The room was well filled with an audience and the stage was packed with performers. The lights went down and the applause began. The excitement for the Point Pleasant Borough band concert for the winter of 2022. One of the seniors, Alivia Muhlenbruck, an Alto Saxophone player, told me, “ It was one of our best performances.”
Senior Megan Morton, who plays the Clarinet and is the section leader, opened the whole show and brought the band into unison. The performance started the same way it always does with the National Anthem, the Star Spangled Banner, as always the band sounded amazing. They then went on to a Christmas compilation, listening and being able to pick out the different Christmas favorites as they flowed into one another was amazing.
During the song, Pavanne David Mammano, a junior at Point Borough, performed a solo on the trumpet. He stood at the front of the stage for the entire song and sounded wonderful as he did so. For those who don’t know he also played one of the leads in the High School performance of Buddy the Elf as Walter Hobbs, the dad. Not only was he preparing for that show, memorizing all of his lines but he was simultaneously preparing for this performance. Bring amazing talent both times.
They played a tribute to the phantom of the opera because the show is leaving the Broadway stage. From the first note, it sounded amazing, then when they went into the song it only got better from there. The way the music flowed together was beautiful. During the song a senior Ben Peterson was playing the violin, he was the only one playing and towards the end of the song had a very quick solo it truly sounded beautiful.
During the concert, anyone who attended the Football games this year would have had flashbacks to this past fall season. They performed the 2 by two compilations from the marching band, the whole thing was so upbeat. Every single performer was so focused on their performance. It was great seeing the members of the band get really into this song, they danced and mouthed the words to the song truly having fun with it.
During the performance, there was an intermission where the drum line was left to play their classic walk-out song.
They performed A Christmas Festival bringing the concert to a full circle with yet another amazing Christmas compilation. Filling hands with lyrics of popular Christmas songs, the notes filled the room.
The final song sleigh ride was conducted by one of the seniors, Sara Willis. The song sounded amazing! The clips were very creative with Ben Peterson and Jackie Murphy banging their drumsticks together in a background battle. (No one was injured, it was all fun and games.) The whole performance was just as breathtaking. When asked about their performance one of the band performers said, “It was fun and brought a lot of holiday spirit and joy. We worked hard and were proud to perform.” Watching the band you could truly tell how hard they had worked to put this show together.
Congratulations to the Point Pleasant Borough Band for the 2022 winter concert and good luck on their 2023 spring concert, I know it will be amazing.
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