The final program of the 2021 Summer Season - Page 2
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.
Assistant Conductor Dan Cassady stepped to the podium to lead the band
in performing Ellington!,
which was arranged by Stephen
Bulla.
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).
Conductor Jimmerson next conducted Beguine for Band composed by Glenn Osser.
Andrew Glover returned to the podium to conduct several pieces which he had arranged.
The first of these two tunes was the galop Petersborough Sleighride which was composed by Richard Eilenberg.
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The second tune arranged by Andrew Glover was In The Garden, composed by C. Austin Miles.
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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 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.
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The concert closed with the playing of our National Anthem, The Star-Spangled Banner.
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