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May 23, 2010

Yorkton's Centennial Big Band performed again at the Minor Sports Football Banquet on May 8th at the St, Mary's Cultural Center while the Concert Band performed two spring concerts on May 18th at the Queen Elizabeth Court and Bentley Retirement Community. The bands will be taking a break for the summer and will resume rehearsals in September.


March 22, 2010

The Yorkton Community Concert Band and Yorkton's Centennial Big Band will perform at the Yorkton Music Festival this week. The Centennial Big band performs on Tuesday, March 23rd and the Community Concert Band will perform on Wednesday, March 24th.


January 3, 2010

Happy New Year to everyone from the Yorkton Community Concert Band and Yorkton's Centennial Big Band! Our band rehearsals will resume on Tuesday, January 12th at 7:00 p.m. If you're interested in coming out and playing some music and having some fun please come and join us. We practice every Tuesday in room D5 at the Yorkton Regional High School.


November 23, 2009

The concert band will be spreading the Christmas cheer around Yorkton perfoming two concerts. On Dec. 1st we will perform at the Yorktn Nursing Home and on Dec, 8th at the Bentley. After that the band will break and resume in the New Year. Also, new photos from A Musical Tribute To Our Veterans and Remembrance Day have been posted in the photo section.

October 31, 2009

Yorkton's Centennial Big Band will be performing  “A Musical Tribute To Our Veterans” at the Painted Hand Casino on Friday, November 6th. For more information click on the link at the top of the page. The Concert band will perform for the Remembrance Day Ceremonies on Wednesday, November 11th at the Gallagher Centre.


September 2, 2009

The new band season is just around the corner. We will be holding our first rehearsal for the 2009/2010 season on Tuesday, September 22nd. The concert band will rehearse from 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. and jazz band rehearsal will follow from 8:45 p.m. till 10:00 p.m. If you are interested in  joining either one of our groups please come and join us on Tuesday nights. You can check out our complete 2008 fall/winter schedule in the calendar section.


July 3, 2009

Photos from the Jazz Band performance at the SecurTek 10th Anniversary Banquet have been added to the Photos section. The Concert Band performed at the grand opening of the Western Financial Group City Centre Park on June 25th. Some band members will also be participating in the parades for this years fair. Have a great summer everyone and we'll see you all in the fall.


May 7, 2009

New photos have been posted in the Photos section of the Football Banquet and the Bentley Spring Concert. A big thanks to Larry for all the photos.




Yorkton Community Concert Band


The Yorkton Community Concert Band is a non-profit volunteer organization that plays concert band music for recreation and community service in and around the Yorkton area. Our goal is to provide an opportunity for people from Yorkton and surrounding communities to pursue their musical interests. New players are always welcome so if you play a wind instrument or are interested in learning one please come and join us. We get together for rehearsal every Tuesday night at the Yorkton Regional High School  band room starting at 7:00 p.m. Jazz band rehearsal follows beginning at 8:45 p.m. If you have any questions regarding our group you can contact our director, Larry Pearen at (306)782-4182 or our president, Grant Hoffman at (306)792-4534 or email us.

 

 


Yorkton’s Centennial Big Band


This group was started in 1999 under the name "Yorkton Community Jazz Band" and later changed the name to "Yorkton's Centennial Big Band" in 2004. It consists of members from the Yorkton Community Concert Band as well as other people from the Yorkton area. We play material from the big band era plus songs from the modern day era as well. We also have a feature vocalist, Jackie Washenfelder who performs a number of songs with the group. Last years performances included the "Downtown Jazz and Blues Series" and "A Taste of Yorkton". We are available for bookings and can be reached by contacting our director Larry Pearen at (306)782-4182, or our president Grant Hoffman at (306)792-4534.

 

 

 

 

 




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