Dedication concert for Warren bandshell Sunday

WARREN

The Robert E. Fleming Band Shell will be dedicated Sunday during a concert by the Warren G. Harding High School band. The concert starts at 3 p.m. in the cafetorium. A reception will follow.

Fleming became director of bands at Harding High School in 1958. Under his direction, the Panther Marching Band achieved acclaim for its halftime shows and performed on national television. Fleming later became director of bands at Youngstown State University.

After his retirement from YSU, he became a professor of music and director of bands at Hiram College. The W.D. Packard Concert Band executive board and Packard Park board of trustees have conferred upon Fleming the honorary designation of Conductor Laureate and Conductor Emeritus.