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Kincardine Community Concert Band kicks off Music in the Park series By Liz Dadson |
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 The crowd tries to stay cool in the shade, listening to the Kincardine Community Concert Band Wednesday night at the first concert of the Music in the Park summer series | ||||
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The Kincardine Community Concert Band endured the heat, kicking off the Music in the Park summer series Wednesday night (July 7) at Dunsmoor Park. A stalwart crowd also braved the hot weather to support the band and enjoyed some stellar entertainment, as the sun was setting over the lake. The band has 43 members, including students and adults, under the direction of Mary Kloosterboer. President Janet Browne welcomed the audience and said the band is always looking for new members. If you want to learn or re-learn a musical instrument, you are welcome to join the band; contact Kloosterboer at mklooster@bmts.com. A freewill offering is taken up at each Wednesday night concert, and proceeds go toward providing bands in the summer and maintaining the needs of the concert band. Next Wednesday (July 14), the “Oldtime Country Ramblers” and their old-fashioned fiddle music will take you back to happy days. The “Goderich Laketown Band” will be performing July 21. One of the most exciting and entertaining bands in this area, “Howlin’ Dog Vintage Jazz Band,” will grace the stage at Dunsmoor Park on July 28. Don’t miss this group. They provide an evening of danceable instrumentals, vocals and authentic Dixieland Jazz to entertain all ages. Al Crawford and crew (Late Nite Radio) are perennial favourites in the summer program; they perform Aug. 4. His magic reconstruction of hit parade favourites from the '50s and '60s and beyond always please the audience. And the musicianship is smooth and the patter amusing. The Kincardine Brass Band is
unique for the high level of musicianship and the style of band music.
Patterned after British bands, it does not have reeds or woodwinds but
depends on the careful blending of various brass instrument sounds to
provide the mellow harmonies and exciting heroics that only brass
instruments can deliver. This band takes the stage Aug. 11.
Bill Ambler performs on clarinet
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 Sue Thompson plays a few bars on her oboe prior to the start of the concert The Lighthouse Swing Band is the favourite attraction every summer not only for Music in the Park but wherever the band plays. Led by Don Johnson, who is widely respected across Canada as instrumentalist, teacher and leader, and Shelley Parker, the voice of an angel, this band can’t be beat in its drive down memory lane. Check it out on Aug 18. Aug. 25 winds up the summer concert series with the Kincardine Community Concert Band providing a fitting culmination. The hard-working musicians play their hearts out and thank you for your support.
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