BETHEL — The Mahoosuc Community Band will play its summer concert on Sunday, August 17, at the Bethel Common at 5 p.m., conducted by Simon Smith. Bring a chair or blanket for this outdoor concert. Rain location is Bingham Auditorium at Gould Academy.

Familiar songs include: Alexander’s Ragtime Band by Irving Berlin, Blue Tango by Leroy Anderson, Amparito Roca by Jaime Texidor, Stairway to Heaven by Jimmy Page and Robert Plant, Fairest of the Fair by John Phillips Sousa, Star Spangled Banner arranged by Jack Stamp, The Blues Brothers Revue arranged by Jay Bocook, Seventy Six Trombones by Meredith Wilson, Deep River arranged by James Swearingen, and Instant
Concert by Harold Walters.

For those closer to Waterford, the band will play the same music Monday, August 18, at 6:30 p.m. outside at the Wilkins House, 15 Plummer Hill Road. In case of rain, the band will play inside the Wilkins House.

While the concert is free to the public, donations are welcome and help provide music for the band and the community. If there is a specific song you’d like, consider Buy-A-Song and contact the band president or any member of the music committee. The Mahoosuc Community Band continues to provide music for the people of the surrounding area and encourages participation at many levels, from students who want to advance their skills to grandparents who just love to play music. We have musicians from 15 through 95. Anyone interested in bringing out their old instrument and dusting off the valves or pads is welcome to come anytime we’re practicing. The band encourages all abilities in the goal of promoting music in our communities. Rehearsals for the fall will start Monday night, Sept. 8, at 6:45 p.m. in the music room at Gould Academy.
For more information, contact band president Ed Lovejoy at [email protected].