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 rth-of-july/
SUMMARY:Blossom Festival Band Salutes the Fourth of July
DESCRIPTION:\nThu 7/3-Fri 7/4 @ 8PM\nOnce again\, the Blossom Festival Orch
 estra is back at Blossom Music Center for its long-running\, traditional J
 uly 4 concerts\, this year with freelance conductor Michelle Rakers\, an a
 lumna of United States Marine Band\, on the podium.\nWhat will the play? N
 o surprises here: patriotic songs\, Broadway hits\, an Armed Forces salute
 . They’ll open with The Star-Spangled Banner\, and wend their way throug
 h a host of American composers\, both well-known (Aaron Copland\, John Wil
 liams\, Leonard Bernstein) and not so much (Clare Grundman\, 1913-1996\, a
  Shaw High School graduate\; Count Basie Orchestra arranger Sammy Nestico\
 , 1924-2021\, 36-year-old Canadian composer Ryan George — no\, Canada ha
 sn’t been annexed yet\; he’s just a wild card). The evening closes wit
 h “America the Beautiful” which my mother always advocated for replaci
 ng The Star-Spangled Band with (more positive and uplifting\, easier to si
 ng) and\, weather permitting\, fireworks.\nGet tickets here.\nblossom/salu
 te-to-america/\n[mappress mapid="1264"]
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