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KING BAND NEXT PERFOMANCE
MAY 25th :
Looking
ahead, the next performance by the band will be at the traditional Memorial
Day ceremonies on Monday morning, May 25th, at Terry Moehnke Veteran’s
Memorial Park. The summer series of concerts will again
be held on eight consecutive Sunday evenings, beginning on June 7th and
lasting through July 26th at the Karl L. King Band Shell in Oleson
Park.
Karl King Band plans busy
summer:
The
months of June and July will be busy and exciting ones for the Karl L.
King Municipal Band of Fort Dodge, as the band members come back together
again to perform each Sunday evening, beginning June 7th through July 26th.
Beginning his second summer season as Conductor of the King Band is Dan
Cassady. Paul Bloomquist continues to serve as the band’s announcer.
All
concerts start at 7:30 pm, and there is no admission charge, courtesy of
the City of Fort Dodge. Persons attending these concerts are
reminded to bring lawn chairs or blankets, since no public seating is available.
Come early and enjoy some ice cream and brownies provided by the Southeast
Valley Fine Arts Boosters for a free-will donation to assist their school’s
Fine Arts students.
On June
7th, the King Band will open their season with a varied program of music
as the group prepares to Strike up the Band for its 126th season.
Marches are on the program, including two by Fort Dodge’s own Karl King,
one by Fred Jewell, and a Grand Italian march, Florentiner, by Julius
Fucik. The music of Karl King will continue with Harry Alford’s
arrangement using snippets from several King compositions, titled Melody
ala King. Featured soloist will be Lacey Larson on French
Horn, a recent graduate of both Fort Dodge Senior High (2025) and
Iowa Central Community College (2026). She will be performing
the 3rd movement from Rondo for Horn from Concerto No. 1, op. 11,
by Richard Strauss.
Sunday,
June 14th, will be the Band’s annual Flag Day Concert.
Dan Cassady will be gone that evening teaching at the Reggie Schive Summer
Jazz Camp at Iowa Lakes Community College in Estherville.
In his absence, the King Band will feature two guest conductors that evening.
Tim Miller, retired band director from the Humboldt High School and Middle
School will be on the podium, along with Paul Bloomquist from Iowa Central
Community College. The musical selections have not been announced
as yet. More details will follow.
Sunday
evening, June 21st, Dan Cassady will return to the podium as the King Band
showcases a special Father’s Day concert to honor all the dads in attendance.
Several marches by Karl King and Henry Fillmore are on the program, along
with America’s national hymn, God of Our Fathers. There
will be a narrated tribute to back up the marches of John Philip Sousa
with A Sousa Portrait. In keeping with the evening’s
celebration will be Festive Dance from ‘Faust’ by French composer
Charles Gounod.
Sunday
June 28, will find the band saluting the music of Broadway among other
special treats. Marches by King, Fillmore, Sousa, and Frank
Piersol, former Iowa State and Iowa director of bands, are on the program.
Composer Richard Rogers’ birth on June 28, 1902 will be celebrated with
his Symphonic Marches, including Valiant Years, March
of the Siamese Children from The King and I, Cinderella March,
The Great Adventure, and Guadalcanal March from Victory at
Sea. Opening Night on Broadway will feature music written
for some of the newer musicals, such as The Producers, Avenue
Q, Spamalot, Wicked and The Lion King.
The Producers was written by Mel Brooks, who turns 100 years old
on June 28.
That is just a sampling of some
of the music being planned during the month of June! There
will be much more in store during July as America celebrates its 250 th
anniversary. Watch for more details each week in your local
print media.
View some photos from the 2025
Scholarship
Concert.
View photos from the last concert
of conductor Jerrold Jimmerson
View the programs from the 2023
Concert Season
The Karl L. King Municipal Band of Fort Dodge is
seen during a practice session
before taking the stage.
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