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Welcome to the South Shore Band’s
home on the web!
*** Effective
Monday, January 5,
2009 we have relocated regular weekly rehearsals to our new home at St.
Paul's United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall at 7558 Amboy Road,
Tottenville. ***
The South Shore Band is a volunteer
adult community band based in Staten Island, N.Y. New members are
always invited to join.
Our members range in age from high
school students to working people to retirees. Many musicians who had
long been away from active playing find the South Shore Band an ideal
way to reacquaint themselves with active playing. All of our members
find the band to be a relaxing way to continue in the enjoyment of
playing. We now have over 40 active members.
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Our mission: "To provide a supportive and
inspiring community band environment where musicians can share in
the growth of musical expression, performance, and service
to the community".
The South Shore Band offers service to our local
communities through concerts, parades, performing at civic events...and
other occasions where we can deepen the general public's appreciation
for live performance and instill a greater pride in our community.
The Band is under the direction of
James De Francesco. Mr. De Francesco joined the Band in 1987, and was
appointed Associate Conductor. Since 1989 Mr. De Francesco has been
Conductor and Music Director for our growing community group.
Rehearsals are held every
Monday evening at 8 P.M. in the St. Paul's United Methodist Church
Fellowship Hall, 7558 Amboy Road, Tottenville (between Main Street
& Swinnerton Street. Entrance is on Swinnerton Street). We continue
to rehearse throughout the summer time as well. For more information
please contact Tom Doty, Band President at 718-948-0688 or via email. New members interested
in joining are invited to visit us at any weekly Monday evening
rehearsal.
Click on "Schedule of Events"
within our site to learn more about upcoming appearances for the Band.
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Last Updated 01/04/2009 |
- The South Shore Band welcomed Ann Erickson
returning to our French Horn Section on June 18, 2007, Stu
Seiderman to our Tenor Sax Section on July 2, 2007, Cathy
Cannizzaro to our Trumpet Section on September 24, 2007, Theresa
Esposito to our flute section on October 29, 2007, Joe Negri
to our Baritone Horn section on January 7, 2008, Roman Chizhik
to our Clarinet Section on March 31, 2008, Don Albano to
our Alto Sax Section on April 14, 2008, Dave Seebaugh returning
to our Trombone Section on May 19, 2008, Hillary Klein to our
Flute Section on August 4, 2008, Alex Morano to our Clarinet
Section on August 4, 2008, Laura Dunlap to our French Horn
section on Nov 3, 2008, and Patty Moses returning to our
Clarinet Section on Nov. 10, 2008. We are always excited to welcome new
and returning members to our community band family. We still have space
for more new people so come on down to visit with us and learn more
about our community band.
- Check out our Picture Gallery for photos of our
2006 performance at the Richmond County
Fair!
- We thank the American Express Foundation for
their continued generous support of our community band and our programs
through their Global Volunteer Action Fund Award Program.
- To get a sense of the music that we are
currently rehearsing you can click on “Folder
Music List” to view the content of our rehearsal folders. This
music list is updated regularly as music is added to our folders as we
progress in various concert performance preparations (note:
parade/march book music is not included in this listing).
- New members are welcome in all sections.
We are in particular need for added members to the following sections:
Trombone, Baritone Horn, Tuba, French Horn, Bassoon, and Oboe.
- You can click on “Schedule of Events” for information
regarding 2009 confirmed scheduling and appearance dates as well as
last years (2008) complete schedule. The scheduling process is always
quite active with many of our events being ongoing commitments year
after year. If you are interested in having the band perform please
contact us early as our calendar of events that we are able to accept
fills quickly.
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