In the 1962 filmed production of Meredith Wilson and Franklin Lacey’s The Music Man, the con man “Professor” Harold Hill explains to his noisy school audience during the show’s first act that he has come to town to organize the River City Boys Band. He asks his audience if any pool table can hope to ever compete against a gold trombone and then inquires if anyone has ever felt the electric thrill of the music of Gilmore, Pat Conway, Giuseppe Creatore, W. C. Handy and John Philip Sousa all coming to town to play on the same historic day. He then sings “Seventy six trombones lead the big parade with a hundred and ten cornets close at hand.” Henry Fillmore, every bit the colorful pitchman of America’s brass band movement as the fictional character Harold Hill, was one of the country’s most respected early twentieth-century composers of unconventional and spirited music written for the trombone and wind band. Frequently referred to as the father of the trombone smear, Fillmore’s fifteen popular novelty pieces which he later titled the Trombone Family, beginning with “Miss Trombone” (1908) and ending with his “Ham Trombone” (1929) are continually played by bands and trombone sections today for the zany enjoyment of audiences across the country. Douglas Yeo, retired professor of trombone at Arizona State University and bass trombonist of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and the students and faculty of the School of Music trombone studios will join the Marching Illini, under the direction of Barry Houser, in a special Dad’s Day musical extravaganza dedicated to the golden sounds and technical wizardry of America’s slide trombone. Visit http://archives.library.illinois.edu/sousa/american-music-month/ for more information.
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Blues Blast Magazine and Fluid Event Center are pleased to present the 9th annual Blues Blast Music Awards held at Fluid Event Center in Champaign, IL on September 23rd, 2016.

Featured Performances by:
Bob Margolin
Eugene 'Hideaway' Bridges
Fiona Boyes
Henry Gray
Bob Corritore
Too Slim & The Taildraggers
Shaun Murphy
Danielle Nicole
Guy King
& Many, Many, More!!Air Jordan

5:30-7:30pm
Free!
The Wandell Sculpture Garden is a beautiful backdrop for live, local jazz music during this sunset event brought to you by the Urbana Park District, Clark-Lindsey, Commerce Bank and the Urbana Parks Foundation. A selection of jazz soloists and small combos will be scattered along the paths of Meadowbrook Park; you can listen to as many as you like as you walk at your own pace through the Garden.
Parking is available at the Race Street entrance with overflow parking thanks to Stone Creek
Church on the corner of Race and Windsor. Call the Rainout Line for postponement information: 217-367-9575.nike

GRACE POTTER

Friday, September 30, 2016 – 8:00pm (doors open at 7:00pm)

Seating: Reserved Seating

Tickets: $44.50/$35.50/$29.50
Add’l per ticket processing fees apply: $4 (online only)

Tickets now on-sale.

Presented by the Champaign Park District with Jay Goldberg Events & Entertainment.

Described by Spin as ‘one of the greatest living voices in rock,’ Grace Potter continues to impress critics and audiences alike with her captivating shows.

Heralded as one of today’s best live performers, Potter has played every major music festival from Lollapalooza to Bonnaroo and has had the honor of sharing the stage with Dave Matthews Band, The Rolling Stones, Willie Nelson, Robert Plant, and Neil Young, to name a few.

For an artist who has built a devoted fan base through electrifying live shows, Grace Potter refuses to be defined by a single genre. Over the last three years, she’s transitioned from songwriting to producing soundtracks for film and TV and recording multi-platinum, Grammy-nominated country duets with friend Kenny Chesney.

In 2015, Grace performed (at the invitation of Michelle Obama) for the troops in Qatar.

Last fall, Ms. Potter was honored with the Governor’s Award for Excellence in the Arts in her home state of Vermont.

Her epic musical journey has included four studio records, countless collaborations, plus a new milestone with the August 2015 arrival of her solo CD debut, ‘Midnight’.

For more, visit http://gracepotter.com/.Air Max 270 Men