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Greetings, UVCB!

We have a busy week ahead of us.  Remember to bring chairs, music stands, and a water bottle.  Parade music books will be available, and our Canaan playlist possibilities are below.

First up is our participation in the Orford / Fairlee Parade at 11:00 am on Monday, July 4th.  We are asked to be at the staging area around 10:00 am.
Google Map link: https://www.google.com/maps/@43.9053267,-72.1408251,15.14z

For this event, Band members can park at the Rivendell Academy upper parking lot, and walk down to the Middle School parking lot where Tom's vehicle and our trailer will be by about 0930.  (Early arrivals can help set it up the trailer canopy.)  Parade officials will be at the school to direct us.  The actual parade begins at 11:00 am.

The parade route is from Academy Road on Route 10 in Orford, NH, to a field by the Dollar General on Route 5 in Fairlee, VT.  It has historically taken about an hour from start to finish.  As has happened in the past, an area in Wing's parking lot in Fairlee will be "roped off" for the Band to pull into and continue to play until the end of the parade.   (See map below.)

Alternative parking is available for parade participants in the field at the end of the parade. We are encouraged to park in that field at the parade route's end and carpool back to the start whenever possible as there is more parking available at the end than at Rivendell.

Once the trailer is set up, Band members might unload equipment onto the trailer and then proceed across the CT river in groups, allowing most of our cars to be parked in that field area with only a few Band cars back at Rivendell.

Orford / Fairlee Parade map:




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The following evening, Tuesday, July 5th, is our 7:00 pm concert in Canaan, opening that town's summer concert series when we'll play for about an hour.  Please be at the bandstand by 6:30 pm.

Google Map link for Canaan:  https://www.google.com/maps/@43.6461603,-72.0088438,16.19z

Our playlist at Canaan will be drawn from the following:

The Star-Spangled Banner
The Thunderer
Anchor’s Aweigh
African Blues
You’re a Grand Old Flag
West Side Story
Caissons Go Rolling Along
Invictus
Fantasia on Sailing Songs
High School Cadets
Marine’s Hymn
Down by the Riverside

Canaan Bandstand map (and probable parking in the nearby Williams Field area):



See you at our performances.  Safe travels, and have a great holiday weekend.

UVCB Board

Also, many thanks to our Trailer Driver, Tom McNeil!

Tom.McNeil.Vt@gmail.com
UVCB Membership Coordinator 
802-522-4448  cell

Music  Files

All the music for our parade performances is available in 8-1/2 x 11 format files in parts for each instrument in the folder below.  You may print these for your own use, or use the old small-format books which we’ll have available for the time being. The link to the folder for the other Summer 2022 repertoire is also given below; some of this music will be on concert performances, but not parades.

link to Parade Music folder on Google Drive

link to Summer 2022 repertoire folder on Google Drive


Looking forward to making music with you all summer!

Mark Nelson
UVCB MusIc Director 

Sign-Up for Summer Gigs

Please indicate your availability here. Please type your name and instrument on a new line. Then go across and note your availability for each gig. Remember to scroll all the way to the right to indicate for each of the dates currently in the works. 

Please recheck this list from time to time because new engagements may be added.  For example, we have been invited to participate in the Canaan Old Home Days Parade (as we did last year) on Saturday, August 6th at 9:00 AM.


Thank you,
Mark Nelson & the UVCB Board

UVCB Covid Policies

CDC currently grades risk of Covid transmission in our surrounding counties as “Low.”  WooHoo!!!

However, proof of vaccination against Covid (i.e., basic series plus booster unless unable to do so by virtue of timing) continues to be required to participate in any in-person UVCB event.  Members may demonstrate proof by emailing a copy of the CDC card to mark.nunlist@dartmouth.edu or texting that image to him at 603-448-7901.  At the Board’s direction, Mark Nunlist continues to maintain a confidential record of members’ vaccination status.  

There will be occasions when a UVCB member tests Covid-positive.  When this occurs or the Band member believes he or she has been exposed to a Covid-positive individual elsewhere, we ask that the individual notify Mark Nelson and Mark Nunlist.  We can then inform other Band members who might have been exposed themselves by virtue of proximity, enabling them to test / monitor themselves.  

A member who tests Covid-positive is welcome to return to in-person UVCB events following completion of the recommended five-day isolation period plus a further five days of mask-wearing around other people and has obtained a negative Covid antigen test (e.g., an “at-home” Covid test).  Band members occasionally announce that they plan to miss an upcoming rehearsal because they don’t feel well.  We applaud that concern for one another.  Please excuse yourself if you have any symptoms of illness, regardless of any test result, and seek medical care and / or covid testing as appropriate.

Of course, the individual’s own healthcare is of paramount importance, and we encourage members to seek - and be guided by - appropriate medical advice.

Thank you all and stay well,

Mark Nunlist
President, UVCB

C: 603-449-7901
Email: mark.nunlist@dartmouth.edu

UVCB Board Members

President

Mark Nunlist
 

Vice President

Bette Roberto
 

Secretary

Kelsey Thayer
 

Treasurer

David Perlman
 

Membership Coordinator

Tom McNeil

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Director

Mark Nelson
 

Assistant Directors

Jonica Leuthauser
Mark Schirmer
 

Librarian

Jane Sachs
 

 

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