Brazil Concert Band going to bat Sunday

BRAZIL — The Brazil Concert Band, directed and coached by Matthew Huber, will present “Play Ball!” this Sunday, July 23 at 8 p.m. at Forest Park, rain or shine.

This week’s theme will be a fast-paced event with a bench full of marches related to sports from colleges and universities across the United States.

Starting the evening is “Take Me Out to the Ball Game” by Albert Von Tilzer and Jack Norworth and “The National Game” by John Philip Sousa. The Broadway musical “Damn Yankees” by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross, arranged for band by Paul Yoder, will then hit a home run with “Near to You,” “Heart,” “Whatever Lola Wants” and “Shoeless Joe.”

Also at bat will be “The Viking March” by Karl L. King, “The Orange Bowl” and “Miami” both by Henry Fillmore and “Greater Indiana” by Brazil’s own J. Gus Davis. A team of Sousa’s marches will cover the bases with “University of Illinois,” “The Kansas Wildcats” and “The Daughters of Texas.”

For more information, like the band on Facebook or visit its website at www.brazilconcertband.org.