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Enhancing the quality of life
in Burlington and Southeast Iowa
since 1927
Next week's conductor
will be Jacob Yochum
As the Monty Python gang used to say, "And now for something completely different." Though this could change by Sunday, the weather forecast is for sunny and hot - just the sort of weather that we all associate with concerts! And this week's conductor, Notre Dame band director Carmen Lachnitt, has chosen some very different music as well - but more about that in a bit. Carmen is a bassoonist when she's not conducting and plays in the Southeast Iowa Symphony as well as our band. As the wife of trumpet player Gerhardt Lachnitt, Carmen is a member of the Lachnitt "dynasty" of Muni Band members. Beginning with the late Herbert Lachnitt, the namesake of Herbie's Little German Band, and progressing through Mike, a long-term clarinet player, Gerhardt (Carmen's husband) and now Kiefer, Carmen and Gerhardt's son who plays the clarinet like his grandfather and great-grandfather, the Lachnitts have an unparalleled relationship with the band.
Finally, (though not to be equated in any way with our other soloists), this concert will feature multiple iterations (eggzact replicas?) of our first non-human soloist on The Great Rubber Chicken Galop by Randall D. Standridge. The chicken's musical background and future ambitions are unknown but we believe, having heard her in our rehearsal, that she will pullet off!
And it doesn't end there. Soprano Anneliese Lachnitt, Carmen's daughter (and Kiefer's sister) will solo with the band this week! Anneliese, a Notre Dame High School graduate, has just completed her freshman year at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa, where she's majoring in music theater.
Carmen's selections for her concert will be chosen from among: St. Louis Blues March by W.C. Handy, arranged by Jerry Gray; Jubiloso by Robert M. Panerio; There's No Business Like Show Business by Irving Berlin, arranged by Jeremy S. Martin; First Suite in E Flat by Gustav Holst; In a Gentle Rain by Robert W. Smith; Main Street March by Roger Cichy; Popular from the musical WICKED by Steven Schwartz, arranged by Jay Bocook; The Great Rubber Chicken Galop by Randall Standridge; A Tribute to Benny Goodman, arranged by Richard Hayman; and our traditional closing march, The Stars and Stripes Forever by John Philip Sousa.
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Father's Day was a soggy mess but we had a great time nevertheless! Thanks to the generosity of the Burlington Community School District we were able to move to the Edward Stone Middle School auditorium which worked out just fine!
And, speaking of soloists, band percussionist Jack Hanks will solo also, playing the soprano recorder part on In a Gentle Rain, a most interesting and descriptive piece by Robert W. Smith. Jack, a BHS graduate, is a sophomore at SCC and planning to major in music at WIU. Jack also plays in the Southeast Iowa Symphony and the Southeast Iowa Band. We didn't realize that he also played the recorder until he brought one to our rehearsal. He must be a "Jack of all trades!"
This Week's Concert
Sunday, June 28, 2026
(NOTE: If the weather is bad, this concert will be moved
to Edward Stone School -- notice will be posted here,
For those specifically SEEKING web pages from past concerts, our recent concert archives are now available online.
