{"id":121139,"date":"2019-08-09T06:53:58","date_gmt":"2019-08-09T11:53:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=121139"},"modified":"2019-08-09T06:54:04","modified_gmt":"2019-08-09T11:54:04","slug":"vw-concert-band-to-perform-august-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2019\/08\/09\/vw-concert-band-to-perform-august-16\/","title":{"rendered":"VW Concert Band to perform August 16"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>VW independent\/submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Friday,\u00a0August 16, the Van Wert Area Community Concert Band will\u00a0present a concert in the band shell of Fountain Park in\u00a0Van Wert. The performance will begin at 7 p.m. and is free to the public.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"248\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Loughrige-photo-8-2019.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-121140\"\/><figcaption><strong>Bob Loughrige<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Music to be performed that night will include the 1971 CBS sports theme &#8220;Championship&#8221;, Michael W. Smith&#8217;s &#8220;Emmanuel&#8221;, 1954 doo-wop hit by the Penguins &#8220;EarthAngel&#8221;, Styx\u2019s 1978 billboard hit \u201cCome Sail Away\u201d, and John Philip Sousa\u2019s \u201cThe Belle of Chicago\u201d march.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also featured on the concert will be tenor saxophone soloist Bob Loughrige playing \u201cHarlem Nocturne\u201d.&nbsp;&nbsp;Loughrige was a well-known band director at Celina High School and legendary jazz musician in the Lima and surrounding area. Many will remember him, his brother, Boyd, and Jerry Amato as members of the popular dance and jazz band the Pastels. Loughrige also formed the 16-member jazz group The West Ohio Big Band\u201d.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The August 16 concert will conclude with rousing songs related to The Ohio State University, including \u201cCarmen Ohio\u201d, \u201cAcross The Field\u201d, \u201cThe Hey Song\u201d, and \u201cHang On Sloopy\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A food stand will be available prior to the concert provided by the District Order of Eastern Star starting at 5 p.m.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Join the band, directed by Richard Sherrick and featuring members from Van Wert, Glenmore, Delphos, Convoy, Chattanooga, Middle Point, Coldwater, and Rockford. In the event of inclement weather, the program will be moved to an announced location or canceled. Listen to the local radio station for this information.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VW independent\/submitted information On Friday,\u00a0August 16, the Van Wert Area Community Concert Band will\u00a0present a concert in the band shell of Fountain Park in\u00a0Van Wert. The performance will begin at 7 p.m. and is free to the public.\u00a0\u00a0 Music to be performed that night will include the 1971 CBS sports theme &#8220;Championship&#8221;, Michael W. Smith&#8217;s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-121139","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-02 07:48:41","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121139","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=121139"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121139\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=121139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=121139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=121139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}