Two Harbors City Band Concerts


Two Harbors City Band — the oldest continuously operating city band in Minnesota — performs weekly summer concerts at 7:30 p.m. Thursdays at the bandshell in Thomas Owens Park.
The band will also perform during Independence Day festivities Wednesday, July 4, at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday, July 7, at 11 a.m. at the bandshell.
The concerts are directed by Alan Anderson.
July 4 program
“Star-Spangled Banner,” Francis Scott Key;
“Liberty Bell March,” John Philip Sousa;
“Star-Spangled Spectacular,” George M. Cohan;
“Charter Oak,” Eric Osterling;
“March of the Red Bull Legions;”
“God Bless the USA,” Lee Greenwood;
“Gen. Douglas MacArthur March,” Fred K. Huffer;
“March of the Women Marines,” Louis Saverino;
“U.S. Field Artillery March,” John Philip Sousa;
“Navy Hymn,” Rev. John Dykes;
“American Patrol,” F.W. Meacham;
“America the Beautiful,” Samuel Augustus Ward;
“Stars and Stripes Forever March,” John Philip Sousa.
July 5 program
“Star-Spangled Banner,” Francis Scott Key;
“Strike Up the Band,” George Gershwin/Barker;
“Promenade,” Leroy Anderson;
“American Folk Rhapsody No. 2,” Clare Grundman;
“Agate City March,” Paul Gauche;
“On a Hymnsong of Philip Bliss,” David R. Holsinger;
“Brass Aflame,” John Cacavas;
“Irish Tune From County Derry,” Percy Grainger;
“Highland Cathedral,” Michael Korb and Ulrich Roever;
“Billboard March,” John Klohr/Fennell.
July 7 program
“Star-Spangled Banner,” Francis Scott Key;
“The Klaxon,” Henry Fillmore;
“King Cotton,” John Philip Sousa;
“El Capitan,” John Philip Sousa;
“Hosts of Freedom,” Karl King;
“Frere Jacques March,” arranged by Jimmy Carroll;
“U.S. Field Artillery March,” John Philip Sousa;
“Washington Post,” John Philip Sousa;
“Hands Across the Sea,” John Philip Sousa;
“The Thunderer,” John Philip Sousa;
“Billboard March,” John Klohr/Fennell.