Brazil Concert Band to present German fest of music Sunday

The Brazil Concert Band, under the direction of Herr von Huber, will present “German Oktoberfest in Staubitzer Park” on Sunday, Aug. 4, rain or shine.

The BCB Roving German Band will begin at 7:15 p.m. and the entire concert band will perform at 8 p.m.

Staubitzer Woods was the area of Brazil which became Forest Park shortly after World War I, and has been home to the Brazil Concert Band ever since.

Former resident Francis Massinon recently wrote two new marches which he will guest-conduct Sunday.

Massinon is a retired music professor who taught at Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, Tenn. A talented French horn player, he grew up in Brazil, graduated from Brazil High School in 1967 and earned degrees from both Indiana State University and Indiana University. Massinon is a third-generation member of the Brazil Concert Band.

His latest marches are “Staubitzer Park” and “Sommerlied,” which he dedicated to BCB principal euphonium John Huber, who teaches elementary music for the North Central Parke School Corporation and conducts the Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College Pep Band.

The annual German concert will also include “The Conqueror” and “Alte Kameraden” by Carl Teike, “Hoch Heidecksburg” by Rudolf Herzer, and “Prost Stimmung!” by Norbert Studnitzky,

Also, “The Happy Wanderer” by Friedrich-Wilhelm Möller, “The Sound of Music” by Richard Rodgers and arranged by Robert Bennett, “Hogan’s Heroes March” by Jerry Fielding and “Beer Barrel Polka,” arranged by George Briegel, will be played.

German food will be served at the Forest Park concession stand by the McKinley Hill Church, including brats, sauerkraut and German potato salad.

The Jackson Township Community Band will perform at the Indiana State Fair on Aug. 8 at 6:30 p.m. in front of the Indiana Arts Building.