Lehighton Band to host second summer concert

The Lehighton Band will present the second of three free outdoor concerts.

Due to the refurbishing of Lehighton’s upper park, the venue for the concert has been changed to 7 p.m. Thursday at Phifer’s Ice Dam Band Shell on Main Road in Lehighton.

The concert opens with Henry Fillmore’s arrangement of “The Star-Spangled Banner,” followed by the opening march, “March of the Belgian Parachutists,” by Pieter Leemans.

The band will then perform a concert piece called “River of Life,” by Steven Reineke, followed by a 1976 hit from the Ramones titled “Blitzkreig Bop,” and afterward, “Lyric Interlude.”

The next portion of the concert will feature soloist Joseph Plechavy III, who is also the director of the Palmerton Band. Plechavy will perform a novelty trombone solo titled “The Old Grumbly Bear.”

The next number by the band is titled “The Nineties,” which is arranged by Paul Murtha, and includes small portions of many popular songs of the 1990s including, “From a Distance,” (“Everything I Do) I Do It For You,” “Gonna Make You Sweat,” “Tears In Heaven,” “A Whole New World,” “Hero,” “Change The World,” “Wannabe,” “Tubthumping,” “Iris,” “My Heart Will Go On,” “Zoot Suit Riot,” “You’ll Be in My Heart,” “Mambo No. 5,” “Smooth,” “Forrest Gump — Main Title,” “Be Our Guest” and “Circle of Life.”

The band will then perform a Karl King march titled “Torch of Liberty,” before moving on to “God Bless America.”

Following that song is “Baile De Gaita,” which translates to the bagpipe dance.

“Nathan Hale Trilogy” is the band’s next selection, and is in three parts including “Intrada,” “Intermezzo” and “The Rangers.”

That will be followed by “Shipping Up to Boston,” an Irish-style song that was made popular by the group Dropkick Murphys.

The band will close with John Philip Sousa’s “The Liberty Bell.”

The concert is free to the public. Free will donations are always accepted for our nonprofit group.

Concert goers are reminded to bring lawn chairs to enjoy the concert.

One more outdoor summer concert is being planned for 7 p.m. Aug. 15 at Phifer’s Ice Dam.