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Labor Day concert at A.K. Bissell Park on Monday

Posted at 11:35 pm August 30, 2015
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Oak Ridge Community Band July 4, 2014

Photo by Larry Perry

 

The Oak Ridge Community Band will perform its last outdoor concert of the summer at A.K. Bissell Park next Monday.

The concert starts at 7 p.m. Monday, September 7. There is no admission fee, and the public is encouraged to bring lawn chairs or blankets for outdoor seating, a press release said. Cool refreshments will be available.

“Attendance at the Community Band’s concerts this summer has been large due to outstanding programs, and the band directed by Dale Pendley and assistant conductor Lisa Michaels have still another excellent performance planned for Monday evening featuring as special guests the Dixieland Band, the Community Band Choir, vocalist Deidre Ford, and former mayor Tom Beehan, who has been narrator at the previous summer concerts and will once again appear in this role for the Labor Day program,” a press release said. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Community, Entertainment, Front Page News, Meetings and Events, Music, Top Stories Tagged With: A.K. Bissell Park, Cindy Redd, Community Band Choir, Dale Pendley, Deidre Ford, Dixieland Band, Joe Williams, Labor Day, Lisa Michaels, Morrie Bowden, Oak Ridge Community Band, Ron Battle, Sandy Hirschman, Tim Ford, Tom Beehan

Community Band has free Labor Day concert in A.K. Bissell Park

Posted at 1:45 pm August 24, 2014
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Oak Ridge Community Band Concert

The Oak Ridge Community Band performs at a 70th anniversary concert on Independence Day. (File photo)

The Oak Ridge Community Band will perform its annual Labor Day concert on Monday, September 1, at 7 p.m. in A.K. Bissell Park.

This is a free event, and the public is encouraged to bring lawn chairs or blankets for outdoor seating, a press release said. Refreshments will be available for sale.

To help kick off the Community Band’s 2014-2015 subscription season of indoor concerts, the first 200 people attending the Labor Day Concert will be given free tickets to the band’s October 12 concert, which will be held at the Oak Ridge High School auditorium, the press release said. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Community, Entertainment, Front Page News, Music Tagged With: A.K. Bissell Park, Bill Burkhart, concert, Dale Pendley, Deidre Ford, Labor Day, Lettie Andrade De La Torre, Lisa Michaels, Mike Cates, Morrie Bowden, Oak Ridge Community Band, Roscoe Shipley

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