FOURTEENTH ANNUAL FESTIVAL
TWO NIGHTS OF GREAT MUSIC IN THE WESTERN SUBURBS!!
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Friday, July 19
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7.15 p.m.
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Chicago Brass Band (tentative)
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8.30 p.m.
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TBA
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Saturday, July 20
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6.00 p.m.
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Fox Valley Concert Band (tentative)
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7.05 p.m.
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TBA
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TBA |
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"Championship Brass" in FREE Benefit Concert
On April 7, 2013 at 2 p.m the Chicago Brass Band will perform at Gary United Methodist Church, 224 N. Main, Wheaton, IL 60187. The concert is FREE and open to the public. A freewill offering will be taken to benefit the 2013 Wheaton Band Festival.
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 Festiva Vice-President at (630) 665-4213. 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 presently is valued at over $50,000. |
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