Pencil in the annual Iowa Municipal Band Festival on your calendar on the second Saturday in July!
2011 marked the 20th Annual Festival and, my, what a performance the bands provided! We enjoyed the Ballard Community Band, Sax n' Brass, Iowa Military Veterans Band, Bunny Band, Greater Des Moines Community Band, Karl L. King Municipal Band, Ames Municipal Band, and Boone Municipal Band.
Five bands were included in the first Iowa Municipal Band Festival in July 1992. They were Ames, Hampton, Newton, Marshalltown and Boone. Seven bands performed the following year. Since then, a full slate of eight or more bands have entertained the audience. The festival has truly become a state wide festival with 31 communities participating since 1991. The festival has welcomed a band from Zumbrota, Minnesota as well as the Blaskapelle Muhlhausen group from Germany over the last few years, as well.
Herman Park Pavilion in Boone, Iowa is the ideal setting for the festival. The Pavilion was donated to the city of Boone by the Herman family in 1917. Frank Piersol was commissioned to write the “Pavilion March” and conducted the premiere performance at the 1994 festival.
Join us for a day of music in the park!
Monday, July 11, 2011
Iowa Municipal Band Festival
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