After watching “The Best Little Parade in Texas” what could be better than sitting in air conditioning listening to beautiful music by two of Wimberley’s best and longest-running musical groups? The Wimberley Community Chorus and the Hill Country Community Band have teamed up to perform the Fourteenth Annual Hometown Patriotic Concert on July 3 at 3 p.m. at the Wimberley First Baptist Church,15951 Winters Mill Parkway.
Songs celebrating the nation’s birth and history will include “America the Beautiful,” “Battle Hymn of the Republic,” “God Bless America” and “Stars and Stripes Forever.”
“Hymn to the Fallen” by John Williams from the film “Saving Private Ryan” will be accompanied by a powerful video honoring fallen soldiers. During the program’s “Armed Forces Salute,” a color guard will present flags of the U.S. military branches while veterans will be invited to stand and be honored.
Narrators of the concert will be Dr. Hilda Carpenter and Dixie Newnam, Esq. of KWVH’s “Rural Genius” radio show.
Both the chorus and the band will be performing several pieces independently. The band will perform Aaron Copeland’s triumphant “Fanfare for the Common Man” and Hazo’s powerful “Each Time You Tell Their Story.”
The chorus will sing “When the Saints Go Marching In,” accompanied by a jazz ensemble from the band, as well as “What a Wonderful World.”
The Wimberley Community Chorus will be directed by Ed Snouffer, current Associate Music Director at St. John’s Methodist Church in Austin. He will be accompanied by Andrea Snouffer, the former head choir director and Fine Arts Department Chair at West Ridge Middle School in Eanes.
Conducting the The Hill Country Community Band will be Adam Miller, a third-generation musician and award-winning composer of choral and instrumental music. He is the Director of Music Ministries at Dripping Springs Methodist Church and is the residing Principal Percussionist for the Starlight Symphony Orchestra.
