavender and 'Fan-
fare Heroica; arranged by Brian
Balmages.
A composit do by Mike Hannickel,
`Tyrannosaurus Rock' was performed
by St. James.
Sacred Heart of Wingham com-
pleted three performances: 'Ode to
Joy; arranged by John Higgins; 'May It
Be; arranged by John Moss; 'Jus' Plain
Blues; arranged by Michael Sweeney.
St. Mary's from Goderich also had
three performances: 'When The
Saints Go Marching In; music by
James M Black, arranged by John Hig-
gins; 'Do Re Mi; music by Richard
Rogers, arranged by Paul Lavender;
`Bandroom Rock, composed by
Michael Sweeney.
Stratford's St. Ambrose performed
`Rasputin' (Boney M), and `Crazy
Train' (Rhoads, Osbourne, Daisley).
The last concert band before the
Mass Band Ensemble, was per-
formed by St. Anne's CSS from Clin-
ton and included 'Wings' (Vince
Gassi) and `Tempest Rising' (David
Shaffer).
All schools were in the ensemble
and also offered three performances:
'Linus and Lucy; conducted by Lillian
Regier; 'Abide with Me; conducted by
Jeff McIntyre; 'Eye of the Tiger; con-
ducted by Josh Geddis. See page 18
for more.