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On
May 2, 2009
the East Winds
Symphonic Band
was presented
with the
Sudler Silver Scroll
by John Phillip Sousa Foundation representative
Gerald
Guilbeaux
at our annual performance at the
Three Rivers Community Band Festival
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What is the Sudler Silver Scroll?
- An International
Award
recognizing Community Concert Bands of Outstanding Musical Excellence
- North America's
most
prestigious award for community concert bands is named after Chicago
real estate magnate Louis C. Sudler, a patron of the arts who
founded the John Philip Sousa Foundation. The John Philip
Sousa Foundation is a publicly
supported, educational foundation established for the purpose of
organizing, sponsoring and administering projects contributing to the
excellence of bands and band music throughout the world by recognizing
excellence in its many forms wherever it may be found.
- It was first
awarded
in 1987
- We are the 37th
band from across the
country that have won the award (complete list can be found here)
- 3 bands
including the
East Winds
Symphonic Band are from Pennsylvania
- Others from
Pennsylvania:
The
Allentown Band (1990) and the Penn Central Wind Band of Lewisburg (2004)
What is the
purpose of the
award?
- To identify,
recognize and
honor those community bands that have demonstrated particularly high
standards of excellence in concert activities over a
period of several years, and which have played a significant and
leading role, year after year, in the cultural and musical environment
of their respective communities.
What
is the process?
- Nominations will
be
received from any source and at any time. The nominations may be sent
to the President of the Sousa Foundation or to the Sudler
Scroll Chair. An Official Application will be forwarded to the director
of the band nominated and the chairman will bring the completed
applications to the annual meeting of the selection committee which
takes place each year in December at the Mid-West International Band
Clinic in Chicago. There is no specific number of community bands that
can be honored each year.
What is the
criteria?
- The band must
have achieved
and maintained particularly high standards of excellence in concert
performance and have selected a high level of musical
literature over a period of years. The conductor must be
incumbent in their position for a minimum of five years including the
current year. The band must have a demonstrated record of
contributing significantly to the high standards of cultural
environment in its community both by its performances and by involving
a high percentage of community residents as performers
Recipients
of the Sudler Silver Scroll
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