Re: Villages Concert Band/ New Horizons Concert Band LSL show
Hello,
Being a band member for just over a year does not qualify me as any kind of expert with these groups but I can tell you what I know. Just being associated with these people is an awe inspiring experience. Two of our members are 90+ years of age, some are in their 80s with the rest of us in our 50s to 70s. With 225+ members in just these two groups and most learning their instrument in grade school, the math will tell you the length of experience.
There are over a dozen who have the Masters or Doctorates in Music or Music Education.
Many of the members still play professionally in and around the Central Florida area. To hear them play is a thrill. To hear them play together, you wouldn't believe.
Besides these groups, there is also Dixieland, Big Band and Swing Band and others. Some, such as John Rogerson are great singers, there is also a plethora of singing groups.
But, as with anything, if you want to be good, you gotta practice.
If you check your Thursday Rec Center News you will see where most of these groups practice and the times. And you can't beat the price. To come watch and hear .........
it's FREE!!!!!
Jerry Jackson (trumpet)
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Jerry Jackson (Summerhill)
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