The Lower Cape Concert Band welcomes new members. We practice from 7:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. on Tuesday nights at the Congregational Church on Main Street in Wellfleet from March through December. Our conductor is Robert Brimmer.
The band will be rehearsing for its winter concerts on November 22, November 29, December 6, December 13, and a dress rehearsal on December 20.
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. See photos from our latest performance in Truro.
For more information, send email to info@lowercapeconcertband.org
Merry Christmas and/or Happy Holidays from the Band!
2011 Schedule
| Friday, November 4 | Program for Eastham Seniors | 11:00 am to Noon | Eastham Council on Aging, Nauset Road |
| Saturday, November 12 | Thank You Concert | 4:00 pm | Wellfleet Congregational Church |
| Sunday, December 11 | Christmas Lunch for Seniors | 12:00 (noon) | Provincetown VFW |
| Wednesday, December 21 | Christmas/Hanukah Concert | 7:00 pm | Wellfleet Congregational Church |
See you in the Spring! Rehearsals resume on Tuesday, April 17, 2012.
Note to all performers: Please arrive half and hour before the performance time for all concerts.
2011 Rehearsal Schedule
All rehearsals are from 7:30 - 9:00 p.m. at the Wellfleet Congregational Church on Main Street.
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.