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Free concert at the Hyatt ballroom this Sunday
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Posted on Aug 23 2019
The Saipan Pacific Winds Concert Band is hosting a free summer-closing concert on Sunday, Aug. 25, at the Hyatt Regency Saipan ballroom, featuring several guest bands.
Doors open at 4pm and the show starts at 4:30pm.
The concert, called “Hands Across the Sea,” will feature performances by musicians from Saipan and Guam, as well as the Gamagori Junior Band from the Aichi Prefecture in Japan. This is the band’s first visit to Saipan.
Band directors in Gamagori City in Aichi created the Gamagori Junior Band in 1995, in response to the declining number of band programs and stagnating band activities in the city. Their hope was to improve the level of musicianship of youth members and provide cultural exchange opportunities through music.
Since its creation, the Gamagori Junior Band has performed annual concerts 19 times, all receiving positive responses. Internationally, the band has traveled seven times to China, South Korea, and Guam. The band has held friendship concerts with bands from Australia, Guam, South Korea and Poland. The Gamagori Junior Band has established a sister-city program with Urasoe City in Okinawa.
The opening act of the Hands Across the Sea Concert will be Guam National Guard’s 721st Army Rock Band. There will also be performances by the Saipan Pacific Winds Concert Band; a combined band composed of the Guam National Guard’s 721st Army Rock Band, the Gamagori Junior Band, and Saipan Pacific Winds Concert Band; and individual musicians from Marianas High School, Saipan International School, and Saipan Community School.
Program music will include Shenandoah, selections from Aladdin, The Lion King medley, March Hands Across the Sea, and other selections.
This concert is free of charge. (PR)
