To celebrate Mother’s Day this weekend, the St. Joseph Municipal Band under the direction of Dr. Don Moely will launch their 2020 season early, but don’t make your way to the John E. N. Howard Bandshell on the bluff overlooking Lake Michigan, because they won’t be there. In fact, the bandshell will look pretty much like the photo accompanying this story, because the concert will be a virtual one.
St. Joseph Public Works Director Greg Grothous says the Municipal Band wanted to do something special in the form of a tribute to mothers everywhere on Mother’s Day, which is tomorrow, Sunday, May 10th, so they decided to begin the season ahead of schedule with performances recorded in previous seasons available on YouTube beginning at noon Sunday.
Due to the pandemic, the band cannot play together at this time, but their YouTube presentation tomorrow will consist of two vocal solos and two band performances from prior seasons which will be posted to the band’s YouTube channel which is linked below:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpRVVApauHES2QLdHw6T3Ag
To watch the tribute concert, you will find it available beginning at 12 Noon tomorrow, Sunday May 10th.
You are also invited to visit online at the city’s website www.sjcity.com for updates on future virtual concerts by the St. Joseph Municipal Band.
If you have questions, you can contact Greg Grothous (269) 985-0309 or by email to ggrothous@sjcity.com or Dr. Don Moely Director by email to dmoely@comcast.net.
