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“South of the Border” Concert

Sunday June 27, 2010

5:00 – 7:00pm

Pioneer Park
corner of Park Avenue and Nimrod Street, Nevada City, CA

FREE
This is a terrific family concert that will appeal to all ages.

With the theme of "South of the Border,"
this family-friendly outdoor concert features the music of
the Central and Southern American continents.

Come to Pioneer Park early to enjoy your picnic dinner on the grass,
or treat yourself with goodies from the hot dog or ice cream vendors.
Bring your family and friends!

See the program (click here).

Turn off your cell phones, and unplug yourself.  Here’s your excuse to pack a picnic, bring the family and friends, and unwind with the Nevada County Concert Band at this first of three free summer concerts at Pioneer Park's bandshell. The 60-piece band under the direction of Cheryl Woldseth will take listeners on a journey "South of the Border" music from central and south America.  There will be crowd favorites like the Incan dance "El Condor Pasa" (made famous by Paul Simon in "If I Could"), "The Girl from Ipanema," and a medley of mariachi-style folk songs.  The trumpet section will be featured in Herb Alpert's "Mexican Shuffle," and a clarinet quartet will perform "Tico Tico," made famous by the fruit-hatted dancer Carmen Miranda.  And the rhythms continue with songs from the Caribbean, Jamaica, Cuba, Brazil, and more.

With KNCO's retired announcer Jim Kerr as Master of Ceremonies and local actor/vocalist Brian Warrensford taking part, there are a few surprises too, especially when Woldseth involves the audience in the fun. So fill your picnic basket with Mexican food to eat on a Peruvian blanket.  Bring your camera, and be a tourist (and enter your picture at this summer's Nevada County Fair).  Wear beads and dance like you're in Rio de Janeiro.  Relax, and enjoy yourself with the free music of the Nevada County Concert Band.

Amparito Roca (Sheltered Cliff) by Jaime Texidor/A. Winter Brazilian Sleigh Bells by Percy Faith/Lloyd Conley Canciones Mexicanas (Mexican folk songs) by Leonard Duarte MEDLEY: Pajarillo Baranqueño, Cielito Lindo, Zacatecas, Cuatro Milpas, Jalisco Caribbean Fantasy by John Morrissey Cuban Fantasy (Suite for Band) 2. The Sea by Fred Kepler El Condor Pasa (Inca dance) by Daniel A. Robles/Paul Yoder

Fiesta (paso doble march) by E. O. Caneva/F. L. McAllister The Girl from Ipanema by Antonio Carlos Jobim/Ted Ricketts Jamaican Rumba by Arthur Benjamin/Phillip J. Lang The Mexican Shuffle by Sol Lake/Herb Alpert Rio con Brio by Hugh M. Stuart The Rose of Mexico (waltz) by John J. Dunn/Cheryl Woldseth Tico Tico by Zequinha de Abreu/Sjoerd van der Veen for clarinet quartet only

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