River City Brass Band News

You can celebrate Christmas 2009 with the world famous country/gospel group, the Oak Ridge Boys, watch the musical, White Christmas, as performed by Holiday in Harmony at Lima Senior High School, enjoy songs of the season with the River City Brass Band, and enjoy breakfast with Santa at Macy's in Lima, Ohio, and the Lima region.

When and where: 8 p.m. today, Carnegie Music Hall, Oakland; 8 p.m. Friday, Carson Middle School, McCandless; 8 p.m. Saturday, Palace Theatre, Greensburg; 3 p.m. Sunday, Pasquerilla Performing Arts Center, Johnstown; 8 p.m. Tuesday, Upper St.

By TOM LAVIS TLAVIS@TRIBDEM.COM Traditional and contemporary holiday tunes fill the program of River City Brass Band's annual Christmas concert.

Bob Karlovits can be reached via e-mail or at 412-320-7852. Trumpeter-arranger Phil Snedecor says he and the River City Brass Band want "to give people a reason to shut off the TV and go out to a concert." The guest conductor of the brass band's November concerts hopes they will do that by providing a wide range of music that all fits the bill of ...

Bob Karlovits can be reached via e-mail or at 412-320-7852. Patrick Sheridan is making sure the River City Brass Band takes the first steps in a transitional year with its best feet forward.

River City Brass Band has become a delightful tradition for closing the simultaneous Prairie Pops and the Marsh Symphony on the Prairie season.

Rex Rutkoski can be reached via e-mail or at 724-226-4664. It's a New York state of mind as the 2009 Trinity Concert Series opens Sunday in Freeport.

* 7:30 p.m. Friday on the shores of Brittain Lake at Westminster; free concert by the River City Brass Band followed by fireworks.

BY TOM LAVIS TLAVIS@TRIBDEM.COM Johnstown audiences will notice one major change when the River City Brass Band raises the curtain on the 2009-10 season on Sept.