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Images from the Glenn Miller Orchestra Concert Gateway Arts Council News 06.16.2009 The Volunteers is a six piece show band that takes the best popular music and blends it in a show that appeals to all ages. The band seamlessly mixes jazz, fifties favorites, and Motown classics at family-oriented shows while also focusing on rock, country, and pop hits. The group has performed before millions of listeners throughout American and abroad. Recent tours have included performances in Puerto Rico, Nicaragua, Mexico, the Mardi Gras in New Orleans, and a tour of the Hawaiian Islands. In 2005, they performed for over 18,000 at the National Rodeo Finals in Las Vegas. The group has been presented the Army Community Relations Award of Excellence by the Chief of Public Affairs, in recognition of their work with the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center and the Rolling Road Special Education School in Baltimore. This is the highest award given by the Department of the Army for support to Army Community Relations. The mission of The United States Army Field Band is “carry into grassroots of our country the story of our magnificent Army.” The organization’s four performing components are the Concert Band, the Soldiers’ Chorus, the Jazz Ambassadors, and the Volunteers. Each component tours annually throughout the United States and travels abroad as directed by the Secretary of the Army. Bring your lawnchairs, blankets and snacks, and settle in on the Shelby County Courtsquare for this FREE concert! 05.17.2009 The legendary Glenn Miller was one of the most successful of all the dance bandleaders in the Swing era of the 1930s and ‘40s. A matchless string of hit records, the constant impact of radio broadcasts, and the drawing power at theatres, hotels and dance pavilions built and sustained the momentum of The Glenn Miller Orchestra’s popularity. Miller disbanded his musical organization in 1942, at the height of its popularity, volunteered for the Army and then organized and led the famous Glenn Miller Army Air Force Band. It went to Europe to entertain servicemen. On December 15, 1944, Major Miller took off in a single-engine plane from England to precede his band to France, never to be seen again. The army declared him officially dead a year later. Due to popular demand, the Miller Estate authorized the formation of the present Glenn Miller Orchestra in 1956 under the direction of drummer Ray McKinley. Trombonist Larry O’Brien is the present musical director. The 19 member band continues to play many of the original Miller arrangements that keep exciting fans who have not heard them played for a while. Additionally, they also play more modern selections in the big band style, carefully selecting only those newer tunes that lend themselves naturally to the Miller style and sound. The entire repertoire now exceeding 1, 700 compositions keep the band popular with audience members both young and old. The band performs for more than 500,000 people annually playing an average of 300 live dates per year nationally and internationally. 5.02.2009 Top honors among the categories are as follows: Ceramics: First Place (The Doris Allenbaugh Memorial Award) – Sharron Smith of Union, Endangered. Second Place – (The Spot Restaurant Award) – Pamela J. Ridenour of Tipp City, Fruit Bowl. Third Place (The Aguirre-Couchot Award) – Jana Glass of Tipp City, Quilt. Miscellaneous Art: First Place (The Sidney Electric Company Award) – Judy Thaxton of Eaton, Left Behind. Second Place (The Elsass, Wallace, Evans, Schnelle & Co. LPA Award)– Tom Woodruff of Jackson Center, July 4th 1910 at The Reservoir 3D. Third Place (The Wilson Memorial Hospital Award) – Merril Asher of Sidney, Nothing But Flowers. Drawing: First Place (AAA Shelby County Award) – Thomas Kinarney of Dayton, Food For Thought. Second Place ( Sam Robinson MWWR Group Award)- Linnae Wilson of Urbana, Kiser Lake Morning. Third Place (The David & Sherrie Lodge Award) – Judy Paden of Springfield, That Girl. Oils and Acrylics: First Place (The Mary Beth Milligan Memorial Award) – Michelle Walker of Wapakoneta, Plain Air #1. Second Place (The Edison Community College Award) – Michelle Walker of Wapakoneta, Plain Air #2. Third Place (The Shelby County Shrine Club Award) – Bonnie Roby of Wapakoneta, Molly & Dolly. Photography: First Place (The Dr. William Ogle Memorial Award) – Terry Glass of Tipp City, The Burren-County Clare. Second Place (The First National Bank of New Bremen Award) – Scottie Howison of St. Marys, Drowning Our Sorrows. Third Place (The Creative Marketing Strategies Award) – Roger Brown of Sidney, Yukon Train. Part of the Spring Fling Exhibit in previous years has been the The Congressional Art Competition. This year the competition was held at a different location. The winner of the 2009 Congressional Art Competition Fourth Ohio District,(Congressman Jim Jordan)was Karrie Platfoot from Botkins High School. Her work will move to the district competition on May 8 in Lima, Ohio. Winners at the district level will have their work hang in Washington, DC. 3.23.2009 3.10.2009 Among the sold out crowd were individuals from over 22 different villages/cities, some as far away as Cleveland , Cincinnati and , Ky. This production, which is the first of two in Gateway Arts Council’s Presents Series, was held Sunday, March 8, 2009. It is the mission of the Gateway Arts Council to promote the accessibility, creation, presentation, and preservation of artistic/cultural resourcse for the benefit, enjoyment and enrichment of the Shelby County community. |
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