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With apologies for the delay in getting this sent out to you.

Here is the set list (in order) for our dress rehearsal this week:

• 75 – fanfare for the unsung hero
• 44- Glee Showstoppers
• 73 – Beethoven
• 74 – final Countdown
• 60 – dragonheart
• 65 – Moana
• 66 – Arctic fire
• *27 – Rowan tree
• *57 – wade in the water
• 63 – hallelujah
• 69 – mvt 3 – city of Dreams

*May be cut if time requires.

Please, if you know you will be unable to attend the concert on July 20, ESPECIALLY if you are in a section of one or two people, let me know so that I can write cues or arrange coverage. (Our email address is info@mbmillenniumband.com).

The music library will be at the concert.

If you feel unwell, please do not come to the concert.

Please wear a mask to the concert at all times when you are not seated or playing.

I hope you’re all having a great week, and that we’ll see you on Thursday!

Sincerely,

Elizabeth.

Hi Folks!

This week’s rehearsal will be drawn from the folllowing pieces:

• 44 – Glee Showstoppers
• 49 – American Patrol
• 60 – Dragonheart
• 65 – Moana
• 66 – Arctic Fire
• 69 – City of Dreams
• 70 – Maple Leaf Forever
• 72 – Where No Man Has Gone Before
• 73 – Adagio Cantabile (Beethoven – Pathetique)
• 74 – Final Countdown
• 75 – Fanfare for the Unsung Hero

Expect to spend the bulk of our time on time on Dragonheart. Maple Leaf Forever, Glee, and City of Dreams.

Have a lovely week!

Elizabeth.

We had another very productive rehearsal this week! The pieces we’ve been working on are really coming together well! I’m so pleased!

Here’s the list from which I’ll be drawing for rehearsal this week:

• 44 – Glee Showstoppers
• 49 – American Patrol
• 60 – Dragonheart
• 63 – Hallelujah
• 65 – Moana
• 66 – Arctic Fire
• 69 – City of Dreams
• 70 – Maple Leaf Forever
• 72 – Where No Man Has Gone Before
• 73 – Adagio Cantabile (Beethoven – Pathetique)
• 74 – Final Countdown

Have a wonderful week!

Elizabeth.

Thanks for a really great rehearsal this week! I’m so impressed with the progress we’re making!

Now that we’ve switched over to evening rehearsals, we’ll be doing more rehearsing, less ripping through.

This week, our rehearsal will be drawn from among the following pieces:

• 44 – Glee Showstoppers
• 49 – American Patrol
• 57 – Wade in the Water
• 60 – Dragonheart
• 63 – Hallelujah
• 65 – Moana
• 66 – Arctic Fire
• 69 – City of Dreams
• 70 – The Maple Leaf Forever

I hope you’re having a fantastic weekend, and I look forward to seeing you on Thursday!

Elizabeth.

Thanks for another fantastic rehearsal this week! It was our last Saturday morning rehearsal and our last time at the Legion.

PLEASE NOTE: There is NO REHEARSAL this week!

We resume on Thursday, June 8 at 7:00 pm at Bourkevale Community Center – 100 Ferry Rd.

Our friends in the Westwood Band will not there, so I’ll stick with this past rehearsal’s list and see where that gets us!

• 44 – Glee Showstoppers
• 60 – Dragonheart
• 63 – Hallelujah
• 65 – Moana
• 66 – Arctic Fire
• 69 – City of Dreams
• 70 – Maple Leaf Forever
• 73 – Adagio Cantabile (Beethoven – Pathetique)
• 74 – Final Countdown
• 75 – Fanfare for Unsung Heroes

Looking forward to seeing you in our new (old) digs on June 8!

Elizabeth.

I don’t know about anyone else. but, folks, I’ve really missed you and it feels SO good to be back! There’s something really special about this ensemble, and getting back to rehearsing has felt like a homecoming for me. (Please let’s not miss 3 years again).

I’m really excited about what this summer will bring! We’ve long been accustomed to being flexible and adaptable, and I suspect this season may require more of that than even we’ve seen.

Now that we’ve had a fair chunk of folks turn out (and pick up music!), I’ll be resuming my (usually) weekly missives to you. We’ve had some good reading so far! For those new to the ensemble – WELCOME! We are so happy to have you! – my practise has been to send out a blog post within a couple of days of our rehearsal with a list of piece I plan to go over the next week. I do this for a couple of reasons: 1 – to help focus practise for the week, 2- so those who are away can keep their finger on the pulse of band happenings. (It also gives me an opportunity to ramble on a bit, as the mood takes me).

Since we will be rehearsing on Thursdays, I’ll do my best to get these sent out on Friday evenings or early Saturday mornings once we’ve made the change to Thursday rehearsals.

On to what (some of) you have been waiting for! Our focus next week will be on:

• 44 – Glee Showstoppers
• 60 – Dragonheart
• 63 – Hallelujah
• 65 – Moana
• 66 – Arctic Fire
• 69 – City of Dreams
• 70 – Maple Leaf Forever
• 73 – Adagio Cantabile (Beethoven – Pathetique)
• 74 – Final Countdown
• 75 – Fanfare for Unsung Heroes

I hope to see you on Saturday morning!

Elizabeth.

The 2023 Millennium Band Season is a GO!!!

It’s been a long stretch since we were last able to meet, so it’s doubly exciting that we have the opportunity to make music together again!

As with all else, please be prepared for hiccups and pivots as we navigate the brave new world in which we find ourselves. But, for now, here is the plan for the 2023 Season:

Please remember to bring a stand to all MB Millennium Band rehearsals and events!

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Dues: $25.00

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Rehearsals:

May 13 –  Saturday – 10 am – 12 pm – Legion Branch #4 – 1755 Portage Ave – if possible, please try to arrive a wee bit early so that we can get music assigned and begin the fun as close to 10:00 as possible! 

May 20 – Saturday – 10 am – 12 pm – Legion Branch #4 – 1755 Portage Ave

May 27 – Saturday – 10 am – 12 pm – Legion Branch #4 – 1755 Portage Ave

The following rehearsals will be held at Bourkevale Community Centre – 100 Ferry Rd. Rehearsal from 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm on Thursdays. Free parking available.  Rehearsal space doors will be open 30 mins before start and 30 mins after the end. Help with arranging chairs is always appreciated!

June 8

June 15

June 22

June 29

 July 6 

July 13

July 20

August 10

August 17

August 24

August 31

Gigs

Call time is 30 minutes prior to performance time indicated below.

GIG INFORMATION TO FOLLOW…

All the above information is published under Members/2023 Season.

Looking forward to seeing you in a couple of weeks!

Wow. I blinked and the summer was gone. Here we are, gearing up for our final concert of the season! I know I say this every year, but it’s also true every year: this has been our best summer yet!

Before we get to SUNDAY’s performance, I did want to thank you all for an excellent job at Shaftesbury last week! One of the residents asked us to come back next year. Another expressed his approval of our repertoire choices. I felt that we acquitted ourselves really well, and it was a performance we should be proud of!

If you are aware that you play a key part (solo, section soli, etc) and you are not able to make this concert, please let me know asap as I may need to write out cues for another section to play! 

So details for our final gig are as follows: 

Where: Bourkevale Community Centre – 100 Ferry Rd

When: SUNDAY, September 8. Call time is 11:30 am.

Dress: Millennium t-shirt/green short sleeved shirt/black short-sleeved shirt & black bottoms

This will be an outdoor performance, so please DO bring clips for your music/plexiglass, and maybe something to weigh down light music stands!

This is also a 90-minute performance, and they don’t usually have a mic available, so I can’t help out by padding our time with patter.

Concert Programme

22 – The Stripper

70 – The Maple Leaf Forever

69 – City of Dreams

65 – Moana

30 – Funiculi, Funicula

44 – Glee Showstoppers

42 – Northwind

7 – Swing the Mood

71 – Garlandstone

72 – Where No Man Has Gone Before

25 – The Blue Orchid

17 – Eine Kleine Rockmusik

Please turn in your binders at this performance. If you have shifted the order around, please make sure you put it back in numerical order. This makes a really big difference to the librarian!

See you on Sunday!

Our penultimate concert takes place next Wednesday, August 28 and the details are as follows:

Where: Shaftesbury Park Seniors Residence

905 Shaftesbury Blvd

When: Wednesday, August 28 – Warm up starts: 6:55 pm sharp

Please do your best to arrive at 6:30 pm so that we have time to perform the Band Shuffle before our warm-up. This is the place where we play in a bit of an alcove, so it’s a tight squeeze for us. We will definitely have to adjust ourselves to fit (and will probably end up with more narrow rows – my best guess is that we’ll need 5-6 rows).

Please be aware that there are an extremely limited number of visitor parking spots on the property, but there is a sidewalk that runs from Litchfield Blvd (turn south onto Litchfield from Taylor) to the residence as a bit of a shortcut. Parking on Litchfield has traditionally been reasonably easy. It is a bit of a hike, so please allocate some extra transit time to account for the constitutional.

CONCERT DRESS:

1. Millennium Band (forest green) t-shirt and black lower body covering – this is preferred.
2. Forest Green top, black lower body covering.
3. All black

CONCERT PROGRAMME:

22 – The Stripper

70 – The Maple Leaf Forever

66 – Arctic Fire

65- Moana

69 – City of Dreams

44 – Glee Showstoppers

7 – Swing the Mood

This is also the time when I have to remind everyone that if you cannot make the Sept 8 concert (it’s a SUNDAY – at NOON), then it is time to return your music lest I sic the Manitoba Millennium Band Enforcer upon you. Please, before you hand in your folder, ensure that all pieces are back in numerical order. This will make the Librarian’s job MUCH easier!

I hope to see most of you out!

Good evening, folks!

I apologise for the delay in posting this. (I’ll have the concert information up tomorrow).

Victoria Beach was a SMASHING success! I am so proud of all of you! I think, with only one exception, every piece was the best we’ve ever played it! Your work was spectacular, and it was easy to see that the audience was really into it! It was lovely to have so many of you out, and to have so many stay for the barbecue!

Tomorrow IS our final rehearsal of the summer. We’ll be doing more spot-checking than anything else, although there are a couple of pieces we’ll run through in their entirety.

Here is concert order (* will be reviewed in some capacity):

22 – The Stripper

70 – The Maple Leaf Forever

66 – Arctic Fire

65- Moana

*69 – City of Dreams

*44 – Glee Showstoppers

7 – Swing the Mood

We will also be looking at (with an eye to our Sept 8 gig):

*17 – Eine Kleine Rockmusik

*72 – Where No Man Has Gone Before

*30 – Funniculi, Funnicula

*71 – Garlandstone

See you tomorrow!