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Prairie Winds Concert Band member Kelsey Hansen of New London performs her part during a piccolo duet during the band's first concert of the season Wednesday at Rice Park in Willmar. Prior to the concert, Hansen led youth through the crowd during the children's march. The concerts are held each Wednesday in June and conclude for the season with a show scheduled for 7 p.m. July 7. Tribune photos by Ron Adams

Music in the park

news / local Thu, Jun 10, 2010 - 12:00am

Local band fourforty will open for Bon Jovi during the rock legends' concert Thursday at Xcel Energy Center. Band members include (from left) Kelly Gruis, Brian Jensen, Mark FitzSimmons, Pat Jacobsen. Submitted photo

Local band gets 'big break' Thursday as they open during Bon Jovi concert at Xcel

WILLMAR -- A four-man band made up of old high school buddies that plays "straight up rock-and-roll" is getting the break of a lifetime. Thursday, fourforty -- a local band...

news / local Wed, Apr 07, 2010 - 12:00am

Joe Ballandby performs with the Willmar High School Pep Band prior to the Willmar Cardinals boys basketball game against Mankato West Saturday. The Cardinals won their game Saturday night, sending them to the Section 2AAA championship game at 7 p.m. Thursday in Mankato against Hutchinson. For details of the game, please turn to Page B1. Tribune photo by Ron Adams

Pep band plays as Cards win

news / local / Cardinals Mon, Mar 15, 2010 - 12:00am

Teacher has worked wonders

I remember my sister not wanting to go to pep band or wanting to be in the marching band when she was in high school, which was about eight years...

opinion / letters / music Fri, Mar 05, 2010 - 12:00am

Letter: Music cuts would be devastating

The Willmar Senior High Band Department has received a great deal of attention in the last four years. In a three-year span, the WHS Marching Band went from being non-competitive...

opinion / letters / music Wed, Mar 03, 2010 - 12:00am

Letter: Schools, music need support

My name is Andrew Schulz, and I'm a sophomore music education major at the University of Minnesota-Morris, as well as a graduate of the Willmar public school system. I am...

opinion / letters / music Wed, Mar 03, 2010 - 12:00am

Letter: Music program under threat

It has recently come to my attention that the budget cuts in the Willmar School System are yet again threatening the music program. This is unacceptable. People do not truly...

opinion / letters / music Wed, Mar 03, 2010 - 12:00am

Letter: Don't cut band director

As a 2009 Willmar graduate, I am very concerned about the budget cuts in the Willmar public school system. A major concern of mine is the potential removal of Mr...

opinion / letters / music Wed, Mar 03, 2010 - 12:00am

Fond du Lac Band asked for return of $75 million from city of Duluth

DULUTH - In a move that could conceivably bankrupt the city of Duluth, the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa is asking a federal court to return the...

news / state Tue, Oct 27, 2009 - 9:01am

Members of the 212 Regiment Marching Band perform this summer during the Western Fest parade in Granite Falls. The 212 Regiment Marching Band is believed to be one of only a handful of paired high school marching bands in the state. The band recently was invited to perform in the nation's capital as part of the 2010 Memorial Day Parade. (Submitted photo)

Monte, YME find success with paired 212 Regiment Marching Band

MONTEVIDEO -- They all knew the melody: Rural schools are finding it increasingly difficult to keep quality marching band programs going in the face of tight budgets. What they didn't...

news / region Mon, Oct 19, 2009 - 12:00am

Mariachi Cascabel members Dennise Contreras, left, and her brothers, Manuel, center, and Alfredo, all of Spicer, perform in this undated photo at El Tapatio on South First Street in Willmar. One of the owners of the restaurant has asked the Latino Business Owner's Committee to consider setting up mariachi bands consisting of local students to play at weddings, parades and festivals. Dennise Contreras, who is also employed as a waitress at the restaurant, would train the students. Tribune file photo

Committee proposes teaching students to play popular Mexican music

Robert Perez is sick of having to call out to St. Paul for a decent mariachi band. At a recent meeting of the Latino Business Owner's Committee, the manager and...

news / local / region Tue, Sep 01, 2009 - 12:00am

Barret Steffens of Spicer performs a fiddle solo Sunday with the Riverside String Band during the annual Festival of Ethnic Traditions in Paynesville. The band, which is from the New London-Spicer area, was the event's featured entertainment. Tribune photo by Ron Adams

news / local / region Mon, Aug 03, 2009 - 12:00am

Bill Benson of rural Kandiyohi plays baritone Wednesday during a performance by the Prairie Winds Summer Band at Rice Park in Willmar. The band will perform two more park concerts this year, featuring marches, show tunes and pop songs. Tribune photo by Ron Adams

Jammin' in the park

news / local Thu, Jun 18, 2009 - 12:00am

Marching Cardinals start summer season

WILLMAR -- The Willmar High School marching band will launch its season today with an appearance at a parade in Buffalo. The band is scheduled to compete in seven events...

news / local / music Sat, Jun 13, 2009 - 12:00am

Johnny Holm and his daughter Jordan Holm, at left, perform April 30 at the Eagles Club in Valley City, N.D., for a Valley City State University year-end student dance there. Bruce Crummy / The Forum

Johnny Holm and crew OK after rollover on N.D. highway

Johnny Holm is resting up and counting his blessings after spending the night in a Bismarck hospital after a rollover accident Wednesday night in which he was ejected from his...

news / state Fri, Nov 07, 2008 - 12:00am

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