Brazil Concert Band playing wizards and cowboys on Sunday

Thursday, July 8, 2021

BRAZIL -- The Brazil Concert and its director Matthew Huber will present “Wizards, Cavalry and Cowboys” on Sunday, July 11 at 8 p.m. at the Forest Park bandshell, rain or shine.

This week’s show will feature “The Wizard of Oz” in an arrangement by James Barnes, which includes “Over the Rainbow,” “Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead,” “We’re Off to See the Wizard,” “The Merry Old Land of Oz” and “If I Only Had a Brain.”

The classic band arrangement “Light Cavalry Overture” by Henry Fillmore is played worldwide. Two of Fillmore’s marches, “The Klaxon” and “Men of Ohio,” will be played.

“Best of the West!,” arranged by Michael Story, will feature Western movie themes from “Paint Your Wagon,” “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly,” “Blazing Saddles” and “The Magnificent Seven.”

Karl L. King’s circus overture “Princess of India,” John Philip Sousa’s “The Fairest of the Fair,” Call of the Road” by Fred Jewell, “Moon River” by Henry Mancini and “Instant Concert,” which contains snips of over 30 well-known compositions arranged by Harold Walters, will round out the evening.

The concession stand will be operated by Tri Kappa with summertime favorites including hot dogs and Coney dogs.

The Brazil Concert Band performs every Sunday in Forest Park through August.

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