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COLORADO COMMUNITY BAND FESTIVAL CELEBRATES
GREAT MUSIC IN THE COMMUNITY
The Mile High Community Band is proud to host the inaugural 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, July 10th 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. In case of inclement weather, the festival will take place at Jefferson High School at 2305 Pierce St. in Denver.
Scheduled to appear are:
• The Concert, Jazz and Beginner bands of the Mile High Community Band
• Rocky Mountain Brassworks
• Golden Eagle Concert Band
• Mile High Freedom Band
• Loveland Concert Band
• 4th Artillery Regimental Brass Band
• Denver Concert Band
• John Philip Sousa Band of Colorado
• Northern Colorado Concert Band
The Colorado Community Band Festival has received media support from KUSA-TV, 9NEWS, Denver, CO. Financial assistance has been provided by Red Rocks Community College, 1st Bank of Colorado, Elite Tax Service, the Association of Concert Bands, and BandInstrumentsForSale.com. The City of Edgewater has backed the event as well. MHCB is supported in part by The Denver Foundation.
“Congratulations to [Mile High Community Band] … for taking the lead to organize this band festival. Other states do this often and I am so pleased that Colorado participates also,” said Deirdre Nalven, Association of Concert Bands National Western Membership Chair.
The Mile High Community Band is located in Edgewater, CO. They welcome musicians of all ages, teen through adult, in school, working, or retired, of all levels of accomplishment. They particularly encourage families to join, with parents and children learning and playing together.
Their mission is to provide rewarding music education and performance opportunities for youth and adults at all skill levels. The Mile High Community Band is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. To learn more about the Mile High Community Band, please visit http://www.milehighcommunityband.org
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