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you are listening to a one minute
[approximately] "clip" [the Money Spot] of Legacy Music from the
World Premiere performance on April 24, 2008 - featuring our Tiger
Symphonic Band - be patient - might take a bit to load - Grrr... |
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The Band Gala - a multi-day affair, planned
for years, prepared for over months - was surely one of the most
delightful offerings in the history of our Tiger Bands, in the
history of Georgetown College. Although pictures may never capture
the spirit and essence of the events, these galleries shall
hopefully serve as a powerful reminder to those present - and give
a hint to those unable to be present, of our Band Gala and the
folks involved. We shall cherish memories of these special days
always.
Note I
all pictures have been left "full size" which might take a bit
longer to load than our usual galleries
Note II
all pictures of actual Gala events were taken by Jason A.
Reinhardt
Note III
pictures shall be added, as they are shared by our Band Friends
from across the country who were in attendance |
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Many, many people were involved in and
contributed to the success of the Band Gala - please click on the
following links to see listings of these fine folks ...
Tiger Symphonic Band - Spring 2008
The Friends of the Family
The Gem Alumni
The Band Friends
(right - folks arriving - we
ended up with a bumper crop - trust me) |
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Certainly one of the most-exciting aspects
of the Band Gala - was the World Premiere of Legacy Music by David
R. Holsinger. This piece, commissioned by and written expressly
for our Tiger Symphonic Band, is a fantasia, loosely based upon
the hymn tune of our College Alma Mater, and musically tells of
the turbulent and exciting history of Georgetown College. We shall
be forever grateful to Mr. Holsinger and cherish the relationship
the project enabled us to engender with this great man.
The Program
Program Notes
(written by Mr. Holsinger and
they are beautiful in and of themselves)
Legacy Music and Mr.
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Student Soloist
The featured student soloist for the Band Gala was Mr. Gavin
Sewell from Dawson Springs, KY performing from Manhattan by Philip
Sparke "Saturday Serenade". Trust me Gav was great!
Media Guide
We were very fortunate to have a great deal of media interest in
the Band Gala - as they say in the business "we gotta lot of good
ink". We are most-appreciative to Mr. Jim Durham and his staff in
our Georgetown College News Bureau for their extraordinary help.
There follows a sampling of the great articles which appeared
regarding the Band Gala.
Georgetown News-Graphic
Lexington Herald-Leader Arts Page
Georgetonian - School Newspaper
Georgetown College Web News
Lexington Herald-Leader Arts Blog
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Mr. Gavin Sewell
Upon graduation Gavin shall become the newest and 20th member of
our Tiger Bands ~ Gem Alumni. |
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Preparation for any Tiger Band Event is
always a bit of a hoo-haw, preparation for the Gala was a hoo-haw X
hoo-haw [but that is part of the excitement]
Right:
those we called the "gravitational team" [aka in charge of all
"hanging objects"] Fledgling Sean and Elder Scholar Jarrod
Left:
Dewey helps PJL install the first of the Gem Alumni Plaques
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the stage is set - all is in readiness - and
we begin to have the arrival of some of the Gem Alumni ...
top right:
DG, Tera-Beth & Flash [otherwise known as Dr. Deanna Green, Mrs.
Tera Ragland and Mr. Chad Acklin]
lower right:
Ram-Jet [otherwise known as Mr. Richard Jackson] |
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DG & PJLThe
19 Gem Alumni [and we were humbled by the fact that we had 100%
attendance of the GA] came from across the country and around the
world - Korea, New Jersey, Maryland, Georgia, Florida, Ohio,
Indiana and Kentucky |
Whit & Mitchie
[otherwise known as Mrs. Whitney Castle Harris & Mr. Mitch Woods] |
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We then move to the Gala Banquet - which was
pretty good grub if I do say so myself - thanks to Mr. Josh Eckman,
Chef Miguel Rivas, Ms. Darlene Sipes and all of our Food Buddies
for laying out a great spread for us.
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An Important Picture
four of the original twelve Grrr..ers [they were here before the
Grrr... was even put into the Grrr... Band]
Dr. Brett, Beth-Beth, Tera-Beth & Miss Melly
[otherwise known as Dr. Brett N. Wynn, Mrs. Beth Rose Ashford,
Mrs. Tera Jones Ragland & Mrs. Melanie Webb Gabbard]
also [in the front] great Band Friends Mr. & Mrs. Lobitz and Gem
Alumnus Mr. Jesse-Eden Gabbard
please click on the Grrr... to see a few more pictures from the
Gala Banquet
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and it was Concert Time ... |
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Elder Scholars
Diane & Sarah
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piccolo soloist Sara
at work |
Mr. Ryan Shirar
Friend of the Family
King of the 88's
"Legacy Music" |
Gem Alumni
Miss Melly, Beth-Beth,
Dr. Brett, DG & Flash |
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and the band performed ... right: Gavin
Sewell after his incredible performance on Manhattan and after
being named Outstanding Tiger Band Member of the Year
click on the Grrr... to see additional
pictures of the concert
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[these will be added as they
come in] |
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Team Saxophone
performing a feature for our friends from the
Windsor Gardens Retirement Center
[Lauri, Michael-The-Younger, Elizabeth & Colby] |
Elder Scholar Gift
LAC-SAP
light a candle ~
say a prayer
[ongoing mantra of our Tiger Bands] |
Gem Alumnus Kevin-Wayne Brown with Elder
Scholar Jarrod A. Hunt, who was presented the evening's "Spirit of
the Grrr..." award
[as it turns out Hoss-Cat used to baby sit
Junior many moons ago - and they baked cookies together - true
story] |
... after the concert, we hosted
the usual Reception in the lobby of the historic John L. Hill
Chapel for the Band Scholars, Gem Alumni, Friends of the Family,
Band Friends, et al ... after that, however, we had the
post-reception reception for the Gem Alumni and Friends at
Shenandoah [the home of P. LaRue] ... trust me, a good time was
had by all
two of our finest Killer [otherwise
known as Emily Hales Bennett] and Little Jason [otherwise
known as SGT Jason A. Reinhardt] |
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click on the Grrr... to see more sights and
scenes from the post-reception reception
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the next morning we enjoyed the Post-Gala
Breakfast
Camden
[son of Richard & Gretchen Jackson, surely a Band Scholar of the
future!] |
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Thanks & Thanks
to everyone and all
for all that you did to ensure the success of the Band Gala and
your continuing support of Bands at Georgetown College
~ it was a time we shall never forget ~ |
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Band is our Business ... and
Business is Good |