Winter Concert Series
Cultural Commission Institutes Another New Tradition
Picking right up where they left off with the summer concert series, the City's
very active Cultural Commission conducted its first Winter Concert
Series. The new
series was held in the Martin Chromik Auditorium at Derby High
School . All concerts were open to the public
free of charge.
The concerts were sponsored by the Derby Cultural Commission and funded by
the Community Foundation for Greater New Haven.
The series:
February
12: Connecticut 2nd Company
Governor's Footguard Band presented a
Patriotic Concert. The Second Company Governor's Foot Guard
Band is the musical arm of one of the oldest continually active
military units in the United States. It was chartered in 1775, and the
first Commandant was Revolutionary War General Benedict Arnold. The
present Commandant is Major Peter A. Wasilewski.
March 12:
The Highland Rovers Band
rolled into Derby as part of their "UNITY OF SPIRIT WORLD TOUR 2002"
and a large audience was transported back to old Ireland as the band performed Irish music in honor of St. Patrick's Day.
April 20:
Paul Elkin and Friends wrapped up the concert series in style with an
elegant evening of Broadway Show tunes. Another large audience came out to
sit back, relax and picture
themselves in New York revisiting fond memories of the great shows from
Broadway.
The Concerts were free to the public
thanks to the generous support of:

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