On Sunday, 24-May-2015 the Bridgewater Fire Department Band begins its 2015 season with a 3pm concert at the new Bridgewater Baptist Church on Glen Alan Drive.

The program will feature a performance of “A Song for Japan,” by Dutch bass trombonist Steven Verhelst. It was inspired by the suffering caused by the 2011 earthquake that devastated parts of Japan.

The band will also play music from “Riverdance.” Kerri Dorey first came to know the piece while serving as a sergeant in Edmonton’s famed Royal Canadian Artillery Band. When she and her husband, Sgt. Yves Gauthier, also an RCA Band member, retired from the Canadian Armed Forces in 2009 and returned to Kerri’s home province, they soon joined the BFD Band and introduced them to the music from Riverdance. Kerri is featured as soprano saxophone soloist in three of the five movements of the suite. Also featured are Jana Hirtle, French horn and percussionist David Eisener.

Other music on the programe includes Finzi’s Lyric Suite, plus music by Beethoven, Julius Fucik and John Williams.

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