The Winds resume regular rehearsal on Monday, October 29th, in the Farmington High School band room. Directions can be found here. Our first concert "Musical Holiday for All Ages" is scheduled for December 16th at the Arts Center of the Ozarks in Springdale.

The Winds' next concert will be a Memorial Day celebration at Butterfield Trail Village at 7 pm on Monday, May 28th. This will be an outdoor concert, weather permitting. Bring your lawn chair or picnic blanket and join the Winds as we play a selection of American music and honor those who have served.

Butterfield Trail Village is located at 1923 East Joyce Boulevard in Fayetteville.

A detailed campus map for the event, with parking and drop-off instructions, may be downloaded here. Stadium Drive is the only street with access to the parking garage.

Setup is at 5:00pm (or after the Engineering ceremony if it runs long), warm-up is at 5:30pm, pre-ceremony concert is at 6:00pm, and the processional starts at 6:30pm. You may bring items to read during the ceremony but try to be discreet as there will be several cameras around the arena showing the ceremony on the big screen.

The pre-ceremony concert pieces (not concert order) will be:

• Movements 1-3 of Suite of Old American
• Liberty Bell March
• Tribute to Rodgers and Hammerstein
• Armed Forces Salute
• Pixar Movie Magic
• National Emblem
• Fanfare and Processional
• Star Spangled Banner

After degrees are conferred we will close the ceremony with:

• Alma Mater
• Fanfare and Recessional

The Arkansas Winds next concert explores the variety of uniquely American musical forms, from rags of Vaudeville to the musicals of Broadway to patriotic marches to the music of today's cinema. This concert also is a tribute to the Arkansas Winds long association with the Arts Center of the Ozarks -- the Band is donating all reciepts to the the Arts Center's Revitalization Campaign.

The concert takes place Sunday, May 6 at 3pm. Tickets are $10 for adults and $8 for children.

Once again ensembles from the Arkansas Winds will be performing at the Fayetteville Barnes and Noble book store to raise funds for the band.
Barnes and Noble will donate a percentage of the sales made where patrons present a voucher. Ensembles include the Woodwind Choir, the Horn Quartet and the Saxotones, as well as solo performances. Come enjoy live music, buy books for yourself, gifts for your fiends and support the Band. Copies of vouchers are available by clicking on the image below, and can also be picked up from Band members in the store.

Our Bookfair id is #10615912. That number can also be used online during checkout at barnesandnoble.com from April 14th through April 19th. The Winds will receive a percentage of any net sales based on that id number during that time period.

Come hear the Arkansas Winds bid farewell to winter as we perform two Winter Finale concerts with friends.

On Saturday March 10 the Winds will be joined by the Ozark Mountains British Brass Band at Central United Methodist Church on Dickson Street in Fayetteville. On Monday March 12 the Winds will perform with the Farmington High School Concert Band in the Randall G Lynch Middle School gymnasium.

Both concerts begin at 7pm. The Saturday concert is free; the Monday concert has a nominal admission charge of $2 for adults, with all proceeds supporting the Farmington High School Band.

 
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The band was photographed by Lisa Blount before performing the Chrismas Concert at the Arts Center of the Ozarks. You can look at the photos here as well as order prints.

The Arkansas Winds will perform their Christmas Concert on Sunday, December 11 at 3pm at the Arts Center of the Ozarks. Admission is free and all are welcome to join us as we make music for the holidays.

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