APRIL 2019

It’s Love, Love, Love on Wednesday May 1, when the famous Palm Beach Gardens Concert Band takes the stage at the Eissey Campus Theater for their final concert of the season. “Love Is In The Air” is the theme and Conductor Randy Sonntag has assembled a dazzling selection of roman- tic music, light classics, and stirring marches. The program will feature 2 vocalists, tenor Brandon Mills and soprano Lorianna Colozzo. They will be singing a variety of solos as well as the duet “Time To Say Goodbye”. There will also be solo performances by some of the band members. All of this year’s concerts have been sell-outs or nearly so. Don’t miss out on this wonderful show. Call the Eissey Campus Theater and get your tickets now. For new-comers to Frenchman’s Creek, some facts about the Palm Beach Gardens Concert Band. The Band is a non-profit organization that has been performing in this area for over 30 years. Each year through the Friends Of The Band fund-raising efforts scholarships are awarded to several talented and needy band members. We can always use more help. The 80 or so band members are all volunteers and range in age from 17 to 94. The Band is comprised of a wide variety of vocations including many retired professional musicians, and retired music educators. The membership also includes a geneticist, several doctors and lawyers, college students, an aerospace engineer, several teachers, two bartenders and an electrician just to name a few. The Band also has a number of high school students, many of whom will go on to well known music colleges such as Juilliard, New England Conservatory, Berklee, etc.

Call the Eissey Box Office 561-207-5900 for tickets for the May 1, concert at 7:30. Sign up for all five of next year’s concerts. Only a small fee per person.

HAROLD SCHEIN , Band member and Band Board member.

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