Winter Music

Friday, December 09, 2011 7:30 PM
Cary Senior Center Ballroom, Bond Park
Cary, NC

Again this year the band joins with the Cary Senior Center in our third annual musical celebration of the holiday season. You’ll hear the old familiar carols you’ve sung for years. Perhaps you’ll sing along. With the popular songs about winter and snow and the like, there’ll be music recalling Christmas, Hanukkah, and other holidays of the season. And of course, there’ll be a Sleigh Ride, courtesy of Leroy Anderson and numbers arranged especially for the Cary Town Band. And as a special treat, we'll be joined by WRAL's Greg Fishel narrating a delightful musical adaptation of Clement Moore's Twas the Night Before Christmas. Come enjoy all your favorite melodies as we bring you music for the holidays - Winter Music.

The Concert Silly Prizes for this concert - For attendees who brought their tickets: for Winter - a snowflake ornament; for Hanukkah - a dreidel Hanukkah card; for Solstice - a scented Solstice candle; and for Christmas - his & hers reindeer headbands, Santa cups and napkins, jingle bells door hanger, candy in a candy jar, candy cane ornaments, paddle ball, one million dollar candy bar, and a copy of The night before Christmas, autographed by Greg Fishel. Congratulations to the drawing winner: Carol Ulrich of Raleigh, NC.

Title links in the list below lead to mp3 recordings of the pieces. This was recorded live so with the music you will sometimes hear the activities and mutterings of small audience members. It comes with the territory. Emjoy.

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Hemlock Bluffs Dedication Ceremony

Play 5:00 pm - 5:30 pm
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Veteran's Luncheon

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Hunting for Halloween

Saturday, October 22, 2011 7:30 PM
Cary Arts Center - Theater, Downtown
Cary, NC

Join the band for a historic event – its first Saturday evening performance in the new Cary Arts Center Theater as we go Hunting for Halloween. It’s late October. Hunting season is in full swing. All Saints Eve is close at hand. Musically experience a full day of hunting with Bucalossi’s humorous A Hunting Scene and some old hunters, imperial hunters, and a dog. There may even be a side trip into Zaninelli’s Dark Forest. After a peaceful evening in the small village of Kahlenberg (Bald Mountain), musically venture up the mountain for the Night as Halloween reaches its peak and All Saints Day finally dawns. It’s a musical date you won’t want to miss. Tally-Ho and Trick-or-Treat.

See the Hunting for Halloween concert poster.

The Concert Silly Prizes for this concert - For attendees who brought their tickets: for Halloween - magician's magic glow wands, skull-crest drinking cup, skulls necklace, and pumpkin snow globe; for Whistler and His Dog - a slide whistle, a small stuffed dog, and a 42" high Scobby Doo stuffed dog (won by the piccolo soloist at the NC State Fair); for Night on Bald Mountain - a coupon for ROGAINE for his own bald mountain; and a pumpkin ghost basket to hold it all (except the big dog). Congratulations to the drawing winner: Keith Brickman of Cary, NC.

Title links in the list below lead to mp3 recordings of the pieces. This was recorded live. Emjoy.

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Train Depot Dedication

Monday, October 03, 2011 10:00 am
Cary Amtrack Train Depot
Cary, NC

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Labors of the Day

Friday, September 02, 2011 7:30 PM
Sertoma Amphitheatre, Bond Park
Cary, NC

Is there a better way to start the Labor Day Weekend than with a celebration of the holiday with the Cary Town Band? Obviously not! So, join with us as we recall picnics, baseball, concerts, and other activities typical of this traditionally last weekend of summer. Enjoy music honoring a varied collection of labors that the holiday was created to commemorate – electrician, performer, student, junk man, robber, queen, and many more. Will your job have its musical moment? To find out, you’ll just have to come and hear. Start the holiday weekend right by celebrating the Labors of the Day.

The Concert Silly Prizes for this concert - For attendees who brought their tickets: a copy of newspaper USA Today, a used minor-league baseball, a porcelain figurine of a Kissing Couple, a book - "201 Stupid but True Stories of the World's Dumbest Criminals", a Teddy Bear, and a Teddy Bear's Picnic Basket filled with small animal finger puppets - Teddy Bear's friends. Congratulations to the drawing winner: JoAnne Sherwin of Cary, NC.

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Cary Arts Center Dedication and Open House

Saturday August 13, 2011 09:30 am - 10:00 am
Cary Arts Center - Theater, Downtown,
Cary, NC

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Instrument Petting Zoo
Part of the CAC Dedication and Open House

Saturday August 13, 2011 10:00 am
Cary Arts Center - Principal's Hall, Downtown,
Cary, NC

Summerfest 4th of July

The Cary Town Band, the North Carolina Symphony, and fireworks - what could make the 4th of July more perfect. Come join Summerfest 2011 for their annual 4th of July Celebration. The big event starts around 5:45 PM when the Cary Town Band brings you an old fashion play-in-the-park afternoon concert just like your great grandparents enjoyed a hundred years ago when they celebrated the 4th of July. Patriotic music, circus music, some famous Broadway recollections, and more, while stretched out on a blanket on the grass. Come enjoy the fun with the band, the symphony, and culminating with the best fireworks display in the Triangle area. Don't miss it.

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Shukran U.S.A. -
24th Annual Patriotic Celebration

Sunday, July 03, 2011 7:30 PM
Sertoma Amphitheatre, Bond Park
Cary, NC

Come join us for the 24th annual pre-4th of July patriotic salute to our nation's birth and the service personnel past and present who have helped secure our liberty and freedom. Hear Buglers bugle and Yankees doodle dandily. Hear that Liberty Bell ring along with other familiar marches and tunes that complement the occasion. Our speaker this year is Liza Kamal Fatoohi Murad (Liz Holoman), originally from somewhere else, recounting from a different perspective what there is to love about "The United States" of America and the 4th of July – “Shukran U.S.A.” It’s an annual event you will not want to miss. See you there.

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March Around the World

Friday, May 06, 2011 7:30 PM
Sertoma Amphitheatre in Bond Park
Cary, NC

The traditional musical “march” is a phenomenon of western civilization, first appearing in Europe in the late 16th century. Now, a march is a march is a march, right? Well, not exactly. Marches come in many flavors with characteristic differences, depending on the setting and the nationality and culture of the composer. Come explore with the band as we march around Europe and America to sample a wide variety of musical delights from a smorgasbord filled with “marches”. From north to south, from east to west, from a street parade to a tattoo, from a funeral to the concert hall to the circus, we’ll nibble a little of each as we March Around the (western) World. This is an all-expenses-paid trip you won’t want to miss, room and board included.

The Concert Silly Prizes for this concert - For attendees who brought their tickets: reminiscent of New Orleans and "When the Saints Go Marching In", a box of Zatarain's® Black Beans and Rice and a box of pasta; reminiscent of "Barnum and Bailey's Favorite", a box of (Circus) Animal Crackers. Congratulations to the drawing winner: Gayle Haines of Cary, NC.

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Triangle Flight of Honor

Wednesday, May 04, 2011 7:30 PM
Raleigh-Durham Intrenational Airport
Terminal 1 Parking Atrium

The Triangle Flight of Honor is flying 100 World War II vets to Washington, DC to see their WWII memorial and several more memorials while there - Iwo Jima, Navy Museum, Air Force memorial, Changing of the Guard at the Tomb of Unknown Soldier, Marine barracks at 8 and 1, maybe the museum at Dulles. When they return to RDU, they are brought back into the parking atrium at RDU Terminal 1 to a heroes' return. The time for a band playing is roughly 7:30 pm thru 9:00 pm. In the past, there have been crowds in the 1500 to 1800 size giving the vets a welcome home that they never got. There are flags, posters, families, hugs and lots of tears - and a band. Read more at their website - www.triangleflightofhonor.com

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American Heritage

Friday, March 25, 2011 7:30 PM
Senior Center, Bond Park
Cary, NC

With the arrival of Spring, join with the band as we musically recall our American Heritage - hymns, folksongs, marches, and likable tunes by American composers. Directed by Assistant Conductor Yoshio Nakamura, you’ll hear hymns of our armed services and the Christian tradition. There will be favorite American tunes old and new from Stephen Foster to Leroy Anderson. You’ll march at the circus and tap your toes to familiar folksongs from our first century. There may even be a little history while remembering our heroes. Who knows what delightful memories may pop up as we celebrate our American Heritage. Be there and you will.

The Concert Silly Prizes for this concert - For attendees who brought their tickets: The American Heritage Dictionary, 4th edition; a small Whitman Chocolate Sampler box; and three US state quarters: Iowa, Kentucky, and North Carolina. Congratulations to the drawing winner: Arleon Orndorff of Cary, NC. For attendees who picked up tickets at the door: a toy hoe/rake garden tool and a pair of garden gloves. Congratulations to the drawing winner: Jean Hausey of Cary, NC.

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Vienna - City of Dreams

Friday, February 11, 2011 7:30 PM
Senior Center, Bond Park
Cary, NC

Vienna – a city of romance and intrigue, of theater and music, of grand balls and folk dancing, of hopes and dreams. Come spend a winter evening with the band as we celebrate Vienna – over the centuries, the home of and the inspiration for some of the world’s greatest music and musicians – with overtures, grand waltzes, polkas, and marches by von Suppé, Strauss, Fučík, and Translateur. And you must not miss the special presentation by Herr Profesor Doktor Ingenieur Hans Stadelmier who will reprise his entertaining, humorous and informative "Akordeon Lektur" from Little German Band Heimatabends in 1979 and 1982, including his performance of "Vienna – the City of Dreams." Join us for an unforgettable evening recalling Wien.

The Concert Silly Prizes for this concert - For attendees who brought their tickets: (Morning) morning glory seeds, regular coffee; (Noon) sunflower seeds, a Coca Cola; (& Night) moon flower seeds, decaffinated coffee; hand-made European chocalate mushrooms, small jelly doughnuts. Congratulations to the drawing winner: I. Justick of Cary, NC. For attendees who picked up tickets at the door: two small tins of Vienna Sausages. Congratulations to the drawing winner: Dani Feierstein of Cary, NC.

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For the Holidays

Friday, December 10, 2010 7:30 PM
Senior Center, Bond Park
Cary, NC

Joining again with the Cary Senior Center in celebrating this holiday season, the band invites you to join us as we bring you music for the holidays. You’ll sing along with old familiar carols you’ve sung for years. You’ll hear popular songs of the season, frequently dreaming about white stuff on the ground. And of course there’ll be a Sleigh Ride, courtesy of Leroy Anderson. There may even be a few premiers of holiday pieces crafted especially for the band. Come enjoy all your favorite melodies as we bring you music for the holidays.

The Concert Silly Prize for this concert - winter wonderland dish towels, a dip mix bowl, and miniature seasonal cards. Congratulations to the drawing winner: Francis Underwood of Cary, NC.

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Ollie Fest 2010

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Veteran's Luncheon

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Train Depot Dedication

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Move Your Feet

Friday, October 22, 2010 7:30 PM
Senior Center, Bond Park
Cary, NC

Does music ever make you want to move your feet – to waltz or tango, polka or march, or just shuffle around? Then this concert is for you, full of just those kinds of music to help you move those feet. Featuring Bennett’s Suite of Old American Dances, with moves you probably haven’t seen recently, there’ll also be a Blue Tango, a mournful waltz, a Strauss Polka, and even Arabian Dances (belly-dancers optional). To top it all off we’ll hear from The Music Man with Lida Rose, Marian the Librarian, and the whole cast dancing off with 76 Trombones. We’ll toss in a few more irresistible rhythms and guarantee you’ll leave with your feet moving. Come dance with us.

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In the Army Now

(With the 82nd Airborne Division "All American" Band,
Bandmaster and Commander CW2 Russell J. Houser)
Friday, September 10, 2010 7:30 PM
Sertoma Amphitheatre, Bond Park
Cary, NC

The band opens this concert season with “army music” – music written for or by soldiers; music recalling events involving armies; and, joining forces with the 82nd Airborne Division "All American" Band from Fort Bragg, music performed with active army personnel. Of course the US Army march, Sousa’s US Field Artillery, will be included along with British and Russian Army marches. We’ll hear about Anderson’s Phantom Regiment and boogie with a bugle boy. Von Suppé’s Light Cavalry charges and we'll recall some battle in 1812. All together, it will be an explosive and grand musical event you won’t want to miss. See you in the field.

The Concert Silly Prize for this concert - an official Army combat uniform design backpack filled with three footballs (deflated so they couldn't be thrown at the band), nine cold-weather head protective units (pullover fleece hats), and six Army tee-shirts all with the DSTB (Division Special Troops Battalion - the Band's parent organization) logo.. Congratulations to the drawing winner: Ann Barns of Raleigh, NC.

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Lazy Daze

August 28, 2010 09:15 am
Fidelity Stage - Downtown,
Cary, NC

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Summerfest 4th of July

The Cary Town Band, the North Carolina Symphony, and fireworks - what could make the 4th of July more perfect. Come join Summerfest 2010 for their annual 4th of July Celebration. The big event starts around 5:45 PM when the Cary Town Band brings you an old fashion play-in-the-park afternoon concert just like your great grandparents enjoyed a hundred years ago when they celebrated the 4th of July. Patriotic music, circus music, maybe a famous overture, and more, while stretched out on a blanket on the grass. Come enjoy the fun with the band, the symphony, and culminating with the best fireworks display in the Triangle area. Don't miss it.

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Band in Sand - 23rd Annual Patriotic Celebration

Saturday, July 03, 2010 7:30 PM
Sertoma Amphitheatre, Bond Park
Cary, NC

Come join us for the 23rd annual pre-4th of July patriotic salute to our nation's birth and the service personnel past and present who have helped secure our liberty and freedom. Enjoy many familiar marches and tunes that compliment the occasion. The band joins forces with the James Baker Chorale as we present stirring arrangements of the Battle Hymn of the Republic, God Bless America, and John Williams’ Hymn to the Fallen. Our speaker this year is U.S. Army Bandmaster and Commander of the 82nd Airborne Division Band, CW2 Russell J. Houser, recounting his recent tour of duty with his band in Afghanistan – “Band in Sand”. It’s an annual event you will not want to miss. See you there.

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All Request Friday

Friday, May 21, 2010 7:30 PM
Senior Center, Bond Park
Cary, NC

On The Classical Station, WCPE, 89.7 FM, the last Friday every month is “All Request Friday” – an entire day of music by request. The band joins in this tradition on the next to last Friday this May with an entire program of music by request – from band and audience members gathered over the preceding season – favorites they want to play or hear again. Up to the last minute, the program is open; but a few works sure to be included: Beethoven’s Egmont Overture, Khachaturian’s Galop, Sir Edward Elgar's Nimrod, and Texidor’s Amparito Roca. Someone has requested PDQ Bach’s “Grand Serenade for an Awful Lot of Winds And Percussion”. We’ll see about that one. Come join us to hear music selected by you. Got a request? Get it in early. 

The Concert Silly Prize for this concert - pine tree auto air freshener, an elephant hand puppet, elephant-size candy peanuts, and a cowboy hat.. Congratulations to the drawing winner: Rick Cornell of Cary, NC.

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Cary Performs - Spring Daze

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Sea Songs

Friday, April 16, 2010 7:30 PM
Sertoma Amphitheatre, Bond Park
Cary, NC

Sailing, sailing, over the bounding Main. Most everyone knows a song of the sea, and hums a short refrain. And the band will have you humming along as we ride the waves with some familiar music inspired by tales of the sea. Recall navies with Anchors Aweigh, Glory of the Yankee Navy, and Gliere’s Russian Sailor’s Dance. Recall Victory at Sea with the Guadalcanal March and adventure at sea with the Pirates of the Caribbean Suite. Throw in Rosas’ Over the Waves and Sousa’s Queen of the Sea Waltzes , a Strauss polka, and an unexpected splash or two, and you have a wonderful musical celebration of the sea. Come splash along with us. 

The Concert Silly Prize for this concert - a beach ball, a shark float, a course sea salt grinder (and salt) and two soaps shaped as a starfish and a scallop shell.. Congratulations to the drawing winner: Alain Marquiś of Cary, NC.

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At the Theater

Friday, March 12, 2010 7:30 PM
Cary Senior Center, Bond Park
Cary, NC

Do you like movies? Do you recall that music that played behind the scene? Come remember some of your favorites as the band brings that music to the foreground – still wonderful even without the actors and the scenery. Hear the River Kwai and Lawrence, and Liz and Richard (Taylor and Burton) on the beach. Don’t forget the Looney Tunes before the feature as Elmer (or was it Bugs) directs that strange symphony in an unforgettable von Suppé Poet and Peasant Overture. Then there’s Prokofiev’s little tune that pops up in many flicks. And there’s more to tickle your memory. Come enjoy an evening of music At the Theater.  

The Concert Silly Prize for this concert - two bags of microwave movie popcorn, two soft drinks (in cans), and various chocalate bars.. Congratulations to the drawing winner: Kerry Johnston of Cary, NC.

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Wintering in the Middle East

Friday, February 05, 2010 7:30 PM
Cary Senior Center, Bond Park
Cary, NC

It’s cold and wintery outside. Come in, warm up, and join the band on a mid-winter tour of the Middle East. Recall all the exotic sights and sounds of that ancient area of the world. We’ll visit Egypt with a march, a waltz, and the Ballet Egyptien. Moving eastward, we find Nobles of the Mystic Shrine and The Sheik of Araby, Arabian, of course. To the north in Turkey, there’s Mozart’s Turkish March and a rub-down with Allen’s Turkish Towel Rag. Farther east find yourself In a Persian Market à la Ketelbey. And even farther east we’ll see The Procession of the Sardar. A marvelous excursion with a few little side trips thrown in for fun. It’s a mid-winter caravan you won’t want to miss. Come join us. 

The Concert Silly Prize for this concert - a set of dish towels (Turkish Towels, of course), and a set of three Middle Eastern spices - Baharat, Saffron, and Karkadai - actually obtained recently from a market in Cairo by our piccolo soloist, Liz Holoman. Accompanying the spices were recipe suggestions.. Congratulations to the drawing winner: Sheila Davis of Cary, NC.

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A Carolina Christmas

Friday, December 11, 2009 7:30 PM
Cary Senior Center, Bond Park
Cary, NC

Adding a finishing touch to the Cary Senior’s Center’s Holiday Celebration, join the band for a Carolina Christmas, featuring many of your favorite Christmas carols and music of the season. In addition to familiar carols, you’ll hear Leroy Anderson’s always popular A Christmas Festival. And the season wouldn’t be complete without his Sleigh Ride. Things take an interesting musical turn when Santa Meets Sousa and we’ll march with the Parade of the Wooden Soldiers. Come enjoy your holiday favorites as we celebrate the season with the Cary Senior Center.

The Concert Silly Prize for this concert - a box of Christmas Monkey Bread mix, two jingle bell sets, a porcelin Tin Soldier candy container, a small lighted Santa snow globe, and a Christmas wrap bag to carry it all. Congratulations to the drawing winner: Lynn Plessinger of Cary, NC.

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A Musical Harvest

Friday, October 30, 2009 7:30 PM
Cary Senior Center, Bond Park
Cary, NC

Late October – the harvest has been gathered, the coffers filled. It’s a time for dancing and drinking, a very late Oktoberfest, and preparations for All Hallows Eve. This musical harvest includes the Beer Barrel polka, Percy Grainger’s Irish Tune from County Derry and Shepherd’s Hey, Grieg’s Peer Gynt Suite # 1, Leroy Anderson’s Penny-Whistle Song featuring the flutes, and will recall Halloween spirits with the Zauberer Galopp and Beelzebub featuring tuba soloist Ted Bissette. There'll be a mid-Autumn march or two, and a few surprises. Join us for a festive evening of harvest music. We’ll have you dancing.

The Concert Silly Prize for this concert - a Halloween notepad, pencil, other small Halloween trinkets, a bag of Cotton Balls, and a pumpkin to carry it all. Congratulations to the drawing winner: Jim Paris of Cary, NC.

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Colors of Autumn

Friday, September 25, 2009 7:30 PM
Sertoma Amphitheatre, Bond Park
Cary, NC

Early Autumn is a time of colors – leaves, flowers, and this year - music. Join with the band as we color an early Fall evening with musical colors and recall events of the season. Colorful selections include the March from Prokofiev’s “The Love of Three Oranges”, Blue Skirt Waltz, and Blue Eyes Polka. Events? Parades with the Caravan Club March and Leroy Anderson’s Bugler’s Holiday featuring the trumpets; a quiet afternoon with the Autumn Flowers Overture and In a Rose Garden Waltz; and classical concerts with Holst’s First Suite for Military Band. It’s a musical pallet you won’t want to miss. Join us.

The Concert Silly Prize for this concert - three oranges and a red rose. Congratulations to the drawing winner: Louise Eaglesfield of Raleigh, NC.

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Lazy Daze

August 22, 2009 9:30 am
Fidelity Stage - Downtown,
Cary, NC

Celebrating Abraham Lincoln - 22nd Annual Patriotic Presentation

July 3, 2009 7:30 PM
Sertoma Amphitheatre, Bond Park
Cary, NC

Come join us for our 22nd annual per-4th of July patriotic salute to our nation's birth and the service personnel past and present who have helped secure our liberty. In addition, this year we celebrate the 200th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s birth. Our featured speaker will be NCSU professor emeritus and noted Lincoln historian Dr. William Harris recalling the influence of the Founding Fathers on Lincoln. Musical selections include works that were heard in or recall the Lincoln Whitehouse – The Battle of Shiloh, Battle Hymn of the Republic, Dixie, Swanee Rag, Garry Owen, the 1855 version of the Star Spangled Banner, and the Abe Lincoln Centennial March in a new arrangement by our own Yoshio Nakamura. It’s an annual event you won’t want to miss. See you there.

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