The success of our LCCB Festivals in 2010 and 2011 has inspired us to roll out the welcome mat once again. We are thrilled that Col. Arnald D. Gabriel, USAF Band (Ret.) will be returning to be our guest conductor.

The Genetti Hotel, 200 West Fourth Street, Williamsport, PA, will be the festival headquarters and is the site of rehearsals, receptions, and the banquet. The Repasz Band Group rate is $99.95 per night single/double occupancy plus PA state sales tax (6%) and local room tax (3%). To our returning members we are truly sorry for the increase. The hotel is filled to capacity every night with workers from the gas industry and tour groups. The festival rate is still $30 less than their regular room rate of $129. If you are only remotely interested in coming to the festival please book your room now. Cancellation if necessary is easy. The reservation number is (800) 321-1388, or local calls, 570-326-6600.

A free concert for the public will be held at Williamsport’s Community Arts Center, the “Jewel” of our city, on Sunday afternoon at 1:30 p.m. Please bring a music stand for our rehearsals. The concert attire is a black dress, or a long black skirt or slacks and black top for women and black or very dark suit, white shirt and long black tie for men.

The LCCBF Registration fee is $85 and includes performing in the festival band, a Friday night reception, and Saturday snacks. The Guest fee, $35 includes admission to rehearsals, the Friday night reception, and Saturday snacks. After September 1, please add $15 to each registration. Registration deadline is September 18, 2011.

The Saturday evening banquet will have a choice of Roast Turkey with dressing, Filet of Sirloin, 6 oz. or Orange Roughy w/Shrimp Crevettes Sauce. There will be wonderful entertainment after the banquet.

LIBERTY CLASSIC CONCERT BAND FESTIVAL III Repertoire
TITLE /COMPOSER/ARR PUBLISHER
Grand March to the Queen of Sheba Gounod – TBA
Blue Tango / Anderson / Mills
Flight / Smith / Wingert Jones
Nimrod from Enigma Variations / Elgar/Reed Mills
Lady Liberty March / Micciche / Mansuscript
Porgy and Bess Selections / Gershwin/Bennett / Chappell
William Tell Overture / Rossini/Sommer / Chappell (This was the most asked for selection last year)

To register, use the registration .doc file or the registration .pdf.

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The Concert Setup Program is a rotation of section assignments intended to help spread these responsibilities out. When it is a particular section’s turn, the section leader is responsible for finding enough people to do the following tasks. Typically, this requires showing up at the concert site approximately one 1 hour ahead of time unless equipment must be transported (see 1 below), in which case a different timeframe may be called for.

1. Transporting Band equipment other than percussion to the concert
site. Equipment includes:

• conductor podium and stand
• music
• suitcases with extra shirts/ties, stand lights/batteries, music clips, etc.
• banner/sign and stand
• band floodlights (if needed)

Traditionally, the percussion section helps to transport this in their vehicles for percussion equipment. The equipment needs to be loaded on to vehicles at Trinity Christian before the concert, and unloaded at the concert site. Then, re-loading and unloading to put equipment back in storage at Trinity Christian after the concert.

People helping with this effort need to coordinate with the percussion section ahead of time, often at the previous rehearsal.

A PA system for the band is occasionally needed. In the past, Roger Schneider has brought this and set it up. This may change in the future and be included here.

2. Stage setup. This involves placing the chairs, conductor’s stand and podium, EWSB sign as appropriate, floodlights as needed, and any other miscellaneous needs for the particular stage.

3. Stage cleanup. Tearing down of chairs as necessary, as well as band equipment. (Hopefully, all band members will help with this at every concert.) Packing all band equipment in cases and into vehicles for transport back to school.

Setup rotational order:

• Trumpets
• Trombones
• Saxophones
• Lower Brass (horns, baritones, tubas)
• Flutes
• Clarinets

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• East Winds Diversity Plan
• New Member handout