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Hi all,
Our rehearsal on Tuesday February 28 begins at 6:30 pm in the music room of Halifax West HS. This is the last rehearsal before our concert on March 5th at St Patrick’s Church (2263 Brunswick St, Halifax).
For Tuesday’s rehearsal, we will again run all of the sing-along tunes with Dick Sayer and then run through our concert pieces (in order) for the March 5th Irish show.
Here are the program selections (and order) for the March 5th Irish show.
1) St.Patrick’s Parade
2) Brian Boru’s Parade
3) Sing-Along #1 (Wild Irish Rose/Irish Eyes are Smiling)
4) Far and Away
5) Irish Tune from County Derry
6) Sing-Along #2 (MacManara’s Band/Black Velevet Band)
7) A Foggy Dew
8) Lord of the Dance
9) Sing-Along #3 (Peggy O’Neil/Peg O’ My Heart)
10) Longford Legend (1-Young Molly Brown 2-Killyburn Brae)
11) Kirkpatrick’s Muse
12) An Irish Rhapsody
I will also give details regarding concert address, set-up, equipment moving, assembly times and dress at the rehearsal. Thanks Dave

Hi all,
For our Tuesday, Feb. 21st rehearsal, we will be running through all of the Irish Sing-Along tunes with vocalist Dick Sayer. The following list covers all those tunes and we will rehearse them in no particular order.
My Wild Irish Rose When Irish Eyes are Smiling MacNamara’s Band Black Velvet Band Peggy O’ Neil Peg O’ My Heart
The remainder of the rehearsal will be left for touch-ups of the other Irish pieces and I will announce those as we go.
Here is the information for our members regarding the Live Streaming Performance Workshops available through the Music Union.
Any musicians, aged 40 and above, (they don’t have to be Atlantic Federation of Musicians members) that would be interested in participating in a workshop education series to help musicians learn how to put a live-streamed performance together, start to finish, from your own location, please contact Dave Staples at davestaples54@gmail.com
The AFM received federal government funding to host this series at the Music Room and are offering participants $95 to attend the day’s workshop.
A link for their registration process: www.dropbox.com/s/0vbaxz3hu8z7ck4/AFM%20Local%20571%20Workshop%20Training%20Eblast%20fillable.pdf?dl=0
Available dates are:
February 24, 27 March 10, 13, 17 and 20.
Thanks Dave

Hi all,
Our next rehearsal for the Halifax Concert Band is Tuesday February 14 in the band room of Halifax West HS, beginning at 6:30 pm. Here is the order of the music we will be playing:
1) Chorales-Bride of Assorted 2) Warm-up-Sarabanbe (Grieg) 3) Longford Legend 4) Kirkpatrick’s Muse 5) Lord of the Dance 6) Irish Tune from County Derry 7) Brian Boru’s Parade 8) Foggy Dew 9) St. Patrick’s Parade
Happy Valentine’s Day.
By the way, if you know that you will not be able to be at rehearsal, by 4 pm on the Tuesday, you should let Dave Staples know ( davestaples54@gmail.com ) and someone in your section.
Thanks Dave

Hi All
The next rehearsal for the Halifax Concert Band is Tuesday February 7 beginning at 6:30 pm in the band room of Halifax West HS. Mark Cuming will be conducting this week. Please bring your regular folder along with the Irish music handed out in envelopes last week. The order of play will be revealed at the rehearsal.
Thanks Mark

Hi All
Here are the program selections (and order) for the March 5th Irish show. This music was handed out in an envelope at our last rehearsal (Jan 31). If you were not there, it is likely that the music was given to someone in your section.
Please bring both the regular folder and the Irish envelope to next week’s rehearsal with Mark (Feb. 7th).
1) St.Patrick’s Parade 2) Brian Boru’s Parade 3) Sing-Along #1 (Wild Irish Rose/Irish Eyes are Smiling) 4) Far and Away 5) Irish Tune from County Derry 6) Sing-Along #2 (MacNamara’s Band/Black Velevet Band) 7) A Foggy Dew 8) Lord of the Dance 9) Sing-Along #3 (Peggy O’Neil/Peg O’ My Heart) 10) Longford Legend (1-Young Molly Brown 2-Killyburn Brae) 11) Kirkpatrick’s Muse 12) An Irish Rhapsody
Thanks Dave

Hi all, Here’s the Halifax Concert Band rehearsal line-up for Tuesday, Jan 31st. Rehearsal is in the band room of Halifax West HS, and begins at 6:30 pm.
1) Chorales-Assorted 2) Warm-up-Sarabande 3) Rigaodon (1st) and Air (2nd) 4) Kirkpatrick’s 5) Song of Hope 6) Nightmare Before Christmas 7) A Scottish Rhapsody 8) Preview of Irish/Celtic Concert Selections
Thanks Dave