Waldwick
February 4, 2009 THE VILLADOM TIMES III • Page 11
Waldwick Band Concert features salute to Lincoln
phone player Lew Archer. Archer, who is the principal saxophonist with the Waldwick Band, has appeared as a featured player on several earlier occasions with the band, soloing on the soprano, alto, tenor and baritone saxophones. For the upcoming concert, he will perform Albonini’s “Concerto Saint Marc.” The Waldwick Band will perform Don Gillis’ “Abe Lincoln, Gettysburg, 1863.” The narrator, Lloyd de Vries, is a journalist and writer, working in radio, television, the Internet, and print. For the past 27 years, he has been employed at CBS, but previous stints included National Public Radio and NBC. He produces a weekly radio stamp collecting feature for CBS News, and occasional spot reports on stamp and postal stories. The principal euphonium player and band president, he has been playing trombone for 46 years and euphonium for 41. He has been a member of the Waldwick Band for 20 years and performs with the Ridgewood Concert Band, The Teaneck Community Band, Westwood Community Band and other ensembles. De Vries lives in Paramus with his wife and two sons, one of whom also plays in the Waldwick Band. The band will be directed by Edmund A. Moderacki who has chosen Glinka’s “Russlan and Ludmilla Overture” and Percy Grainger’s “Colonial Song” as the featured compositions. Other works at the concert will include Gustav Holst’s “Marching Song,” an arrangement of the Russian
folksong “Kalinka,” and selections from the current Broadway hit, “Wicked.” Marches by Centenaro, Codina, Jewell and Sousa will complete the program. Crescent School is located at 165 Crescent Avenue in Waldwick. There is no admission charge for the concert, which is sponsored by the Waldwick Department of Recreation. Information about the band’s winter season and other activities can be found at www.waldwickband.org. The next concert by the Waldwick Band will be on Sunday, March 15 at 3 p.m.
In honor of the 200th Anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln, The Waldwick Band will present a salute to this great president on Sunday, Feb. 8 at the Crescent School in Waldwick. The 3 p.m. concert will feature soprano saxo-
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