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Regular season concerts are
held on Wednesday nights starting at 7:30 PM. The concert season
begins in mid-June and continues through the month of July. All
concerts are free
to the public. Most concerts are held at the band
shell in Columbia
Park in Marshfield
(201 W. Arnold St., Marshfield, WI).
The band performs a wide variety
of music, including(but not limited to): Broadway show tunes,
movie scores, marches, overtures and novelty pieces.
What makes the band unique is that the musicians see the music for any given concert only once or twice before the performance. Compared with most school bands, who have weeks or months to practice a piece of music before a public performance, the Civic Band relies upon the experience of its members.
A popular feature of regular
season concerts held at the band shell is the "kiddie
parade". At some point during the concert, the band plays
a selected march. All of the younger children in the audience
are encouraged to participate in the "parade". While the band
plays the march, the children lead the parade on a specific
route through the park. Following the conclusion of each
week's parade, EACH child (parade participant) is then given a
token for a free ice cream cone from Culver's Restaurant of
Marshfield.
The current conductor of the
Marshfield Civic Band is Robert Johanek, who assumed that
position in 2003. Robert was also the band
director for Marshfield Elementary Schools in Marshfield,
Wisconsin. James A. Rasmussen of Marshfield had
formerly held the position, since 1963.
In 2024 David Carroll was named
as the band's Associate Conductor.
