Next Concert:
July 12, 2009
The Sunday, July 12 concert
by the Karl L. King Municipal Band will showcase several of the band members
in solo roles. These concerts are held each week during June and
July at the Karl L. King Bandshell in Oleson Park, beginning at 7:30 pm.
There is no admission charge, courtesy of the City of Fort Dodge.
Conductor Jerrold Jimmerson
has planned another interesting and varied hour of band music. Assistant
Conductor Dan Cassady and announcer Duane “Oley” Olson will also play an
important part in the evening as well.
Special guest soloist
will be Cathy Moklebust, Eagle Grove, performing Rimsky-Korsakov’s Flight
Of The Bumblebee on the xylophone. Cathy has been a member of
the King Band for 12 years. She earned both undergraduate and graduate
degrees in music from South Dakota State University in her hometown of
Brookings, SD. Cathy previously played in the percussion section
of the Sioux Falls Municipal Band and the South Dakota Symphony Orchestra.
Cathy is in national demand as a handbell clinician and conductor, having
133 published compositions and arrangements to her credit. In 2007
she was a guest conductor of the national handbell festival in London,
England. She and her husband David operate a music editing and engraving
service, working with several major publishers, including C. L. Barnhouse
in Oskaloosa, IA, publisher for many of Karl King’s works.
The other members of the
percussion section will then join Ms. Moklebust to perform Fantasy On
A Sea Chantey on 3 xylophones. These members include Jeremy Smith
of Fort Dodge and Rollie Jenson of Pocahontas.
Also on the program will
be a performance by the always-popular Dixieland Combo and Band on Tailgate
Concerto. Combo members include Ardella Hein from Fort Dodge
on clarinet, Alan Bridge from Storm Lake on tenor saxophone, Tim Miller
from Humboldt on trumpet, Dan Cassady from Fort Dodge on trombone, Paul
Bloomquist from Dayton on tuba, and Rollie Jenson on percussion.
Karl King’s music will
be featured as well with the marches The Mystic Call and Hawkeye
Fair, along with a beautiful aerial waltz, Vision of Cleopatra.
Other marches will include John Casto’s Royal Bridesmaids, and John
Philip Sousa’s Washington Post. A fast-paced galop by Fred
Jewell, They’re Off, will also be heard.
Classical offerings for
the evening include Haydn Wood’s beautiful tone poem, Mannin Veen,
along with the Farandole movement from the L’Arlesienne Suite by
French composer, Georges Bizet.
The popular ice cream
socials by the Good Shepherd Lutheran Church will continue, starting at
6:30 pm. Homemade ice cream and fresh baked goodies will be available
for purchase.
View photos from the summer concerts.
June 7th
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21st - - June 28th -
- July 5th
Those with fast internet will enjoy
an mpg video of McNamara's
Band (52 mb) from last winter's Irish Concert.
February Karl King Birthday concert
photos
March St. Patrick's Day concert
photos
April Focus Scholarship concert
photos
View photos of the bandshell
during the renovation process.
View concert photos from previous seasons
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