Wonderful Big Band Friday Night at the River Concert

The Chesapeake Orchestra Big Band played lots of old favorites like "In the Mood", "American Patrol", "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" and "Moonlight Serenade".  The green at St. Mary's College of Maryland was very crowded and bursting at the seams on Friday, July 4th (7pm).  There was a fairly strong breeze courtesy of Hurricane Arthur, which wasn't too close, after having hit the coast of North Carolina.

Jeffrey Silberschlag, music director commented "...I want to also thank Maryland once again for not sticking needlessly out into the Atlantic like North Carolina"

The concert featured Stephanie Jordan, a very talented and expressive jazz singer from New Orleans.  She was a last minute addition to the program and is a big Lena Horne fan.  Some of her songs included "On a Clear Day", "I'm Beginning to See the Light" and "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man".

Fireworks ended the program , but it was quite windy, so I was surprised that they still went up as planned.  Solomon's Island moved their fireworks to Saturday night!

                Stephanie Jordan

                 Jeffrey Silberschlag

      A patriotic member of the audience

 Fireworks with Bandshell 

                 by Jim Macaulay