Sequim Gazette staff

Sequim City Band moves indoors this weekend for its annual autumn concert.

The show will begin at 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 1, in the Sequim High School Auditorium, 533 N. Sequim Ave. The Navy Band Northwest joins them under the leadership of its director, Lt. Bruce J. Mansfield. They’ll open the show followed by the Sequim City Band performing some of its members’ favorite composers.

In recognition of the Navy Band Northwest performing, the program notes will be given by announcer Bill Benedict, retired Captain in the US Navy and current Clallam County Sheriff.

The autumn show is the first of three in the Winter Concert series at the Sequim High School Auditorium for the city band with “Happy Holidays in Sequim” at 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 13, and “A Grand Tour of Italy” at 3 p.m. Sunday, March 13. The band is led by Tyler Benedict.

All concerts are presented free to the public with donations welcome.

Show organizers say some of the city band’s autumn show’s repertoire includes the Overture to “Candide” by Leonard Bernstein, the show’s “jewel” and the technically challenging for piece  “Glitter and Be Gay” coloratura soprano soloist, and Richard Wagner’s Grand March from “Tannhauser,”

The Sequim City Band has two concert seasons with the summer Concerts in the Park at the James Center for the Performing Arts and the Winter Concert series at the high school.

More than 70 musicians travel from as far west as Port Angeles and east as Quilcene to participate in the band. Typically, the band hosts high school students to play and its members encourage this with a limited number of scholarships to students who have performed with the band.

For more information on the Sequim City Band, visit www.sequimcityband.org.