That’s part of the Humboldt Bay Brass Band concert on Saturday, November 9 that features a signature tune from every decade of the past hundred years.
The first is “Eureka March,” composed in 1914. The Band will use several vintage instruments of the time, including a tuba once owned by Leonard Yocum, whose name is enshrined as a Humboldt Founder in Founders Hall.
Humboldt Bay Brass Band director Dr. Gil Cline, who arranged the band’s version of “Eureka March,” recently found some film from 1914 which he believes shows this very tuba being played in Sequoia Park.
The Band plays “Ja-Da” from the 1920s from actual music sheets used in Humboldt for dances of that decade. Selections representing subsequent decades include Glenn Miller’s “Pennsylvania 6-5000,” Copland’s “Fanfare for the Common Man, “South Pacific,” “Day Tripper” and “Thriller.”
The Humboldt Bay Brass Band performs its only local concert of the year on Saturday, November 9 at 8 p.m. in Fulkerson Recital Hall on the HSU campus in Arcata. Tickets are $8/$5 and free to HSU students with an ID, from the HSU Ticket Office (826-3928) or at the door. For more information, visit HSUMusic.blogspot.com. An HSU Music Department production.