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Courthouse time and then come together to perform. Summerfest’s organizers, as well as Honer
The Courthouse Community Band will and Cheezum, are enthusiastic about

Community Band have rehearsed a total of four times by having the Courthouse Community
Talent Call! the time they take the stage at Caroline Band performing for Caroline County’s
Summerfest. summer crowds.

Dust off those instruments and take the Honer asserts that because both adult Registration is quick & easy at the
stage in Caroline County!
musicians and high school students following URL: https://tinyurl.com/

Come one, come all, it’s a talent call for the with four or five years of experience are coucomm22.
return of the Courthouse Community welcomed among the band’s members, For more information, call Caroline
band! A short-term community it is a unique experience. “It’s wonderful County Recreation & Parks at
band performance opportunity for seeing all these people dusting off their 410-479-8130 or visit us online at:
regional musicians with high school or instruments.” carolinerecreation.org
community band experience.
With production supported by Caroline
County Recreation & Parks and Caroline
Summerfest, and funding provided in
part by the Caroline County Council
of Arts, Inc. and the Maryland State
Arts Council, this is a performance
opportunity that should not be missed.

Under the direction of Tom Cheezum,
President of the Eastern Shore Band
Director Association and band director
for Colonel Richardson High School, the
Courthouse Community Band is well on
its way to building a tradition.
“Because I’m local this was always in
the making for me. It’s exciting to bring
The Courthouse Community Band will have rehearsed a total of four times by

to my hometown,” explains Cheezum.
the time they take Caroline Summerfest’s stage.
His dream was helped along by another
Caroline County Public Schools
teacher, county resident and saxophone
player, Rob Honer. Both men have had
summer community band experiences
in other places: Honer in his hometown
of Doylestown, PA and Cheezum in
Salisbury, MD.

This limited time commitment consists
of four weekly Wednesday, two-hour
rehearsals starting July 27 from 6:30-
8:30 PM at North Caroline High School’s
band room. Sheet music pick up is set
for July 13, same location from 7:00-8:00
PM. The courthouse community band

will give two very special performance
this summer. The first will take place
on the Courthouse stage at Caroline
Summerfest on August 20 at 5 PM,
and on August 27 at 7 PM at Wright
Memorial Park in Preston.
Cheezum explains that most summer
community bands don’t rehearse at all
but just get the music a few days ahead of

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