NEWS AND SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

The Haywood Community Band will present its third free concert of the Maggie Valley Concert Series on July 18. The concert will begin at 6:30 PM at the pavilion next to the Maggie Valley Town Hall. The theme for this concert will include patriotic melodies of the season. In addition, the band will also play an original composition, Pickett's Charge, written by band member Mike McDonald. Pickett's Charge commemorates a major Civil War battle which took place on July 3 , 1863. Bring a picnic dinner and enjoy a beautiful Maggie Valley sunset as the band plays on.

The community band will present its next concert in Maggie Valley on August 15. Visit us at www.haywoodcommunityband.org for more information, or call John Barrett at 452-5553, or Bob Hill at 452-7530. Concert themes for this season will be: May 16 - Audience Favorites from 2009, June 20 - Love Makes the World Go Round, July 18 - Patriotic Favorites, August 15 - Blockbusters Then and Now, September 19 - Colors, October 17 - Band Plus One. The band will also present a special concert for the 4th of July celebration in downtown Waynesville.

For more information, call John Barrett at 452-5553 or Bob Hill at 452-7530.

The band meets weekly on Thursdays at 7 PM at Grace Episcopal Church, 394 N. Haywood Street in Waynesville. All interested concert band musicians are welcome to attend. For information, call John Barrett at 452-5553, or Bob Hill at 452-7530.
Donations to the band are gratefully accepted to keep up with expenses such as purchasing music, and repairing the "LINKS" instruments which are on loan to school musicians. L.I.N.K.S., Lonely Instruments Needing Kids, is a program that accepts donated new and used musical instruments which are refurbished, as needed, and are loaned to school musicians.

The Haywood Community Band provides two summer music camp scholarships (2010 allowed three) to students in the band programs at both Tuscola High School and Pisgah High School. Criteria for the scholarships include instrumental experience, interest and enthusiasm. Recommendations from the school band directors are also used by the Scholarship Committee to determine the scholarship recipients.
The Haywood Community Band is pleased to announce the 2010 scholarship winners: Sarah Rogers and Brandon Truitt from Tuscola High School, and Lori Neri from Pisgah High School.
This will be the third year the Community Band has offered scholarships to local students using funds that are donated to the band.

Free concerts are played in Maggie Valley on the third Sunday of each month, May through October. Join the band at the first of the Maggie Valley Concert Series performances on May 16, 2010 when the Community Band presents Audience Favorites. All concerts start at 6:30 PM at the Pavilion next to the Town Hall.

May 16 - Audience Favorites from 2009,
June 20 - Love Makes the World Go Round,
July 18 - Patriotic Favorites,
August 15 - Blockbusters Then and Now,
September 19 - Colors,
October 17 - Band Plus One.