The Winds resume regular rehearsal on Monday, October 28th, in the Farmington High School band room. Directions can be found here. This is our Silver Jubilee -- the Winds have been performing for 25 years!

For the third year in a row, the Winds will play an outdoor concert at Orchard Park in Bentonville just before the fireworks show! The concert begins at 8:30 pm and will be followed immediately by the rockets going off.

The Arkasnas Winds will be kicking off the summer free concert series at the Botanical Garden of the Ozarks with a patriotic performance on the Great Lawn on Tuesday June 24, 2013 at 7:00 pm. Bring your picnic blanket or lawn chairs and enjoy this concert among the flowers. Rain date is Wednesday June 25th.

The Arkansas Winds Community Concert Band will perform their spring concert, titled European Gallery, at 7:30pm April 27 at the Arts Center of the Ozarks in Sprindale. Admission is free.

Part of the concert will take you on a musical tour inspired by the art and museums of Europe. Then the Winds will share the stage with soprano
Carmen Sanders, who will sing selections from opera, cinema, broadway, and the big band era.

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Members of the Arkansas Winds will prepare small ensembles to perform in a book fair at Barnes & Noble on April 6th, 2013. The Arkansas Winds will receive a percentage of any purchases made when the voucher number 11046182 is presented in any store in the country on the day of the bookfair or entered at check-out for purchases made online at bn.com.

Tell all your friends and support the Winds! This voucher can be printed and presented at any Barnes&Noble store.

The Arkansas Winds Community Concert Band and the Ozark Bronze Handbell Ensemble will share the stage in a spring concert at Central United Methodist Church in Fayetteville. The concert takes place Saturday, March 2nd at 7:00 pm in the Church activities center. Admission is free. Ample parking is available in the Church's parking garage off West Lafayette Street.

This will be our first concert together. It will feature the two ensembles playing separately and then joining forces to create a really special sound. Come hear the music ring!

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On Saturday, December 15th, from noon to 9pm, members of the band will be performing in small ensembles at the Barnes and Noble book store in Fayetteville. This event is a fund raiser for the band. Barnes and Noble will donate a percentage of the price of books bought that day to the Arkansas Winds Community Concert Band -- just present a copy of the flyer to the store clerk when you make your purchase.

Come by to hear us play, find great gifts for family and friends, and support the Band!

The book fair is a national event! Send this story to your friends. Present a copy of the flyer at any of their stores or use it on-line anytime between December 15 and 20th and Barnes and Noble will make a donation to the Winds in proportion to the amount of your purchase.

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The Arkansas Winds will perform its Christmas Concert A Musical Holdiay for All Ages on Sunday, December 16, 2012 at 3:00pm at the Arts Center of the Ozarks in Sprindale. The concert will feature holiday favorites that will delight all ages, including Peter and the Wolf, Christmas medleys, and rides in a sleigh and a rollercoaster! Admission is free. Donations are always welcome.