Wednesday 27 June 2012

City Band Summer Schedule

Here's our schedule for the 2012 Summer Season
  • Saturday JUNE 30 - BAND TO?? PLAY 10:15, UNTIL 10:55,?? at QUEEN'S PARK BANDSTAND, 1ST AVENUE WEST, , BETWEEN 8TH AND 9TH STREETS -

    OFFICIAL INAUGURAL CONCERT FOR THE NEWLY REBUILT BANDSTAND

Please plan to arrive early due to limited parking, etc.
The organizers recommend parking at the old Health Unit building at 9th St or at the municipal lot south on 1st Ave E. ??Cars will be allowed through the barricade to drop off instruments, but will likely not be permitted to park along 1st Ave West.
  • Sunday JULY 1st -CANADA DAY - KELSO BEACH PARK AMPHITHEATRE-??
    Band to play 6:30 to 7:20PM.

    Please avoid setting up equipment in front of the previous act (singing 6:15 - 6:30), by setting up our equipment before they start, or quietly at the side, then finish setting up when they are finished. Thanks you.

  • Monday JULY 9th - HARRISON PARK BAND PICNIC AND?? CONCERT -
    band to play from 7:30PM on, for one hour or more.????

    Two rows of table in the Picnic shelter have been booked for the afternoon and evening, to use as social get-together for band members and their families. More details to follow -

  • Thursday JULY 12th 7PM civic re-dedication ceremony commemorating official 100 year anniversary of Harrison Park??to be held at the Harrison Park Bandstand.

  • Saturday, JULY 14th - HARRISON PARK CENTENNIAL PICNIC at 12 o'clock NOON
    Billed as an all-ages Old Tyme Picnic, this is a free event hosted by the Friends of Harrison Park; the festivities begin with a mass canoe floatilla arriving at the north island at 11am with the opening ceremonies capped by an old-fashioned bandstand concert (ie us ;)??

    Here again parking is extremely limited??-- car pool if at all possible, there will be shuttle busses brining the public to the park from the municipal parking lots. ??If you do arrive by car, tell the gate guard that you are will the city band and expect to be directed to parking at the bottom of the hill. ??They are expecting 1000 visitors or more and Harrison Park only has a few dozen parking spots.

  • Monday JULY 16th, HARRISON PARK CONCERT - 7:30PM Start
  • Monday JULY 23rd, HARRISON PARK CONCERT - 7:30PM Start
  • Thursday JULY 26th, QUEEN'S PARK CONCERT (to be confirmed) - 7:30PM Start
  • Tuesday??AUGUST 7th, Central Place Retirement Community - Courtyard 7:30PM Start

  • Monday AUGUST 13th, HARRISON PARK CONCERT - 7:15PM Start

  • Monday AUGUST 20th. HARRISON PARK CONCERT, 7:15PM Start

  • Thursday AUGUST 23rd - QUEEN'S PARK CONCERT (to be confirmed) - 7:15PM Start

  • Monday, AUGUST 27 - HARRISON PARK CONCERT?? 7:15PM Start

  • Saturday, SEPTEMBER 1st - noon, DESBORO FALL FAIR
The two Thursday evening Queen's Park Bandstand concerts have yet to be confirmed by the City; a confirmation on these will follow later.