The Central Lakes College (CLC) Community Band will depart July 31on a 10-day tour of England and Scotland. The tour will include four days in London, two in York and three days in Edinburgh with performances in venues from city parks and amphitheaters to the great hall of the Edinburgh Castle. The band will perform cooperatively with the London Metropolitan Brass Band in their first concert in London.The band consists of 35 musicians from the surrounding area as well as from Fargo, Wadena, Staples and the Twin Cities area. Steve Anderson directs the band.
This is the second overseas tour for the band with a number of the members having participated in the first trip in 2011 to Prague, Budapest and Vienna. The band is in its 21st year having been founded by Anderson in 1993 under sponsorship of CLC. The CLC Community Band is open to any musician of high school or better skill level.
