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2 2021 Vintage Band Festival Program Festival Sponsors Jo Ann Polley & Mark Ulmer elcome to the 2021 Vintage Band Festival! WOn behalf of the entire Vintage Band Festival Board of Directors, I want to welcome you to Northfield, Minnesota, and Vintage Band Festival 2021. As all of us can attest, 2020 Stage Sponsors was a year like none other in our collective recent experience. We extend our condolences JAN STEVENS to all families who lost loved ones during the pandemic and offer our sincere gratitude to our loyal donors who continued to contribute to our organization even when we couldn’t present any performances. Northfield News 465 days after our last public event on February 29, 2020, here we are again to listen to brass and wind music and enjoy great musicianship. We hope you enjoy the day as much as we do! P.S. If you have not yet received a COVID-19 vaccination, I encourage you to do so at the earliest opportunity. The only sure way to minimize the impact of this virus on the human family is for everyone to get vaccinated! – Dan Bergeson Festival Schedule Festival President 9:30am Above Average Tuba Quartet 10:30am Jack Brass Band A Message from the Artistic Director 11:30am We are so happy to see the return of the Vintage Band Festival Sheldon Theatre Brass Band after a challenging interruption. VBF President Dan Bergeson, the members of the Board and I did our best to keep “our boat 12:30pm afloat” during the pandemic, and we’re delighted to say that we Twin Cities Trumpet Ensemble are in good shape going into the future. A special thanks goes to 1:30pm the many of you who responded to our call for donations. Banda La Verdadera Vintage Band Festival is a combination of compelling history, 2:30pm interesting music, and diverse culture coming together to make Lake Wobegon© Brass Band a magical experience. The many Minnesota bands that travel to 3:30pm Northfield for the festival continue to see VBF as a special desti- Brio Brass nation. VBF has trod a large footprint for Minnesota tourism and Paul Niemisto regional culture. 4:30pm Bavarian Musikmeisters A special welcome to those of you who are coming for the first time. When you get back home, be sure to spread the word! 5:30pm Southside Aces Returning VBF fans, we hope the special combination of the quaint and beautiful town of Northfield and the visiting bands, 6:45pm which are dedicated to quality and authenticity, will again create Copper Street Brass wonderful experiences and lasting memories. 8:15pm Remember that your generous financial support enables our Roseville Big Band festival to succeed, now and in the future, so be sure to stop by the Info Tent to join our donor family. In Memoriam – Paul Niemisto Festival Founder & Artistic Director Since 2019, we have lost the following from our community of VBF friends: William Hall, founder and leader of the 1st Nebraska Volunteers Brass Band Land Acknowledgement Statement: John Hiscox, Vintage Band Festival We stand on the homelands of the Wahpekute and other Bands of the Dakota Nation. Volunteer Extraordinaire We honor with gratitude the people who have stewarded the land throughout the gen- Robert “BJ” Johnson, retired Manager of erations and their ongoing contributions to this region. We acknowledge the ongoing Music Organizations, St. Olaf College and injustices that we have committed against the Dakota Nation, and we wish to interrupt VBF Volunteer Advisor this legacy, beginning with acts of healing and honest storytelling about this place. Sölve Kingstedt, director of Oktetten Adopted by the Northfield City Council, November 17, 2020 Ehnstedts Eftr. (Sweden) Sebastian Surom, Vintage Band Festival 2016 Student Festival Coordinator This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from Vintage Band Festival 2021 is dedicated to Minnesota State Arts Board and the Southeastern Minnesota Arts Council thanks to their memory. a legislative appropriation from the arts & cultural heritage fund. july 31, 2021 vintagebandfestival.org 3 10:30am 9:30am Jack Brass Band Focus: New Orleans-style jazz with added old-time blues, rock, Above Average Tuba Quartet hip-hop, pop, funk and reggae Website: jackbrassband.com Focus: Polkas, marches and classical music for tuba quartet Based on the traditions of New Orleans brass bands, the Jack The Above Average Tubas are comprised of the tubists from the Brass Band is an ambassador of the Crescent City’s rich musical Lake Wobegon© Brass Band. Leader Roger Gomoll notes that history. The eight-piece band plays “Feel-Good Music” for tuba and euphoniums are related instruments. The euphonium is audiences of any age, for any occasion. The Jack Brass Band considered to be a “tenor tuba” and plays an octave higher than has the ability and repertoire to play everything from old New the larger bass tuba and double bass tuba. He also says, “Tubists Orleans jazz from Louis Armstrong’s era, to the modern street and euphoniumists tend to gather in larger groups around Mardi-Gras anthems with the instrumentation, feel and energy Christmastime, when as many as 100 or more festively dressed they have mastered through countless gigs, parades, festival players perform Christmas carols as part of the nationally appearances and trips to New organized Tuba Christmas concerts. It’s been said, but not Orleans to listen, learn and play Band Sponsor verified, that the U.S. Geological alongside the masters. 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July 31, 2021 vintagebandfestival.org 11 6:45pm 5:30pm Copper Street Brass Southside Aces Focus: A blend of musical styles that fuses Focus: Traditional New Orleans-style jazz electronic effects and brass Website: southsideaces.com Website: copperstreetbrass.org The Southside Aces perform traditional New Orleans jazz. The The six members of Copper Street Brass have style, substance and six-member band began as the brainchild of clarinetist Tony a flair for innovation, which has allowed them to transcend the Balluff and sousaphone player Erik Jacobson. The Aces possess brass quintet box and evolve into something fresh. Copper Street a diverse repertoire, with a roll call that includes the names Brass was founded in 2008 as a professionally trained classical of Louis Armstrong, Jelly Roll Morton, Hoagy Carmichael, chamber music ensemble (which means it performs without a Duke Ellington and Bix Beiderbecke. The Southside Aces have conductor) with two trumpets, horn, trombone, and tuba. The performed at the Vieux Carré and Dakota jazz clubs, Crooners group presents exclusively its own music, expressing its artistic Supper Club, Twin Cities Jazz Fest, and the Minnesota Orchestra voice through a dazzling fusion of Sommerfest. The band has also brass, keyboard, guitar, percussion, Band Sponsors and electronic instruments to Lois and Noel played events in Chicago, Denver, Band Sponsor Stratmoen and Des Moines. The Southside appeal to a universal audience. It Aces are appearing for the third Mary Rosenberg is a veteran performer at Vintage Rod and Deb time at Vintage Band Festival. Band Festival. Christensen

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