soundtrack to your life since 1920
Some scenes (and sounds) from down by the fountain in the courtyard of Central Place last Tuesday evening, the Owen Sound City Band under the direction of our intrepid semi-conductor Dan Blenkensop, staving off the rainclouds with that big windband sound :)
many thanks to our resident photographer Linda Joch for sending these along!
Our former bandleader and long-time member Bob Bell sends us some City Band memories for our web archives:
I thought I'd send these around. The little black and white was taken at the Santa Claus Parade in 1964. One is the grand opening of the Harrison Park Inn in 1987, replacing the one that burned down. Third is the OSCVI Reunion Parade. You'll recognize Gary [Bergstra] on the trombone, but maybe not the kid on bass clarinet a few rows back.
The concert picture was taken in 1976 or 1977. We did a kiddies' concert spread out on the grass, so the children could get in closer. Bob Rourke was conducting.The last shot was from 1987, just after a concert. My oldest son, Sandy, a six-year-old at the time, grabbed my hat and baton while I was chatting in the background. Interestingly, the guy in the red sneakers with his back to the camera is Tim Harrison, former bandsman and founder of the Summerfolk Music and Crafts Festival.
Hear now, for your seasonal enjoyment, some selected moments recorded over our 2010 Christmas concert season, our present to you with our best wishes for you and yours on this Holiday and on into 2011!
Thank you for all your kind support at our concert shows and parades (keep those cards and letters coming in! And please do 'Like' our Facebook page too!!) and should someone give you the gift of music making this year, remember, our rehearsals start up again in January; for over 85 years, there's been no better way to express our scenic city civic pride and community spirit than through our very own Owen Sound City Band!
on the web : http://www.owensoundcityband.org
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Was just browsing the computer, and found this. It was put on PC year 2000. a lot of old members. (different band all together!)
And by way of a teaser for the bandstand show, here's a short video preview glimse originally posted to our Facebook Page, the City Band on hand at Moreston Village way back last Canada Day (July 1, 2010) for a test run of the new gazebo -- the sound was fantastic!
Every year on Labour Day weekend, Desboro hosts an annual Agricultural Fall Fair. The fair brings many of the surrounding farmers together to compete for items such as tallest corn, best hay, best selection of antiques and best antique tractors. There are a variety of games for children (everyone loves to watch the frog jumping competition and play a game at the carnival tent). The local youth demonstrate what they learned as members of the many 4H clubs including the calf club and the Potato club, and you can even have your chance to buy some of the prize winning potatoes.
Clarence Lange, director with the Desboro and Chesley agricultural societies for 75 years, put it this way:
"It was the dream of our forefathers to have an event like this every year. They generated and expected support from the community to make it happen. They needed it then and it's needed now, too."
And just like every year, the Owen Sound City Band will be there to usher in the antique tractor parade for the noon hour with a program of show tunes and some vintage brass band marches!
Did we mention the award-winning pies? For directions to Desboro, click the event title in our calendar at owensoundcityband.org and then click on 'map' to take you right there!
And so it was, a beautiful summer's evening under the twilight, the geese warming up their flight skills overhead, our last show of the 2010 summer Music In The Park season and a big thank-you to all our fans for all your support and applause over these past many Mondays. We love this job.
Some action photos from the archives of our old website, the Owen Sound City Band live in concert at the Harrison Park bandshell gazebo during the summer series of concerts in 2005
From the end of the school year until the end of August, the City Band performs live at the gazebo in Harrison Park; that old bandshell is very nearly as old as the City Band, so we share a certain kinship :)
Here's a preview peak at the Owen Sound City Band current bandbook and the playlist for our summer shows at Harrison Park; the band plays at the gazebo every Monday evening at 7:15 (rain or shine) except on the civic holiday, bring a lawn chair, play in the playground, feed the swans or do your t'ai chi and enjoy the sound!
while the town square park at the Moreston Heritage Village may not be quite complete, the bandshell is up, and that's reason enough for the Owen Sound City Band to give it a grand (but chilly)??Canada Day inaugural concert. ??It was just like old times ...
pictures were taken by a member of the Friends of the Meaford Library.
