A reminder to everyone in NHB, even if you haven’t signed up for the summer session, we would love to see you and anyone who might like to join us this Thursday, July 8, 6:00 pm, at Pierce Park in Appleton, for our final summer session. Though not as formal as our...

First, I’d like all the recipients of NHB info to note that next week, Thursday, July 8, will be the performance week of the summer New Horizons Band players. We’ve got great music prepared, and much of it should be quite recognizable as truly great music that stands...

It just never seems easy to know exactly what each Thursday will bring for our band rehearsals! Let’s hope that scattered rain storms will be scattered away from us while we’re at Pierce Park. 6:00 SECTIONALS IF we can do separate sectionals without rain interference,...

Hopefully there will be no storms to contend with tonight - the percent chance is 20-30% - and we do have the pavilion for ‘protection.' 6:00 SECTIONALS If we can separate into 3 groups, the percussion will continue to use the stage. This week is a CHANGE for the wind...

It looks like Thursday we can separate parts 1 and 2 on one end, and parts 3-5 on the other end - outside the pavilion - so that we can put some finishing touches on our music during sectional time. We’ll get at the “Mars” portion of 'The Planets’, and also “Horkstow...

At the risk of being wrong, I think this week we’ll be in better shape to rehearse Thursday evening. Yes, there may be rain again, but we can stay dry, and we won’t be freezing again. Here’s hoping 🙂 Hopefully we can do some sectional work, although it may need to be...

Now that we’ve had a couple rehearsals, we’ve been able to get an idea of how each of our parts puts together the overall sound for a a great performance. This week we’ll try to add some ‘nuance’ - paying a little more attention to dynamics and phrasing. Our primary...

Hope you didn’t have any “withdrawal” pains from last Thursday. (Kind of cruel, I know, to reunite on May 6, and then having to skip the very next week! Hopefully won’t be repeated.) We should have our next two months of Thursday evening music making uninterrupted. I...

Happy Star Wars day to everyone! Just a few items about our New Horizons Band restart on Thursday evening. Time: 6:00 - 7:30 pm Place: Pierce Park (Appleton) pavilion We will begin in sectional groups, not by Woodwinds and Brass, but by FLEX part divisions, of which...