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Waukegan, Illinois, June 14, 2009
-- Star United kick started it's 2009 season with a
successful performance with the Illinois Brass Band in Waukegan on
the afternoon of June 14th.
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Star United performs its 2009
competition program at Waukegan High School. |
The concert was the culmination of a
mini tour for the mini corps that began on June 13th featuring
performances in two states that included a visit with the Kilties
and the performance with the Illinois Brass Band.
Click
here for photos from the tour.
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Stephen Squires briefly rehearses the Illinois Brass Band prior
to the performance. Squires rehearsed Star United on
Saturday, offering a unique opportunity for the unit to refine its
competition program. |
Star United members departed
Indianapolis early Saturday morning, assembling at Stevenson High
School in Lincolnshire, Illinois. After a dress rehearsal with the
Illinois Brass Band, the corps traveled North to Racine, Wisconsin,
to perform a run through for the Kilties at the conclusion of
their rehearsal.
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The Illinois Brass Band and Star
United combine to perform Respighi's Appian Way. |
Sunday offered Star United
another opportunity to rehearse and prepare. The corps also had a
unique opportunity to receive instruction from Stephen Squires,
conductor of the Illinois Brass Band and Professor of Conducting in
the Music Conservatory at Chicago College of Performing Arts,
Roosevelt University.
The joint performance in the afternoon
at Waukegan High School included a full performance of Star
United's competition program for 2009, as well as a performance
of Jari Villanueva's
arrangement of Goin' Home, and a combined performance with
the Illinois Brass Band of Respighi's Appian Way.
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