Introduction to Grand Serenade for an Awful Lot of Winds & Percussion

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Thank you very much

Welcome to Great Bands of the Grain Belt

This is number three in our weekly series of Sunday

Afternoon Marching MusiCals, sponsored by the 4-H Club

Here at the University of Southern North Dakota at Hoople

Now, of course, this afternoon unfortunately we had to move

Into the cafeteria here on account of the weather, so we're

Going to have to be content with just listening to the music

But that shouldn't be so bad when you've got guests like the ones

We've got today, The Turtle Mountain

Naval Base Tactical Wind Ensemble

Let me tell you, even without their fancy footwork on the

Field, this is an impressive band made up of young American

Guys and gals who are as ready to whip off a B-flat major

Scale as they are to defend North Dakota from naval attack

And today they're presenting a program of music by a composer who...

Well, who's pretty close to the hearts of some

Of us here at the U of S, ND and H, P.D.Q.

Bach

So without any further ado, let's get things off to a rousing

Start with one of P.D.Q.'s most ambitious works, The Grand Serenade

For an Awful Lot of Winds and Percussion, Cicale number 1000