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KARL KING BAND SALUTES NOTED
COMPOSERS:
The
Karl L. King Municipal Band of Fort Dodge will present a special concert
on Sunday evening, July 19th, starting at 7:30 pm, at the historic Karl
L. King Band Shell in Oleson Park. There is no admission
charge, with these concerts being supported by the City of Fort Dodge.
An ice cream social will precede the starting time and is provided by the
Southeast Valley School Fine Arts Boosters for a free-will donation.
Persons are reminded to bring their own lawn chairs or blankets for seating.
Conductor Dan Cassady will lead the Band in a special program of all-time
favorites to especially honor several of America’s great composers.
Paul Bloomquist will again introduce each selection.
Marches
are always a prominent part of these concerts, and this will be no exception
Sunday night. Opening the concert will be British composer
Kenneth Alford’s, Colonel Bogey, followed by John Philip Sousa’s
The High School Cadets. Closing the concert will be
another classic Sousa march, Manhattan Beach.
Special guest vocalists for the
evening with the band will be Shari and Roger Netz from Manson.
Both are graduates of Manson High School and both sang for several years
with the Manson Meridian Singers. Shari will perform
a Hoagy Carmichael classic, Skylark, and then Roger will join her
to sing one of George Gershwin favorite duets, They Can’t Take That
Away From Me.
No concert would be complete
without some music from Fort Dodge’s own Karl L. King. Two
of his circus-style selections will be an Oriental intermezzo titled In
Old Pekin, along with his characteristic Schottische, Dance of the
Imps. A medley of Duke Ellington’s Big Band hits, titled
Rhythmoods is also on the program along with another George Gershwin’s
classic An American in Paris.
The evening’s classical offerings
will include the Finale (Fourth) Movement from Symphony in B
Flat, by French composer Paul Fauchet. This vigorous, march-like
work is considered to be ‘the first symphony ever written for Band” and
premiered in France in 1926. This composition made its American
debut at Carlton College in Minnesota in 1933. Rounding out
the evening’s program will be the lively Shepherd’s Hey from Australian-born
composer, Percy Aldridge Grainger.
The concert will close in the
usual way with the playing of our National Anthem, The Star-Spangled
Banner.
Persons attending these concerts are reminded to bring their own lawn chairs
or blankets, since no public seating is provided. In case of
inclement weather, the concert may be delayed or even cancelled at the
starting time. Any announcements will be made on the band’s
Facebook page.
View some photos from the 2025
Scholarship
Concert.
View photos from the last concert
of conductor Jerrold Jimmerson
View the programs from the 2023
Concert Season
The Karl L. King Municipal Band of Fort Dodge is
seen during a practice session
before taking the stage.
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