By Kyle Roberts
The Russ-Town Band will be performing its Patriotic concert Saturday, June 29, in Ruston High School’s auditorium in an event that will be admission-free at 2 p.m.
“I’ve been with community bands for most of my career of more than 30 years and lately the patriotic concerts have become more significant selfishly for me,” conductor Dr. Chris Heidenreich said. “My son is a first Lieutenant in the United States Air Force and I think that has made these events in which we recognize veterans who have served our country, more meaningful as I begin to understand with each year, the sacrifices that they have made for the freedoms that we have and sometimes take for granted.”
Narrated by Nancy Bergeron and Dr. Galen Turner, the program will feature songs from different eras of American music throughout the centuries since its founding.
“While our concert is not all patriotic in the sense of marches and what we might think of as patriotic melodies, it centers around composers and musical time frames that we associate with our country,” Heidenreich said. “We will be featuring the music of a jazz number Autumn Leaves, George Gershwin‘s Porgy and Bess, and a selection written in remembrance of December 7, 1941.”
The performance will also feature Jesse Webb in a traditional trombone concerto — a Louisiana Tech student majoring in music performance and physics.
For more information, visit RussTownBand.org.
