Blacksburg Community Band Performances
The Blacksburg Community Band has performed at many locations for regular concerts and special events in the past concert seasons. The band also performs a formal concert in the spring and for Christmas in the Blacksburg High School auditorium.
1997 4th of July Parade - Photo by J. Michael Bruchas
Partial Performance List
Town of Blacksburg, Town of Pulaski, City of Roanoke, City of Radford, Town of Floyd, Town of Narrows, Town of Christiansburg, Town of Shawsville, Town of Pearisburg, Town of New Castle, Roanoke Festival in the Park, Steppin' Out, Brush Mountain Crafts Fair, Floyd Crafts Fair, Smithfield Plantation Days, Wilderness Trail Days, Art on the Fence, Pearisburg Festival Around Town, Cambria Whistlestop Arts Festival, Huckleberry Festival, Virginia Tech, Mountain Lake Resort, New River Valley Mall, Warm Hearth Retirement Village, Brooke Meade Retirement Center, Meadowbrook Nursing Facility, Heritage Hall Nursing Facility, Wheatland Hills Retirement Facility, Salem Veteran's Hospital, Richfield Retirement Community
Exchange Concerts with the Peninsula Concert Band
March 13, 1999 in Blacksburg
On March 13, 1999, the Peninsula Concert Band from Newport News, VA, travelled to Blacksbrug to give a joint performance with the Blacksburg Community Band. Together they performed the Strauss Radetzky March, Holst's First Suite in Eb for Military Band, and other popular favorites including America the Beautiful. On July 1, 2001, the Blacksburg Community Band will recipricate by travelling to the coast to perform with the Peninsula Concert Band for another band exchange! Visual documentation.
July 1, 2001 in Yorktown, Virginia
On July 1, 2001, the Blacksburg Community Band traveled to the coast to perform with the Peninsula Concert Band.
Joint Concerts with the Watauga County Community Band
Saturday, August 9, 2003 in Blacksburg
On August 9, 2003, the Watauga County Community Band traveled to Blacksburg for a joint concert with the Blacksburg Community Band in Old Dominion Ballroom in Squires on the Virginia Tech campus. Together they performed selections including Overture from Guys and Dolls, Original Dixieland Concerto, and Bravura.
Sunday, November 9, 2003 in Boone, North Carolina
On November 9, 2003, the Blacksburg Community Band joined the Watauga County Community Band on the campus of Appalachian State University for a joint concert. Together they performed selections including Lincoln Portrait, Poet and Peasant, and Napoli.