The Lower Cape Concert Band welcomes new members. We practice at 7:30 PM on Tuesday nights at the Congregational Church on Main Street in Wellfleet from March through December. Our conductor is Robert Brimmer.
The list of songs that will be played by the band this summer can be found here.
Meet some of our members in our Photo Gallery.
For more information, send email to info@lowercapeconcertband.org
2009 Schedule
| Monday, May 25 | Wellfleet Town Hall | 9:99 am | Memorial Day Concert |
| Monday, May 25 | Provincetown Town Hall | 11:00 am | Memorial Day Concert |
| Saturday, June 20 | Eastham's Windmill Green | 1 - 2 pm | Hands on the Arts Festival |
| Saturday, July 4 | Parade in Orleans | 10 am | 4th of July Parade |
| Thursday, July 9 | National Seashore Concert | 7 pm | Eastham Salt Pond Visitor Center |
| Tuesday, July 14 | National Seashore Concert | 7 pm | Provincelands Visitor Center |
| Sunday, July 19 | Centennial Parade | 12:30 pm - be there at 12:00 | Truro Highlands Center on Old Dewline Road |
| Tuesday, July 21 | Wellfleet Concert | 6 pm | Mayo Beach Tent |
| Monday, August 3 | Eastham Concert | 7 pm | Eastham's Windmill Green |
| Tuesday, August 4 | Wellfleet Concert | 6 pm | Mayo Beach Tent |
| Saturday, August 8 | Strawberry Festival at the UU Church | 1 pm | 236 Commercial St, Provincetown. Can park behind High School for $5, car pool as needed. |
| Tuesday, September 1 | Indoor Wellfleet Concert | 7 pm | Wellfleet Congregational Church - a thank you concert for use of the rehearsal space |
| Sunday, September 13 | Eastham Windmill Weekend Parade | 1 pm | Route 6, Eastham |
| Sunday, December 13 | PBG Thanksgiving Dinner | 12:00 noon | Provincetown VFW Hall |
| Sunday, December 13 | Wellfleet Congregational Church | 3:00 pm |
Note to all performers: Please arrive half and hour before the performance time for all concerts.
Pictures from Past Seasons
A Brief History of the Band
As recounted by Bob Brimmer
The band coalesced during the 4th of July Parade in Wellfleet in 1979. Janet Bell actually organized the deal. She called everyone she knew who could make noise on a musical instrument. The group went by some goofy name. A banner was created and still may be in the Wellfleet Historical sollection. The drum major was a plummer who made a mace from a toilet plunger covered in tin foil, as I remember it. He was one of many local characters. E pluribus unum.
There were maybe 15 or 20 of us. We played "When the Saints Come Marching In" and maybe "The Battle Hymn Of The Republic". All Memory. Little or no harmony.
That winter we gathered in the Studio home of Cliff Webb. We tried to play some grade 4 Christmas Carols. Cliff played flute. Not long after that a few of the informal gathering decided to try to pull a more formal organization together. Tom Kane was probably the one responsible for getting the Truro Town Hall.