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Cedar Rapids Band Players Lead Evening Concert
The Cedar Rapids Municipal band directed by Frank Piersol will perform tonight at 8 in Ellis Park. Saxophonist Jean Lansing and baritone Byron Thompson join as featured soloists in seven selections including Invictus and the Overture to La Forza del Destino. Lansing, a Cedar Rapids Community School instrumental teacher, plays Persuasion by Nestico and has three seasons as first alto with the band. Thompson, Linn-Mar High School vocal director, will sing three numbers from Oklahoma and lead church choir pieces.
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