Greetings from a long-silent BandSir.com. I hope that all are doing well. I’m delighted to post an album purchased and provided by David Haught, class of 79. Dave gave me this at a secret dead drop (it was really Bob Evans) last week (it was really last year — like a LONG time ago) and I digitized the record right away. (That part’s true.) Thanks, Dave, for giving us our first Dance Band album, “Taps at Reveille!” And thanks to you all for your patience. -DW
Thanks to Dan Witter for pointing me to a broken couple of tracks. They were here on the page containing the broadcast of the 1812 Overture with the Philadelphia Orchestra. Awhile back, I had to make some minor internal nuts-and-bolts adjustments to the site and unfortunately I failed to account for that on this page. The other affected pages appear to be OK. Dan Wolfe
There’s been one new concert added to the BandSir.com site and one update. The new concert is the Fall 1973 concert. It features Cadets Wesley A Cramer & Joseph A. Gigliotti as Soloists on Lo! Hear the Gentle Lark and includes Victory at Sea. One note: Cut 8, Fiddler on the Roof has a rather serious drop out in the middle of the track. It must have been on the master tape as the two copies of the tape in my possession have exactly the same flaw. For the 1972 Second Spring Concert, a cut of Orpheus in the Underworld has been added. … Get your chin in and keep reading…
I’ve added three concerts to the library. They are all three from the 1970 – 1971 academic year. Many thanks to Randy Jenkins, one helluva French Horn player for providing the tapes for these three and to Skip Mahler for being so kind as to coordinate getting the tapes to me for digitizing and posting. I wasn’t able to identify all of the titles of the music in these recordings. What I knew I added. I’m asking you to help fill in the blanks. If you know the title, shoot me an email and I’ll update it. Other than the … Get your chin in and keep reading…
VFMA Bandmaster Phil Evans was kind enough to provide BandSir.com with this article written for the 2015 yearbook, Crossed Sabres. It’s such a nice article that I’ve posted it both here for immediate distribution and made it a permanent part of the “About” page here on Bandsir.com. Thanks to you, Phil! Valley Forge Regimental Band by WO2 Philip Evans Col. Milton G. Baker’s Vision of the Cadet Band Circa 1935 Following a short-lived experiment with an employee band, Milton G. Baker’s philosophy, as it pertained to the future of the Regimental Band, was simple and effective. He often explained to … Get your chin in and keep reading…
