Season is April-October - and always with all of July off.

    Concerts (9 scheduled for '24) are usually in daytime,
                    in western Twin Cities locations.   
    
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Rehearse 10:00a-12:15p
      7 months April-October,
                     with all July off!
             at our longtime host:
          Westwood Lutheran Church,
            9001 Cedar Lake Rd,  St. LouisPark
             (E 8 blocks from US-169, S of I-394)

2024 Concert Schedule

June 25 Concert @11:00a—Transfiguration LC, Bloomington

June 28 Concert @  7:00p—Trillium Woods SL, Plymouth

                {All-July BREAK}

August 24 @10:00a  WestwoodLC Sunday-service

September 10 Concert @  1:00p--St. Philip Deacon LC, Plymouth

September 20 Concert @  1:00p--Salem Covenant Church, New Brighton

September 24 Concert @  7:00p--Bethlehem LC, Minnetonka

October 13 Concert @  4:00p--Gethsemane LC, Hopkins

October 15 Annual PicnicLunch @12:00n WwLC post-Rehearsal

October 22 Concert @11:00a--WestwoodLC 'home' concert                        
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 2024 Repertoire:

    Alleluia - Hindemith/ SSB's Nick vanDuzee
    Amazing Grace - Ticheli
    Beach Boy's Greatest Hits - arr.Brown   
    A Child's Embrace - Young
    Hava Nagila - arr. Bobrowitz
    Suite of Old American Dances movements - Bennett
    Sweet Rag - SSB's Al Sweet
    Wien Tagen - SSB's Bob Wig

• Flourish for Wind Band        Ralph Vaughn Williams
  Pageant                               Vincent Persichetti
  Side Partners [Trumpet duo] Herbert L. Clarke
  Music of the Beatles             arr. Sweeney
  Air for Band                          Frank Erickson
  Hebraic Fantasie                  David Bobrowitz
  Mini-Suite                             Morton Gould
  Wade in the Water               arr. Stephan Bulla
  Winds of Change                 Bob Dylan (arr.Kinyon)
   Stars & Stripes Forever    John Philip Sousa
  

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                            Policies

Recruiting Policy

  We want to be "self-renewing!", by invitation or not - no auditions.

COVID policy:

  We strongly, Strongly, STRONGLY! recommend being vaccinated
 and stay up-to-date with boosters.
 Current medical advice
    If you have symptoms test quickly, and start the treatment as soon as possible.
    Those diagnosed should wait 10 days before interacting with vulnerable populations
    which by virtue of age and health demographics includes us.

Communications Policy:
 Notices:
   Before each concert, a Notes from Director Nick with concert details.
   And as-needed.

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Media SSB Recordings
  Videos, on YouTube!:
      2023 SSB Season Concerts - posted on YT by host locations:
      June, at Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Minneapolis
      Sep  , at St. Philip the Deacon Lutheran Church, Plymouth

  On our own YouTube channel "SynodSeniorBand-MN"
  (search SSB name;  anyone can subscribe).
  2021 Restart Concert, Nov.9, 2021 video at Gethsemane LC (Hopkins)
   Circus Days - Karl King
   Broadway Journey - arr. Christensen
   Chorale and Shaker Dance II - Zdechlik (cond. by Phil Raaen)
   French Horn Rag - Al Sweet
   Sons of Liberty - Neeck
   Ave Maria - Biebl/arr. Serber (conducted by Tom Engquist)
   St. Louis Blues - W.C. Handy/arr. Henderson
   Skippidy Hoppidy - Al Sweet
   Seventy Six Trombones - Willson/arr. Bocook
  2019 Finale Concert, Oct.26 at Westwood LC (St. Louis Park) 
    Minnesota March
    Chorale and Shaker Dance II (Phil Raaen cond.)
        Latina (Dick Papke cond.)
    Ave Maria (Serber arr.) (Tom Engquist cond.)
    On the Edge polka
    Heartstorm (Jim McCreary composer)
    Cabalina
    Prince in Concert
    Gopher Variations (Nick VanDuzee cond.)
    Stars and Stripes Forever

  Audio-only
           2017 Finale Concert Recording (.mp3)
      2016 Finale Concert Recording (.mp3)
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            Website Directions

The website is the guaranteed-current, accessible at all times,
from everywhere with the internet, using software (any browser; always present).
there is a LOT of additonal valuable resources - news, roster/contact, recordings, etc.

1. Use any internet web-browser (any platform, any currently-supported browser)

2. Homepage and Members pages are tagged with most-recent update timestamp.
3. Homepage has info for all, including interested general public and prospective members.

      Current concert Schedule  (Check any personal schedule(s) matches current list.)

      Policies (Membership, Expectations, Health/Covid)

      Media/Recordings (YouTube)

3. For Members Only.

        All member-relevant info about personnel, music, rehearsals (with concerts, for perspective).

        Online Calendar, for complete rehearsals and concerts.

             (in Google Calendar format - you may be able to interface it with your digital calendar).

         Member Roster/Contact link toonline spreadsheet table for content (columns), format.

             Note separate tabs (separate sheets,as tabs) (at-bottom) for:

                 Contact/Personal (including Alumni) info (Contact and news), in sections.

                 Lists: For Band and Sections, several email- and text-message- recipients lists for targeted use.

                 eg instrument sections, and complete leadership/roles

            Rehearsal-specific instructions.

            Repertoire (library) access.