
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: THURSDAY, March 23, 1995                   TAG: 9503300049
SECTION: NEIGHBORS                    PAGE: E9   EDITION: METRO 
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COMMUNITY BAND WILL PERFORM APRIL 11

The Roanoke Valley Community Band and its swing band section, the Stardusters, will present their annual spring concert April 11 at Cave Spring High School. Conductor Wilbur Grant, who was band director at Glenvar High School for more than 20 years, will conduct the bands.

Admission to the 7:30 p.m. concert is free, but band President Myron White said donations to help cover costs will be accepted.

The band is made up of about 65 men and women of all ages who play marches, tunes from Broadway musicals, concert music and novelty tunes.

The Stardusters is a smaller group of about 15 players who perform music of the Big Band era.

White said both groups give concerts at various times during the year throughout the Roanoke Valley. Recent concerts have been at the United Methodist Home, Our Lady of the Valley, Friendship Manor, Festival in the Park, the Veterans Affairs Medical Center, the Virginia Commonwealth Games, Armed Forces Day and other events, White said.

Further information about the band or concert can be obtained from White at 774-8885.

The band was organized four years ago, and many of its members formerly were high school band members who have had no organized place to play since then.

by CNB