The June 20th Father's Day Tribute was the third Summer Season concert of 2021
June 20, 2021
The King Band offered a wide variety of music to appeal to all musical
tastes during this special Father’s Day presentation. The Conductor
of the Karl L. King Municipal Band is Jerrold P. Jimmerson. The concert
began with Aaron Copland’s classic piece, Fanfare for the Common Man.
The Man of the Hour was a march composed by Henry Fillmore, who was a circus musician as well as a trombone player.
The evening’s overture was Karl King's Omar Khayyam, a 1941 piece that contains sounds of the circus.
A song celebrating the Summer
Solstice was Larry Daehn’s As Summer Was Just Beginning,
which commemorates the life
and tragic death of James Dean, the famous movie actor and star during
the 1950’s.
Featured vocalists Roger and Shari Netz from Manson sang two popular songs accompanied by the band.
First was a beautiful love song from the movie Casablanca As Time Goes By.
Next performed was The Prayer from the movie Quest for Camelot.
Assistant conductor Dan
Cassady led the band as they performed two numbers. The first was
King
Henry,
which Karl King had dedicated
to Henry Fillmore. The second was Can You Read My Mind? from
the movie Superman.
Jerrold Jimmerson returned to lead the band in playing
Highlights
from The Music Man,
a medley of songs by Iowa's Mason City native Meredith
Willson.
Although the Fox Trot Dull Razor Blues and the
King Galop Homestretch were planned,
the change of weather conditions shortened this evening's
concert.
The band finished with Karl King's march Samson, which was dedicated to Carl (Tim) Pray.
The concert closed with the playing of our National Anthem, The Star-Spangled Banner.
Today's Karl King Band | the Karl King Page | Online Photo Archive of Fort Dodge Bands |