The Fort Atkinson Community Band kicked off its 62nd season Monday night with a concert in Barrie Park.
Some 150 people embraced an unseasonably warm evening to hear the band perform its first concert of the season.
Titled “Been There, Done That,” the performance featured favorite tunes for people of all ages.
Band Director Wayne Crook announced Monday that in a show of solidarity with the people of Ukraine in the wake of the Russian invasion, each in this season’s summer concert series would start with the Ukrainian national anthem, followed by the “Star-Spangled Banner.”
Audience members who were able Monday stood for both.
Upcoming free concerts are slated for July 4, July 18, Aug. 1 and Aug. 15. The music starts at 7:30 p.m.
Audience members enjoy the first song of the evening, “Queen City March.”
Several members of the band perform.
Concert-goers stand to show solidarity with the people of Ukraine as the Fort Atkinson Community Band plays the Ukrainian national anthem.
Concert-goers stand during a rendition of the “Star-Spangled Banner.”
Fort Atkinson Community Band Director Wayne Crook leads the band Monday during the first of several concerts to be held this summer in Barrie Park.
The Fort Atkinson Community Band performs Monday from its bandshell in Barrie Park.
Members of the audience applaud the band’s rendition of “Coast to Coast.”
Chris Spangler photos.
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