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Happy Monday !

Here is the music order for Friday, May 22 and Saturday, June 6. Please bring all of this music to every rehearsal. Thanks!!

May 22:

*With Valor and Honor

*Star Spangled Banner 

*God Bless the USA

*God Bless America

*Thunderer

June 6:

*Thunderer
*Echoes of the Civil War
*Glenn Miller Salute/Tribute
*Liberty Bell March (if we can make it sound good)
*Voices of the Battlefield
*Sweet George Brown
*Zoot Suit
*Miller Time
*God Bless America
*Stars and Stripes

See you tonight!!

We received some concerns that ordering baseball tickets thru the Rubber Ducks website was complicated.

So we have changed tactics and tickets will now be available for the July 26th game thru our NHB Fund raising members.

If you have already purchased tickets online – we thank you and no further action is required.

If you have not yet purchased tickets to this worthwhile and fun event – ticket prices are $20 and cash is appreciated.

Any questions can be directed to Kathy Jesser, in our Trombone section.

Thank you in advance.

We will rehearse UPSTAIRS at MAPS tomorrow, 5/7. We will practice the following:

Miller Time

Thunderer

Knights of Destiny 

God Bless America 

If there is time:

Zoot Suite

Voices of the Battlefield 

Echoes of the Civil War

We will end full rehearsal at 3:45 so the strings can play through the two pieces (Eine Kleine Nachtmusik and Pink Panther) we are playing by ourselves at Garfield. 

The concert at Garfield is at 7:00 and free to anyone who wants to listen., 1326 Brown St. Akron, OH 44301

Ticket Link: https://www.gofevo.com/event/Newhorizons42

You need to order tickets online for NHB to receive a portion of the ticket price. You will first have to create an account and once the tickets are purchased you can either print them out or have them sent to you.

Hopefully you can read this.  If you can’t, maybe you lost your glasses at Maps?  Connie has them.

Please bring your Glenn Miller Show  music (everything we played as a full ensemble at the MAPS concert) with you to rehearsal tomorrow and for the foreseeable future. We will be using parts of that show’s music in various ways throughout the summer/fall. More practice won’t hurt us and I really need to practice conditioning those pieces!!!

Also, the August 13th concert at Western Reserve Masonic Community will be at  7:00 p.m.  It will be in lieu of that day’s rehearsal.

Thanks,
Cathy

Congratulations on a successful Glenn Miller show.

We are ready to move toward our next concerts.

We WILL have rehearsal tonight. I hope you can make it, but if you’re too pooped to play, hopefully you can make it on Thursday.

Things you should know:

Leslie is starting a jazz band class. It will meet from 5:00-6:00 on the Thursdays we meet at FEC. This class is for anyone interested in learning about and playing jazz music. Please let us know at one of this week’s rehearsals if you plan to participate, so we have music for you.

The very next concert is STRINGS ONLY at Garfield on May 7.

The next concert for EVERYONE is the Memorial Day program at Western Reserve Masonic Community. Performance time is 1:00. Call will be 12:15. The music we will play is:

Knights of Destiny 

With Valor and Honor 

Star Spangled Banner 

God Bless the USA 

God Bless America 

Thunderer 

Please bring this music with you to rehearsal. If you don’t have it, Connie will have some copies. 

Following Memorial Day we have the Kenmore Street Festival on June 6th. I will post that music list shortly. We will utilize much of the music we played at MAPS and will hopefully add one or two new selections. 

We will be discussing the July 2 program at the next couple of rehearsals. This will be a smaller group of musicians who will play in a pit, for a program celebrating America 250 at Norton HS. 

If you have any questions or concerns, please ask.

Looking forward to a great rest of the 2026 season.

Cathy 

9th FEC
5:30 set up;
6:00 Full Ensemble . Cathy conductor Marches of the A.F. Jim (announces);
6:15 God Bless America – Jim, Harry, Karen.
6:25 Bless the USA – Harry.
6:40 Sweet G. Brown.
6:50 Miller Time- Jim.
7:10 – Jim. Salute and Tribute – Jim.
7:40 – Small Band. Cathy, strings downstairs.
8:30 Bye!

13th FEC
5:00 Strings; Cathy. Small Band Jim. Lessons with Leslie.
6:00 – Run Full Show with Sarah.

16th MAPS
6:00 – 8:00 DRESS REHEARSAL

If you are a Baseball or Duck lover please save July 26, 2026 in downtown Akron for an afternoon RubberDucks baseball game to benefit our New Horizons Band 2026 fund raising effort.

Information regarding how we can support this worthwhile effort is forthcoming,

L. Carol Brill (clarinet) passed away in her sleep on Friday, April 3. She has one daughter. Nothing is planned yet but there will probably be a Celebration of Life at some point. Carol was a long time member (17 years)! Her daughter will let us know when plans are made.