The third concert of the 2025 Maine Pops Concert Band summer season took place Wednesday, July 16 at Heseltine Park, located in the Woodfords Corner Community of Portland, ME. This was the second of five public concert performances for the Scarborough-based concert band and entertained a very large crowd that filled the park. About 80 members of the band performed, under the direction of David Watts.
The concert drew a large crowd at Heseltine, small community park and playground that serves residents of Portland’s Woodfords Corner Community. The concert was a “lawn chair” performance with most audience members bring chairs and blankets to hear the nine-selection show.
The evening’s program:
1. The Star-Spangled Banner
2. Travellin’ Music
3. Summer of ’69
4. The Pathfinder of Panama
5. Indiana
6. An American in Paris
7. Eighties Flashback
8. Seventy-Six Trombones
9. The Stars and Stripes Forever.
Author: Steve Barrett
Steve Barrett is a retired government public affairs official with 43 years of experience (23 military, 20 with Federal Government). Married since 1987. Twin daughters are high school language teachers. Hobbies include music photography as a USBands marching band competition photographer (2012-present), high school band/chorus/theater photography in Maryland from 2002-2017 and 2018-present in Maine, playing trumpet and flugelhorn, reading and Scrabble. Played trumpet/flugelhorn recreationally with the Anne Arundel Community College community jazz band from 2007-2017. Now performs recreationally with the Maine Pops Concert Band and is an elected member of the band's board of directors. Holds a Master of Arts Degree in Communication from the University of Oklahoma and a Bachelor of Science Degree in Journalism from the University of Maryland University College. Barrett is originally from Montour Falls, NY.
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