Wind Symphony at Overpeck Park Sunday!

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The Wind Symphony is performing at the first annual Bergen County Invitational Concert Band Festival, this coming Sunday, May 20 at 4:00 pm. We will be performing along with the concert bands from Bergenfield, Fort Lee, and Paramus.

Reminders

• Call is 1:45 pm on Sunday, rear of building, outside Band Room. We are taking Rinaldi buses.
• We will not have access to the building on Sunday! You must take your instrument, mute, music home no later than Friday!
• Wear white shirts/blouses, black pants/skirts, black dress shoes, black socks. No ties, no jackets!
• I recommend you bring a blanket or something to sit on for the portion of the concert when we’re listening to the other three bands.
• Concert begins at 4:00 pm, we perform at 4:30, concert ends 6:00 pm.

Overpeck Park information

• Parking is free. Bring blankets or lawn chairs. Concessions and rest rooms on site.
• Directions with GPS: Use 77 Challenger Road (not the actual address, but it’s close), then follow signs north into park.
• Click on the map in this post to enlarge it. You want to head for the purple marker, then drive north from that point into the park entrance.
• General directions from Northern Valley area: Drive south to Bergenfield. Pick up Teaneck Road and continue south, past Route 4, Fort Lee Road, I-95 overpass, Mt. Vernon Street. 5 blocks after Mt. Vernon Street, turn left onto Emerson Street. Go under the I-95/Turnpike overpass and drive short distance to “T,” which is Challenger Road. Turn left onto Challenger Road and drive north to Overpeck Park entrance.
• From Route 46 east/west bound: Take 46 east to Teaneck Road, turn north. Go two blocks, then turn left onto Emerson Street. Go under the I-95/Turnpike overpass and drive short distance to “T,” which is Challenger Road. Turn left onto Challenger Road and drive north to Overpeck Park entrance.

Please invite friends and family to join us for this event!

Westchester Symphonic Winds concert this Saturday!

Please Plan to join me for my final concert of the 24th season, entitled “Choreography” this Saturday, May 19 at 8:00pm at the Tarrytown Music Hall.

Inspired by many types of dance, I am leading WSW in a performance which includes The Solitary Dancer by Warren Benson; San Antonio Dances by Frank Ticheli; and Three Dance Episodes from “On the Town,” by Leonard Bernstein.

Featured on the program are guest soloist TSgt. Joseph Bello, euphonium, from the United States Air Force Ceremonial Brass performing Beautiful Colorado, by Joseph De Luca and guest conductor Brian Worsdale, Music Director of the NYC ISO Symphonic Band and New York City Big Apple Corps Symphonic Band, who will conduct Arabesque by Samuel R. Hazo. Also featured on this program are ABA Symphonic March by John Cheetham and Puszta, a set of Hungarian gypsy dances by Jan van der Roost, conducted by our assistant conductor Matt Kowalski.

I want to especially encourage current band members to attend this concert!

Tickets to this concert can be purchased in advance at tickets.tarrytownmusichall.org at the door, or by calling the box office at (877) 840-0457 . Tickets are $20 for adults and $15 for seniors and students. Children under 10 are admitted free.

Finally, The Westchester Symphonic Winds would like to thank all members, family, friends, and supporters in the Hudson Valley for making this season our best yet! We look forward to seeing everyone next year for our special 25th anniversary season.

Save the date! Wind Symphony May 20 at Overpeck Park

We have been invited — and I have accepted on our behalf — an invitation for the Wind Symphony to perform at the First Annual Bergen County Invitational Concert Band Festival. This will be held on:
Sunday, May 20, 4:00-6:00 pm (call at about 2:00 pm)
Overpeck Park, Ridgefield Park
I have applied for a Field Trip, and it has been approved, including the costs for the bus transportation. We will be participating at no cost to individual students.

Read the full article about this event on my new site — nvot.ebernet.biz.