TENTH ANNUAL FESTIVAL
TWO NIGHTS OF GREAT MUSIC IN THE WESTERN SUBURBS!!
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Friday, July 17
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7.15 p.m.
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Chicago Brass Band with CSO trumpeter Mark Ridenour
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8.30 p.m.
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Grand Avenue Big Band
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Saturday, July 18
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6.00 p.m.
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Fox Valley Concert Band with guest WFMT-radio narrator Carl Grapentine
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7.15 p.m.
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Joliet American Legion Band
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Navy Band Great Lakes |
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Instrument Petting Zoo for Children at Festival
To spark the interest of children attending the festival, instruments such as trombones, trumpets, drums and bells will be available for hands-on exploration in the Memorial Park Gazebo. The instrument zoo keepers will let the children pick up the instruments, get a feel for them and "pet" them. It is hoped that the children will ask questions about the instruments that the zoo keepers can answer.
The Case for Abandoned Music Instruments
If you live in metropolitan Chicago and have a piccolo or tuba or any other band or orchestra instrument that you are no longer using, please call the Wheaton Band Festival at (630) 653-0310. Working instruments will be placed in the hands of disadvantaged children and young people so that they can participate in the Salvation Youth Music Program. You may also call Mr. Vernon Lawson at 1-773-205-3509. Vernon is the Divisional Music Director of the Salvation Army's Metropolitan Division in Chicago. All instrument donations are tax-deductible. These donations can be made at any time, but ideally during this year's Wheaton Band Festival. THANK YOU if you are someone who has donated to an instrument collection that presetnly is valued at over $10,000. |
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