Free Maplewood Community Band Outdoor Concert

The Maplewood Community Concert Band, under the direction of Steve Kimmons, will perform its final concert of the 2014 - 2015 season entitled \"Chestnuts in the Park: Hands Across the Sea\", a program filled with marches and overtures from around the world. The concert will feature xylophone soloist Jasmine Bloch-Krempels, band member and 5th Grade Band Director for the South Orange - Maplewood School District, performing George Hamilton Green\'s \"Ragtime Robin\" arranged for concert band by band member Bob Renshaw. It\'s free! Invite family and friends, pack a lawn chair/blanket and picnic, and join us for an old fashioned community band concert on the hill! Step off the train and you\'re just moments away from a relaxing evening of music to eliminate the stresses of your day. Refreshments will be available for purchase. 100% of the proceeds will go to Maplewood Community Music to support its tradition of performing free public concerts and offering free youth music enrichment programs throughout the area. The Maplewood Community Concert Band is one of the several amateur community instrumental groups supported by Maplewood Community Music, a nonprofit which operates primarily through donations and with support from the Maplewood Department of Recreation, Parks & Cultural Affairs. There is no rain date.