The Paris Municipal Band will conclude it’s 97th consecutive concert season this evening at 8:00 p.m. at the Civic Center Pavilion.
Conductor Joe Watson said, “The band is one of the longest consecutively performing bands in the United States and is the longest consecutively performing band in Texas.”
Tonight’s final concert will feature the music of John Philip Sousa along with a great variety of music programmed for the entire family. The show will include Sousa’ “The Thunderer” and “Stars and Stripes Forever”. The clarinet section will be featured performing “The Minstrel Boy”.
Also included in the concert will be the music of Simon and Garfunkel “Bridge Over Troubled Water”, “Selections from The Sound of Music” and a trip back through time with a medley of theme songs from Sit-coms! Many other musical selections will also be included.
This is a free concert for the public and everyone is invited. The band will be observing social distancing and asks the audience to also follow the suggestions.
