Celebrating our 10th Anniversary!
The Allegany Alumni & Friends Band (AAFB) is a community concert band consisting of volunteer musicians from western New York and northwestern Pennsylvania. When originally formed in June 2000, the band was comprised entirely of alumni from Allegany Central School. Over the years, though, the band has grown to include many local friends who also share a passion for music.
AAFB plays year-round, but is most busy during the summer months, entertaining audiences at local parks, festivals, parades, and charity events. At each concert, the band plays a combination of traditional marches, circus marches, patriotic music, novelty peices, and a variety of concert band selections.
AAFB plays year-round, but is most busy during the summer months, entertaining audiences at local parks, festivals, parades, and charity events. At each concert, the band plays a combination of traditional marches, circus marches, patriotic music, novelty peices, and a variety of concert band selections.
Join us for a very special evening of music!
Allegany Alumni & Friends Band will celebrate its 10th anniversary
with a benefit concert for the Olean Food Pantry
Saturday, September 11, 2010
at St. Elizabeth's Motherhouse
115 East Main St., Allegany, NY (map)
7:00 p.m.
All proceeds will be given to the food pantry
to help families right in our own neighborhoods!
Admission will be:
$2.00 for adults
$1.00 for children
OR, bring non-perishable items for the food pantry!
Notes for band members:
* Rehearsals are scheduled for Thursday, Sept. 2 and Thursday, Sept. 9
(both at 7:00 p.m.) to prepare for the Benefit Concert at the
Motherhouse. Sept. 2 will be at the Allegany Town Hall. Sept. 9 will be
at the Motherhouse. Please try to arrange your schedule so that you
can attend at least one of the rehearsals.
* Next concert: Saturday, September 11 at 7:00 p.m., at St. Elizabeth's
Motherhouse in Allegany. Band members: we will be wearing white
tops and black pants for the benefit concert. For a complete
schedule, click on the Concert Schedule tab at the top of this page.
* Our annual family picnic will be on Sunday, September 12 at the Allegany
River Park, starting at 1:00. Food will be provided; you may bring a
dessert to share, if you would like to. Bring your own beverages,
and lawn games.
* Congratulations to the new 2010-2011 Board of Directors:
Jim Schultz, Lynn Brook, Patty VanSkiver, Dennis Wymer,
Mary Carls, Nancy Phearsdorf, and Tom Gabler. (We send a big
THANK YOU to outgoing Board member, Virginia Baxter, for several
years of service to the band!)
* What a great turnout for the Purple Heart Memorial dedication at the
Buffalo Naval Park, on May 1. (Thanks, everyone!)
Click on the Photos tab to see pictures from the event.
* The new band shirts and hats are in.
Please see Lynn if you haven't gotten yours yet.
We ordered extras, so if you want another, they are available:
T-shirts $7.00
Long-sleeve T-shirts $10.00
Polo shirts $10.00
Crewneck sweatshirts $12.00
* Listen to clips of the music we'll be working on for our concerts.
For easy listening, Right Click on each link and "save shortcut",
then "paste shortcut" on your desktop :
The Purple Pageant (K. L. King)
The Circus Bee (Henry Fillmore)
A Slavic Woman's Farewell (V. Agapkin) *similar band arrangement
Tantalusqualen (F. V. Suppe)
A Trumpeter's Lullaby (Leroy Anderson)
In The Presence of Heroes (James Swearingen)
* Rehearsals are scheduled for Thursday, Sept. 2 and Thursday, Sept. 9
(both at 7:00 p.m.) to prepare for the Benefit Concert at the
Motherhouse. Sept. 2 will be at the Allegany Town Hall. Sept. 9 will be
at the Motherhouse. Please try to arrange your schedule so that you
can attend at least one of the rehearsals.
* Next concert: Saturday, September 11 at 7:00 p.m., at St. Elizabeth's
Motherhouse in Allegany. Band members: we will be wearing white
tops and black pants for the benefit concert. For a complete
schedule, click on the Concert Schedule tab at the top of this page.
* Our annual family picnic will be on Sunday, September 12 at the Allegany
River Park, starting at 1:00. Food will be provided; you may bring a
dessert to share, if you would like to. Bring your own beverages,
and lawn games.
* Congratulations to the new 2010-2011 Board of Directors:
Jim Schultz, Lynn Brook, Patty VanSkiver, Dennis Wymer,
Mary Carls, Nancy Phearsdorf, and Tom Gabler. (We send a big
THANK YOU to outgoing Board member, Virginia Baxter, for several
years of service to the band!)
* What a great turnout for the Purple Heart Memorial dedication at the
Buffalo Naval Park, on May 1. (Thanks, everyone!)
Click on the Photos tab to see pictures from the event.
* The new band shirts and hats are in.
Please see Lynn if you haven't gotten yours yet.
We ordered extras, so if you want another, they are available:
T-shirts $7.00
Long-sleeve T-shirts $10.00
Polo shirts $10.00
Crewneck sweatshirts $12.00
* Listen to clips of the music we'll be working on for our concerts.
For easy listening, Right Click on each link and "save shortcut",
then "paste shortcut" on your desktop :
The Purple Pageant (K. L. King)
The Circus Bee (Henry Fillmore)
A Slavic Woman's Farewell (V. Agapkin) *similar band arrangement
Tantalusqualen (F. V. Suppe)
A Trumpeter's Lullaby (Leroy Anderson)
In The Presence of Heroes (James Swearingen)
