Remembrance Day is this coming Sunday and the New Westminster Symphony Orchestra has planned a very special Remembrance Day concert for the Massey Theatre - very special for two reasons.
Apart from remembering those who have served their country, music director Jin "Jack" Zhang is also including A Salute to the Big Bands from the 1940s, according to local arts promoter, Tony Antonias.
Concert goers are promised an afternoon of great music made famous by the likes of Count Basie and is his orchestra, Tommy Dorsey, Glen Miller, Benny Goodma - with such popular favourites as I'm Getting Sentimental Over You, Serenade in Blue, and Sing, Sing, Sing.
From the classical repertoire, maestro Zhang has chosen the exquisite Nimrod from Elgar's Enigma Variations, Glazunov's Autumn from the Seasons, Beer Barrel Polka, Sleigh Ride, Colonel Bogey March, Tico Tico and many more.
Antonias says the event should be a great afternoon of music.
The concert takes place Sunday, Nov. 11, at Massey Theatre starting at 2 p.m. Admission is by donation at the door.
