The Karl L. King Municipal Band of Fort Dodge, Iowa

The final program of the 2021 Summer Season - Page 2

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Conductor Jerrold P. Jimmerson returned to conduct the band in performing The Golden Age of Broadway by Rogers & Hammerstein (Richard Charles Rodgers and Oscar Greeley Clendenning Hammerstein II).  This medley of tunes included Bali Ha'i from South Pacific, Oklahoma, Getting to Know You from The King and I, The Carousel Waltz from Carousel, and Climb Ev'ry Mountain from The Sound of Music.

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       Assistant Conductor Dan Cassady stepped to the podium to lead the band in performing Ellington!,
which was arranged by Stephen Bulla.

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This medley of tunes by the American jazz musician Duke Ellington included melodies from
Caravan (1936), It Don't Mean a Thing (1932), Just Squeeze Me But don't Tease Me (1941),
Ko Ko (1945), Sophisticated Lady (1933) and "Take the A Train" (1941).

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Conductor Jimmerson next conducted Beguine for Band composed by Glenn Osser.

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Andrew Glover returned to the podium to conduct several pieces which he had arranged.

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The first of these two tunes was the galop Petersborough Sleighride which was composed by Richard Eilenberg.

Petersborough Sleighride
Listen to Petersborough Sleighride.
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The second tune arranged by Andrew Glover was In The Garden, composed by C. Austin Miles.

In The Garden
Listen to Andrews Glover's arrangement of In The Garden.
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As the evening program was nearing an end, Conductor Jimmerson returned to lead the band in  performing The Roosters Lay Eggs in Kansas, a Humoresque.   Announcer Paul Bloomquist informed the audience that Sousa had often used this number as an encore.

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The Roosters Lay Eggs in Kansas
You may click to listen to this humoresque, The Roosters Lay Eggs in Kansas.
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The traditional final tune of every season was used to close this last program of the 2021 Summer Season.
 Listen to Auld Lang Syne written by Karl Lawrence King.

Auld Lang Syne
Karl L. King style Auld Lang Syne

The concert closed with the playing of our National Anthem, The Star-Spangled Banner.


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