Waterbury Community Band announces summer schedule, starting June 25
June 19, 2024 | By Luther Leake
The Waterbury Community Band at their final 2023 concert at Rusty Parker Memorial Park. The band’s summer 2024 schedule includes performances at Rusty Parker, the Waterbury Center Green, in the NQID parade and at other special events. Photo by Lisa Scagliotti
The Waterbury Community Band led by director Nick Allen will be playing in town this summer with concerts on Tuesday nights at 7 p.m. split between Rusty Parker Memorial Park and the Waterbury Center Green.
Due to the forecast for intense heat this week, the concert series will now begin on Tuesday, June 25, at Rusty Parker Park. The other Tuesday night Waterbury concerts are:
July 9, 23 and 30 at the Waterbury Center Green
Aug. 13 and 20 at Rusty Parker Park.
The Waterbury Community Band is an annual entry in the Not Quite Independence Day parade. File photo by Gordon Miller
The band has several additional performances scheduled at other venues and at special community events around the region. Those dates are:
Saturday, June 29, in the Waterbury Not Quite Independence Day parade
Saturday, July 20, at the Waterbury Center Community Church
Saturday, July 27, at the Barre Heritage Festival
Tuesday, Aug. 6, a joint performance with the Morrisville Band at the Stowe Free Library
Monday, Sept. 2, in the Northfield Labor Day parade
The Waterbury Community Band is a wind band in the tradition of summer volunteer town bands. According to Wikipedia’s Community Band entry, there were an estimated 10,000 community bands in the United States in 1889; today there are approximately 100 such active bands.
The Waterbury Community Band usually has at least 20 musicians from Waterbury and nearby communities playing marches, patriotic tunes, concert pieces, and music from movies and musicals. The band welcomes anyone who would like to join in to play, especially any band students who would like to keep the chops up (and improve) over the summer. Just show up with your instrument!
The Waterbury Community Band performs under the direction of Nick Allen (standing at right) at the Waterbury Center Green park. File photo by Gordon Miller
Luther Leake plays the French horn in the Waterbury Community Band and serves as a band officer. For any questions, email to: LutherLeake@gmail.com.