On Saturday, July 4, the Marion Concert Band will open its 2015 season with a program of patriotic music in celebration of Independence Day. The program is as follows:
National Emblem March – E. E. Bagley
American Pageant – T. Knox
American Anthem – G. Scheer
Our Glorious Land – J. Olivadoti
The Homefront: Musical Memories from World War II – arr. J. Christensen
Highlights from “Victory at Sea” – R. Rodgers
Hymn to the Fallen – J. Williams
Star Spangled Spectacular – G. M. Cohan
This Is My Country – A. Jacobs
Armed Forces Salute – arr. B. Lowden
God Bless America – I. Berlin
Americans We – H. Fillmore
America, the Beautiful – S. Ward
1812 Overture (finale) – P. Tchaikovsky
The Stars and Stripes Forever – J. P. Sousa
The concert, under the direction of Tobias Monte, will be held at Silvershell Beach and will start at 8:00 pm. The evening will conclude with the Town’s fireworks display