Lincoln Area Music Society Presents Second Concert in Summer Series

 

[June 10, 2024] 

The Lincoln Area Music Society Community Band continued its outdoor concert series on Sunday evening with its second concert of the summer. The concert’s theme was “The Four Elements: Fire, Water, Earth, and Air.” The weather was sunny and temperate making a beautiful evening to enjoy live music in Latham Park.

The band was directed by Julie Donnell, a retired band and choir director from Washington, IL, who was substituting for her nephew, Riley McDorman, who was married on Saturday.

The concert opened with “The Star-Spangled Banner,” and then began music that reflected the evening’s theme with “SeaGate Overture” by James Swearingen. It continued with “Spirit of the Wind” by Rodney S. Miller, followed by “Burst of Flame,” a concert march by Richard Bowles. The next number was “Sky Dance” by Richard Saucedo and the band closed the first portion of the concert with “Kaboom!” by Vince Gassi.

Donnell thanked the 2024 band sponsors Begolka Farms, Lincoln Daily News, Guesthouse Coffee, and Lincoln United Methodist Church before inviting any business interested in sponsoring the rest of the summer series to please contact lincolnarea
[e-mail]. 

The band then took a ten-minute intermission, which afforded the audience and band the opportunity to enjoy delicious homemade cake with ice cream prepared by the Lincoln Woman’s Club. The proceeds from the cake and ice cream sales at each band concert support the Lincoln Woman’s Club charitable works and scholarships.

The band opened the second half of the concert with Salvador Alan Jacobo’s composition “Incendio!” which means ‘fire.’ It was followed by the choral prelude “For the Beauty of the Earth” arranged by Claude T. Smith. The next piece was the popular concert march “The Thunderer” by John Philip Sousa. “Aztec Fire” by Jay Bocook and “Smoke on the Water” arranged by Johnny Vinson completed the night’s theme. The final selection was “God Bless America/America the Beautiful” arranged by Michael Brown.

The next Lincoln Community Band summer concert at Latham Park is June 23. There will be no concert on Father’s Day, June 16.

[Stephanie Hall]