Thursday, June, 5th, 2025 8:00pm

"It's A Wonderful World"
"Music on the Frontier"
Grand Ballroom
Wyndham Fort Smith City Center
700 Rogers Avenue
Fort Smith, Arkansas

5:00pm - Personal warmup in Belle Starr
5:45pm - Sound check in Grand Ballroom
7:00pm - Green room in Belle Starr or attend the Hot Springs Concert
7:45pm - Stage setup in Grand Ballroom after Hot Springs Concert
8:00pm - Concert in Grand Ballroom
9:00pm - Cash bar / pasta bar reception in Holidome

Formal all black
Ladies: Black dresses or pants suits
Gents: Black long sleeve shirt, pants, long or bow tie

Our activities are in the Convention Center, we are ***not*** in the ARCBest Performing Arts Center
As members of a performing band, we are allowed to visit the vendor area any time during the week. You may want to wear your Winds shirt to help identify you a member of a performing band.
Reception after the concert with a cash bar and pasta bar. The pasta bar will be free for members of the band but will cost $25.00 for guests who are not members of the band
It is not likely you will be able to eat between 5:00 and the end of the concert, so plan accordingly to eat before and be on time for the soundcheck.

Text questions or comments on Thursday to 479/409-8636

We are planning to have 4 groups perform on Memorial Day.  Remember to bring your own stands.   There will be two microphones available for announcers from each group. 

Monday, May 26th, 2025   7:00pm
Butterfield Trail Village
1923 E Joyce Blvd,
Fayetteville, AR 72703

This will be the order for the concert. The number after is the length each group is preparing to perform. 

Horn Force   (25 minutes)
Clarinet Choir of the Winds (8 minutes)
Friends - A Woodwind Trio (11 minutes)
Heritage Brass Band (20 minutes)

Since the clarinet choir missed their chance to rehearse last night, Russ would like that group to meet at 5:30pm at Butterfield Trail Village on Monday, May 26th before the concert.   If anyone in the clarinet group needs additional information, contact Russ Greene, drussgreene@gmail.com, or text 4796854265. 

The other groups will have a chance to warmup from 6:00 to 6:45. 
5:30 Clarinet
6:00 Heritage Brass Band
6:15 Friends 
6:30 Horn Force 

I understand some people did not receive the notification of the cancelled rehearsal last night.   It is likely the same thing may happen with this email, so if you are in the Clarinet Choir, please check with other members of the group so they are aware of the plans for Monday. 

If you are able to read this and know those who didn't, ask them to check their junk or spam folders.   This will also be posted on our website and facebook page. 

“We don't rise to the level of our expectations, we fall to the level of our training.”
― Archilochus

FYI

Given yesterday's weather and based on the expectation of this evening's severe weather around 5:00pm and continuing later, we will cancel tonight's rehearsal.

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Reminder:
5/26/2025 - No rehearsal (Memorial Day)
6/2/2025 - ACB only rehearsal
6/5/2025 - ACB performance
6/9/2025 - Full band rehearsal

Send any questions or comments to arkansaswinds@gmail.com

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00:00 - Wilson Park
08:03 - Concertpiece No. 2 Soloists: Deborah Shaw / Otis Robinson
08:03 - (Presto)
10:40 - (Andante)
14:10 - (Allegretto Grazioso)
19:20 - El Camino Real
31:10 - Satchmo
39:20 - The Old Boatman
44:23 - Let Me Be Frank With You
48:30 - Fracas
53:28 - Americans We

As a reminder the order at ACB Convention:

Let Me Be Frank With You
Concert Piece No. 2
Old Boatman
Wilson Park
El Camino Real
Fracas

If you have any questions or comments send to arkansaswinds@gmail.com

Feel free to share this information and the flyer for anyone who might be interested.

The Arkansas Winds will present "It's A Wonderful World" to celebrate the wonderful world of music on Saturday, April 26th, 2025 at the Farmington High School Performing Arts Center at 7:00pm. The concert will feature pieces by Arkansas composers, Florence Price, David Gorham, and Randall Standridge. Those three pieces and others will be performed by the Winds at the Association of Concert Bands National Annual Convention on Thursday, June 5th in Fort Smith, Arkansas.

The concert program:
Wilson Park - David Gorham
Concert Piece No. 2 for Two Clarinets - Felix Mendelssohn
~~ soloist: Otis Robinson ~~
~~ soloist: Deborah Shaw ~~
El Camino Real - Alfred Reed

Intermission

Satchmo (A Tribute to Louis Armstrong) - arr. Ted Ricketts
The Old Boatman - Florence Price / arr. Dana Perna
Let Me Be Frank With You - John Mackey
Fracas - Randall Standridge

The concert is free and open to the public.

For more information
Website: arkansaswinds.org
Email: arkansaswinds@gmail.com
Facebook: ArkansasWinds
Facebook event link: https://www.facebook.com/share/1629BufoRZ/

The Arkansas Winds welcome Spring and presents the concert "March Into Spring" on Saturday, March 1st, 2025 at 7:00pm at the Farmington Performing Arts Center in Farmington, Arkansas. The program will consist of marches and spring music. The concert is free and the public is invited.

Concert program:
Cyrus The Great - Karl L. King / arr. Andrew Glover
Farandole from L'Arlesienne - George Bizet / arr. Larry Daehn
March of the Trolls - Edvard Grieg / arr. Brian Beck
Come Sunday - Duke Ellington / arr. Paul Murtha
~~ Jordan Tucker, Alto Saxophone Soloist
William Tell Overture - Gioachino Rossini / arr. Rollinson

Intermission

American Big Top - Brian Balmages
Hocus Pocus - James Syler
River of Fire (Pele's March to the Sea) - Gary D. Ziek
Let Me Be Frank With You - John Mackey

For more information:
Email: arkansaswinds@gmail.com
Website: www.arkansaswinds.org
Facebook: ArkansasWinds

11/04/2024

Due to the threat of weather, the Farmington High School has cancelled all after school activities in the building for Monday evening which includes our rehearsal. We will see everyone next Monday.

If you have any questions, comments or concerns send those to arkansaswinds@gmail.com.

The board has met and set dates for the 2024-2025 season. Send any questions or comments to arkansaswinds@gmail.com .

We have been accepted to perform at the ACB Convention (Music on the Frontier) in the Fort Smith City Center Grand Ballroom on Thursday, 6/6/2025 at 8:00pm. We are scheduled for a sound check at 5:45pm on that date. Our concert should last around 45 minutes followed by a cash bar reception in the Holidome.

10/21/2024 7:00pm - First rehearsal of the 2024-2025 season
12/09/2024 7:00pm - Rehearsal on stage
12/14/2024 7:00pm - "Merry Christmas from Krampus"
01/06/2024 7:00pm - First rehearsal of 2025
02/24/2025 7:00pm - Rehearsal on stage
03/01/2025 7:00pm - "March Into Spring"
04/21/2025 7:00pm - Rehearsal on stage
04/26/2025 7:00pm - "It's A Wonderful World"
05/09/2025 3:00pm - Bumpers College Commencement
05/10/2025 11:00am - Engineering College Commencement
06/05/2025 8:00pm - "It's A Wonderful World" / Association of Concert Bands Convention
07/04/2025 8:30pm - "An Evening at Orchard's Park"
07/07/2025 7:00pm - Junior High Music Camp
07/14/2025 7:00pm - Senior High Music Camp

Our schedule for the ACB Convention for Thursday, 06/05/2025
5:45pm - Sound check
7:00pm - Warmup
8:00pm - Concert
9:00pm - Cash bar reception - Holidome