KENNEBUNKPORT –
The First Congregational Church of Kennebunkport, 141 North
St., is sponsoring the only State of Maine appearance of the Sharon Concert
Band of Sharon, Massachusetts. Under the direction of Stephen Bell, this
benefit concert will feature a variety of music, which will include some
patriotic pieces, on Sunday, September 9, 3:30 to 5 p.m. outside at the
Consolidated School, (in the gym if it rains). Bring your lawn chairs or blankets.
The concert is being held to honor all who have served in the military in Iraq
and Afghanistan and to honor the memory of those lost on September 11, 2001.
Participating in this event will be the Kennebunkport American Legion Post 159
Color Guard. The cost to attend will be your donation of any sum, with 100
percent of the donations going to the Wounded Warrior Project. Anyone unable to
attend may mail a donation to the church address, or make an online donation to
the Wounded Warrior Project
https://supportwoundedwarriorproject.org. Active members of the military
may attend free of charge. First Church members will be providing a concession
with proceeds going to the church. A reminder: the school property is a drug
and alcohol free zone and this event is an alcohol free event.
The Sharon Concert Band was founded in 1988 by the late Roy
Scott, under the auspices of the Sharon Recreation Deptartment in
Massachusetts. The band has grown from a handful of Sharon residents to a large
group of musicians ranging in age from teens to seventies. Members come from
Sharon and area towns in Greater Boston and Rhode Island. Members include
students, adults who picked up their instruments after many years, professional
musicians, and music teachers. The Sharon Concert Band offers one of the best
opportunities in the Boston/Providence area to make quality music in a
collegial atmosphere. The band maintains an active performance schedule
throughout the year. For more on the band, www.sharonbands.org.
Bell is in his fifth year as musical and artistic director
for the concert band and the Roy Scott Big Band. He has served as the Director
of Instrumental Music at Eastern Nazarene College, in Quincy, Massachusetts,
where he directs two ensembles and instructs various instrumental method
classes. A former music educator and director of music with the Rockland Public
Schools, Bell is a recipient of the Lowell Mason Award presented by the
Massachusetts Music Educators Association. For more information, contact church
member Jan Dicey at 207-967-0641 or Beachhikers@roadrunner.com.
