By Mike Greife,
July 11, 2016
WARRENSBURG, MO – University of Central Missouri President Chuck Ambrose and Mrs.
Kris Ambrose will host the President’s Lawn Concert Monday, July 25.
The annual event will take place on the university quadrangle in front of the UCM
Administration Building. UCM administrators will begin serving ice cream and cookies
at 7 p.m., and the Warrensburg Community Band, under the direction of Russell Coleman,
will perform at 7:30 p.m. The concert is free, and the public is invited to attend.
Free parking is available in university parking lots at South and Maguire streets
and South and Holden streets. In the event of inclement weather, the event will be
moved in indoors to Hendricks Hall in the Administration Building. Seating will be
provided.
This year’s concert will open with the national anthem, followed by the band’s rendition
of Pineapple Roll by Arthur Sullivan. Jeff Imboden will be the featured soloist as
the band performs They Can’t Take That Away From Me by George and Ira Gershwin, and
guest conductor David Robinson will lead the band in the performance of Spanish Dance
by Dmitiri Shostakovich.
The band will perform Andante et Allegro by Joseph Ropartz with featured soloist Neal
Seipp on trumpet. Guest conductor Pat Setser will then lead the band in the performance
of Folk Song Suite by Ralph Vaughn Williams, followed by the performance of the Irish
ballad I Dreamt I Dwelt In Marble Halls by Michael William Balfe.
Following the performance of the march The Trombone King by Karl King, Imboden will
again joined the band as vocalist for Embraceable You by the Gershwins. The band’s
traditional rousing performance of Stars and Stripes Forever by John Philip Sousa
will close the program.
Marion Woods of KOKO radio will serve as master of ceremonies for the event.
The Warrensburg Community Band was founded in 1985 to provide musicians with an opportunity
to perform for pleasure while rendering a service to the community. Membership is
open to individuals above high-school age and includes those from a wide variety of
occupations and many neighboring communities.
Financial support is provided by advertisers and private donors. The band traditionally
plays five concerts per summer season, including the annual fundraising concert.
