June 17, 2010--The British Invasion Part 2

Another beautiful evening greeted the TSWS for its second Eagle Point concert of the 2010 season. As mentioned in my last post, the program featured music of the British Isles and the audience certainly appreciated this highly listenable but musically demanding program.

As expected, the highlight of the program (as evidenced by the appearance of dozens of cameras) was piper Bill McInnes joining the band for Highland Cathedral. Bill is the founder and leader of the Dubuque Fire Department Pipes and Drums and members of that group joined Bill for an encore. This marked the very first public performance of this ensemble and we were pleased to have them as a part of our TSWS performance. Several members of the fire department were on hand to support their colleagues and it made for a particularly grand evening.

Up next week (June 24) is the return of the Timber City Band from Maquoketa and their conductor and my good friend Jay Kahn. Jay really knows how to program a concert and I am sure that it will be a most enjoyable concert for all.

And of course, July 1 brings our annual Star Spangled Spectacular concert where we pull out all the patriotic stops, including a salute to veterans, an audience sing-along and much much more. But more about this is my next post.