A preview concert of several of the selections that will be performed in Germany will be provided on Monday, May 27, 2024 at First Presbyterian Church, 100 E. Frederick Street in Staunton VA at 7:30 pm. This concert will feature the SBB, the Flute Choir, the Nickel Plate Brass Quintet and the Saxhorn Ensemble, who will all be performing throughout Bavaria.
We have been honored to have been asked to represent the Shenandoah Valley, the Commonwealth of Virginia and the United States by providing a series of concerts throughout Bavaria Germany singly and jointly with musicians of the Stadtkapelle Gersthofen.
The Tour will begin on June 10 and conclude on June 19, 2024.
For more information about the trip and interesting items of information about traveling in Germany, please avail yourself of this wonderful slide presentation put together by Christine Wood and Bruce Fox:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HMDjGKYPCyiw3CKdx1XOBHAYhBcmNJfu/view?usp=gmail
If there is an interest in learning more about the language, there is a podcast that can help: https://coffeebreaklanguages.com/coffeebreakgerman/
Here’s an interesting article about traffic lights in Germany
Communication in German will primarily be accomplished through the mobile phone app called WhatsApp. Download this application before June (or sooner):
What’s App group: https://chat.whatsapp.com/DizjedRTi1SBA7yvrbFR7U
We welcome your donations to help us fund this trip, especially with transporting the largest of the instruments. You can send any support to The SBB, 600 Thornrose Avenue, Staunton, VA 24401.
Please contact Pam Mason, President, for further information at stonewallbrigadebandpresident@gmail.com