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Summerfest concert has patriotic theme
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Neighbors | Shaiyla Hakeem .Youngstown Area Community Concert Band was the Mill Creek MetroPark 7-UP Summerfest Spectacular's second performance of the season. The band is comprised of volunteers.
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Neighbors | Shaiyla Hakeem .Residents spent the evening of June 30 listening to the tunes of the Youngstown Area Community Concert Band in Mill Creek MetroPark. The summer concerts are a free community event.
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Neighbors | Shaiyla Hakeem .Austintown residents Emma Gamble (front left), Marissa Conray; (back left) Kelli Gamble and Tammie Conray picnicked while listening to the Youngstown Area Community Concert Band June 30. The portion of the band's performance was tributed to service members and history of the United States.
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Neighbors | Shaiyla Hakeem .The Youngstown Area Community Concert Band performed June 30 as part of the 7-UP Summerfest Spectacular at Mill Creek MetroPark. They gave tribute to America through music, a presentaion of the color guard and a reading of the poem, "My Name is Old Glory."
The audience on the lawn of the Judge Morley Pavilion was filled with red, white and blue as they waved their American flags to patriotic tunes.
Mill Creek MetroPark hosted its second concert of the 7-UP Summerfest Spectacular June 30. The Youngstown Area Community Concert Band performed various selections with the second half of the show featuring a patriotic celebration.
Hand-held American flags were distributed to attendees at the beginning of the concert. The concert band opened the pre-independence celebration with the “Washington Post March,’ and continued with other patriotic tunes. Color guards posted the American flag and a reading of the poem “My Name is Old Glory,” was performed over the soft background music of the instruments.
The Youngstown Area Community Concert Band includes volunteers from the area.
The park’s next concert will be Wednesday with a performance from “Shaffer Brothers.” The concert will begin at 7 p.m. at the Judge Morley Pavilion.