COLORADO COMMUNITY BAND FESTIVAL CELEBRATES
GREAT MUSIC IN THE COMMUNITY

The Golden Eagle Concert Band is proud to host the second annual Colorado Community Band Festival. The festival will be celebrating Colorado’s community bands and rich heritage of band music. The event takes place at Citizen’s Park, at 24th and Benton Street in Edgewater, CO on Saturday, August 27th from 10am to 6pm.

More than 40 bands from Colorado have been invited to participate. Audiences will enjoy day-long musical entertainment that exemplifies the rich heritage of band music throughout Colorado. In addition to music, food and beverage vendors will also be participating in the festival. The anticipated audience size is 250-750 people.

Scheduled to appear are:

• John Philip Sousa Band of Colorado
• Little London Winds
• MCC Platte Valley Band
• Mile High Community Band
• Northern Colorado Community Band
• Southern Colorado Community Band
• High Country Brass
• Golden Eagle Concert Band

“After organizing the first festival in 2010, I am so glad to see continued support and interest from other Colorado community bands and the various communities across the state to keep encouraging the support of music, music education, band music and music appreciation," said inaugural festival organizer and concept creator, Lisa Girard, Regional Membership Coordinator for the Association of Concert Bands.

The Golden Eagle Concert Band is located in Edgewater, CO. The Golden Eagle Concert Band (GECB) is a 50 piece all-volunteer adult community band, consisting of men and women of all ages and backgrounds. The GECB is active throughout the Denver metropolitan area and Colorado, presenting American band music from the turn of the 20th century through the 1940s. The Golden Eagle Concert Band is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. To learn more about the Golden Eagle Concert Band, please visit http://www.gebb.org

Founded in 1977, the Golden Eagle Concert Band was originally called the Gold Nugget Brass Band, and was owned and directed by Don Smith, a former circus trumpet player. After fourteen years, Don Smith decided to retire and started to dissolve the band, but the band members wanted to continue playing, so the name was changed to the Golden Eagle Brass Band and a corporation was formed to operate the band.

The band was directed by Dorsey Hudson for three and one-half years, then by various members of the band for about six months. In January of 1995, John R. Williams was appointed Music Director/Conductor. In 2007, the Band changed its name to the Golden Eagle Concert Band which more accurately represents what the band is - a traditional and/or wind ensemble. The band plays over 20 performances each year. The band became a nonprofit organization in 1996 and have been a part of SCFD, Tier III since 1996 and are supported in part, by grants from the Adams, Arapahoe, Broomfield, Douglas, and Jefferson County Cultural Councils.

The Golden Eagle Concert Band's goal is to keep alive the tradition and music of the American hometown bands from the turn of the 20th Century.