Concert band to perform in Rockford

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ROCKFORD – The Van Wert Area Community Concert Band is keeping busy these days. The band will present a concert in the large shelter house at Shanes Park in Rockford at 7 p.m. Friday, June 12. It’s free and open to the public.

Music performed at the concert will include several patriotic selections celebrating the county’s 250th birthday. The selections are intended to reflect, revitalize and rekindle the pride that each of us have as citizens of the best country in the world, the United States of America.

A few of these selections are: To Honor America, Voices of the Battlefield, Golden and a Bob Dylan medley. band member Warren Bowery will be the featured singer on Neil Diamond”s America. Area military personnel and veterans will also be honored with a Salute To America’s Finest. Bring your lawn chairs or take a seat at the picnic tables and enjoy a concert in a beautiful park setting.

The shelter house is protected from bad weather and an ice cream truck will be on site for those of you that have a sweet tooth. Join the band directed by former Parkway band director Richard Sherrick and members from Van Wert, Ohio City, Delphos, Convoy, Chat, Middle Point, Spencerville, Celina and Rockford for this special concert.