After months of exchanging emails & phone calls, and several combined practices the members of Second Wind and Bluestone Ivory will be taking the stage together for a joint co
ncert presentation on Friday, July 3 at Fairfield's Red, White, & Kaboom. The concert will start at 6:30 and run until 10:00 PM with Rozzi's fireworks immediately following overhead. Each band will do a solo set with Second Wind taking the stage first, followed by Bluestone Ivory. The two bands will combine into one band, The Blast of Brass Band for a final set featuring some of your favorite tunes from both bands. This is one significant change from last year-fans and members of both bands noted they would have liked to have seen the bands do more tunes together, so we've responded by putting a full set of music together featuring a combined group that features a total of 17 musicians onstage with an 8 piece horn section. Wow! The final tuneup rehearsal was on Sunday, and it was spectactular. Bring your lawnchair and cooler to The Village Green Park, get comfy and get ready for a night of great entertainment.
ncert presentation on Friday, July 3 at Fairfield's Red, White, & Kaboom. The concert will start at 6:30 and run until 10:00 PM with Rozzi's fireworks immediately following overhead. Each band will do a solo set with Second Wind taking the stage first, followed by Bluestone Ivory. The two bands will combine into one band, The Blast of Brass Band for a final set featuring some of your favorite tunes from both bands. This is one significant change from last year-fans and members of both bands noted they would have liked to have seen the bands do more tunes together, so we've responded by putting a full set of music together featuring a combined group that features a total of 17 musicians onstage with an 8 piece horn section. Wow! The final tuneup rehearsal was on Sunday, and it was spectactular. Bring your lawnchair and cooler to The Village Green Park, get comfy and get ready for a night of great entertainment. On Saturday, July 4, Second Wind will be performing a concert for the City of St. Bernard. The concert get's under way at about 6:00 PM and goes until 10:00 PM with Rozzi's fireworks following. The concert will be held at St. Bernard's Ross Park, which is right off the corner of Vine Street and East Ross Avenue. This will be our first concert for the City of St. Bernard, and we're greatly looking forward to it.
Last but not least, for those of you who are long time fans of Second Wind, you'll notice a new face in our band starting this weekend. One of our founding members, keyboardist Dave Frey 
has left our lineup to pursue other musical and personal interests. While we'll miss Dave's contributions to our band on and off the stage, we're all very excited to introduce and welcome our newest member, Bill Houston. Bill has been a member of two standout local bands, DV8 & Nightlife for the last 18 years. He's performed with our band as a sub a number of times in the past filling in on tenor sax and baritone sax. Bill's primary focus in our group will be on keyboards, but in addition to sax, he also will be doing some work on flute, guitar, and who knows what else? He plays nearly every instrument in the band, and is a lot of fun to watch on stage. In addition to the musical talent that Bill brings to Second Wind, he's a great guy-if you have the opportunity, come on up to him and welcome him to our band. We're sure he'd appreciate it.
has left our lineup to pursue other musical and personal interests. While we'll miss Dave's contributions to our band on and off the stage, we're all very excited to introduce and welcome our newest member, Bill Houston. Bill has been a member of two standout local bands, DV8 & Nightlife for the last 18 years. He's performed with our band as a sub a number of times in the past filling in on tenor sax and baritone sax. Bill's primary focus in our group will be on keyboards, but in addition to sax, he also will be doing some work on flute, guitar, and who knows what else? He plays nearly every instrument in the band, and is a lot of fun to watch on stage. In addition to the musical talent that Bill brings to Second Wind, he's a great guy-if you have the opportunity, come on up to him and welcome him to our band. We're sure he'd appreciate it.Have a great week, and join us Friday & Saturday evenings for a great weekend!
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