Thursday night 7/18

by | Jul 16, 2024 | General

Greetings friends! Thursday night we get back at it. 3 rehearsals and then our Mall Concert. We’ll rehearse the following pieces for detail. Wherever we finish, we’ll pick up at that point next week. Jim Beach Boys Greatest Hits Jim Copacabana Jim Big Band...

Thursday night 6/27

by | Jun 25, 2024 | General

Only 4 rehearsals until our concert! June 27 Rehearsal July 4 No rehearsal July 11 No rehearsal July 18 Rehearsal July 25 Rehearsal Aug 1 Rehearsal Aug 8 MALL CONCERT Needless to say, attendance is crucial to master our 12 songs! Here’s this Thursday’s...

Mall Concert Program Order

by | Jun 19, 2024 | General

Dear friends, Discussion with the folks at the mall has told us that the mall closes at 8pm on Thursday August 8.This means we cannot do two sets. So we’re going to play an hour program of the following tunes in this order. You will note the performance time of...

New arrangement

by | Jun 18, 2024 | General

Greetings! I stumbled on this one and ordered it for the mall concert. It’ll be up soon. Jim Rock and Roll and Remember. Media Player (jwpepper.com)

Last night’s rehearsal

by | Jun 14, 2024 | General

Dear friends, Thank you so much for the birthday wishes! You also rocked in rehearsal. You are one of the great blessings to me at this time of my life. And to say that we are blessed implies that there is One who blesses. I thank the Lord every day for you and for...

Music for “Sheltering Sky”

by | Jun 10, 2024 | General

"Sheltering Sky" has been uploaded to the "New Music 2024-2025" folder. However, the title of the song has been cut-off of the following parts: . Oboe . Clarinet 1 . Alto Sax 1 . Tenor Sax . French Horn . Trombone 1 . Euphonium B.C. The reason for...

Thursday rehearsal June 13

by | Jun 9, 2024 | General

Please report an absence to me. Thanks. Jim Mostly new music! It should be fun! Warm Up Festive Overture (Runthrough followed by "How to rehearse this piece for accuracy") 15 min Copacabana 10 min Captain America March 15 min Guardians of the Galaxy 15 min...

New Songs on the Website

by | Jun 5, 2024 | General

Per Maestro’s request, I have created a new folder, "Mall Concert-2024". It contains the following songs: Beach Boys Medley Holiday Road Jimmy Buffet Lassus Trombone (moved from the Celebration folder) Cartoon Carnival Singin’ in the Rain Star...

Thursday Night & New Music

by | Jun 1, 2024 | General

Many thanks to those of you who moved equipment, brought water, the Ship’s Bell, set up chairs, etc. You make it happen for all of us!! Below are links to 3 more songs. We may have more before Thursday. The basic plan is… Warm Up Beach Boys Singin’...