Volume 30, Number 7
July 2018
24 Pages
Lubbock, Texas 79401
Westwinds Band concerts in the Park: for 53 years Bring your blankets, lawn chairs, and picnics to Wagner Park and listen to the Westwinds Brass Band every Sunday evening at 8 p.m. through July 15. Enjoy these free concerts for all ages, and experience music out under the West Texas sky in this neighborhood park at 26th Street and Flint Avenue. Westwinds Brass Band is committed to bringing music to the people of Lubbock every summer. Mayor Dan Pope recognized the Westwinds Brass Photo by Ali Armour Band members for their sic to the people of Lubbock the Park on June 24. Mayor Pope presented a commitment to bringing mu- at their Sunday Concert in
Inside Independence Day, July 4
Guardian: 25 years............page.24
Library offers NY Times..... .page.2 Craft items & ribbon.......page.21 Movies in the Park............page.20 Family Caregiver Summer Showcase..........page.13 Conference, Aug. 9.......page.23 Sunday concerts............... .page.1 4th on Broadway...........page.12,17 Yoga in the Plaza............... .page.9
special recognition to the Westwinds Brass Band to commemorate 53 years of providing summer concerts. Each summer, the band holds a Sunday concert at Wagner Park for seven consecutive weeks beginning with the first Sunday in June. Over the past 53 years, the Westwinds Brass Band has provided terrific musical performances as part of the Concert in the Park series. “Relaxing and listening to the Westwinds Brass Band is a great way to enjoy a Sunday evening at Wagner Park, and I was honored to recognize and honor this special musical legacy,� Mayor Pope said. History of the band Westwinds Brass Band is an outgrowth of the Lubbock Municipal Band founded in 1961 by Dean Killion who, at that time, was director of bands at Texas Tech University. The city band performed summer concerts until 1986 when Killion and Dick Tol-
ley, a trumpet teacher at Tech, began experimenting with an all-brass band that would be well suited for outside performances in West Texas. The sounds of brass instruments can be heard above outdoor noises such as wind and traffic while the softer woodwinds cannot. The directors chose to pattern the band after the famous British Brass Bands, which includes instruments of a conical bore that produce a round, mellow sound. Cornets are used instead of trumpets and alto horns in place of French horns. The band is now in its 53rd year of performing the Concert in the Park series. In the beginning, performances were held each Sunday evening during June and July outside the Lubbock Garden and Arts Center. Later the concerts were moved to Wagner Park. In addition to the summer concerts, the band performs
(See Westwinds, Page 3)