TINLEY PARK Arts Alive! BAND

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TINLEY PARK Arts Alive! BAND

• PARK DISTRICT BOARD MEETING
• WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2000
• Presenters
• Jeanette Kreuz and Michael Riha

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Introduction

• The band was established in 1987 by the Tinley
  Park-Park District under its then new Arts
  Alive! program to encourage, promote, teach and
  perform the fine arts in Tinley Park and the
  surrounding communities.
• The band has performed throughout the Chicagoland
  area in benefit and public service concerts.

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Our Director

• Stephen Platko became the bands music director
  in 1990.
• He is a graduate of Northwestern University.
• After retiring, he has devoted his musical
  energies to the Arts Alive! music programs and
  to a career of composing and arranging music.

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OUR BANDS

• The Tinley Park Arts Alive! Community Band is
  actually several music groups in one...

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The Tinley Park Arts Alive! Community Band
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Arts Alive! Jazz a big band-style jazz and
dance band
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The Arts Alive! Brass a brass quintet
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The Grace Notes a flute choir
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OUR BAND (cont)

• plus other small ensembles for special occasions.

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OUR MEMBERSHIP

• Band members range in age from 16 to 80 years.
• Members reside in communities from Kankakee to
  Chicago and many southern and western suburbs.
• Members receive no monetary compensation for time
  spentrehearsing or performing.

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OUR SCHEDULE

• As a representative of the Tinley Park-Park
  District, the Community Band maintains a very
  active schedule performing in Tinley Park and the
  surrounding area.

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• October 1999
• Tinley Parks Oktoberfest Parade
• Jazz Band in the Family Tent at Oktoberfest
• Official Band Mini-Golf Outing at McCarthy Park
• November 1999
• Annual spaghetti dinner at American Legion
• December 1999
• Holiday Concert at Andrew High School
• Brass and flute groups perform at Integrated
  Health Services in Oak Lawn

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• February 2000
• Candlelight Bowl at Tinley Park Bowl
• Jazz Band at dinner dance at Maggiannos Little
  Italy in downtown Chicago
• Valentines Day dinner dance at Georgios
  Banquets in Orland Hills with the Tinley Park
  High School jazz band
• April 2000
• Cavalcade of Bands at Moraine Valley Community
  College
• May 2000
• Spring Concert at Tinley Park High School
• Brass group at Memorial Day services at Chapel
  Hill Gardens South in Alsip

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• June 2000
• Concerts at McCarthy Park and Hobart, Indiana
• World Tour 2000 to Budingen and Dudelsheim,
  Germany
• August 2000
• Jazz band represents Tinley Park-Park District on
  Park District Conservation Day at Illinois
  State Fair
• Concerts at McCarthy Park and Bicentennial Park
  in Joliet
• September 2000
• Flute group at the Vogt Visual Art Center,
  Calvary Reformed Church in Orland Park and
  Covenant Presbyterian Church in South Holland.
• Brass group at St. Marks United Church of Christ
  in Chicago Heights

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• October 2000
• Oktoberfest parade
• Jazz band for Octoberfest celebration at Our
  Lady of Loretto Catholic Church in Hometown
• and more to come...

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• The band and its members have also performed at
• Rededication of the OHare Hilton
• Tinley Park Historical Society Christmas program
  at the Landmark
• Brementowne Little League Baseball Boosters
  Parade
• City of Palos Heights
• Tinley Park Village Hall
• Combined concerts with Tinley Park grade school
  and high school bands

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• Dedication of Tinley Park Volunteer Fire
  Department Training Facility
• Fine Arts Festival at the World Music Theatre
• Valporaiso University Community Band Festival
• Hines Veterans Hospital
• Tinley Park gazebo dedication
• Friends of BudingenSister Cities functions
• Richard J. Daley College Graduation
• St. George Catholic Church in Tinley Park
• Musical about history of Tinley Park presented as
  part of villages Centennial celebration
• Summer picnic at Trinity Lutheran Church in
  Tinley Park
• Art Fairs at Vogt Visual Art Center

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Education Day, a musical learning experience
for the students of Tinley Park and surrounding
communities, held at Prairie View Junior High,
sponsored by the Illinois Arts Council, funded
through a grant written by band member Jeanette
Kreuz
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BAND PROMOTION

• Park District program book
• Local newspapers
• The band is on the Internet at www.artsalive.org
  
• Purpose of the web site
• Information center for band members
• Advertisement for group
• Recruitment of new members

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UPCOMING EVENTS

• SPAGHETTI DINNER - NOVEMBER 12th
• Food
• Music
• Jazz Band
• Grace Notes
• Great price
• 5/person
• 15/family

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UPCOMING EVENTS

• HOLIDAY CONCERT - December 3rd
• Featuring the Band and Chorale

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SUMMARY

• The Tinley Park Arts Alive! Community Band has
  an active and prominent place in the community.
• If you would like to know more about our program,
  please contact any member of the Band Board.

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Credits

• Photo Credits
• Jeanette Kreuz
• Suzanne McFadyen
• Michael Riha
• Music Samples
• Goldman - On the Mall
• recorded by Morton Gould and his Symphonic Band
• BMG Classics 09026-61255-2
• Sousa - The Stars and Stripes Forever
• recorded by Phillip Jones Ensemble directed by
  Elgar Howarth
• London 410290-2
• Route 66
• recorded by The Arts Alive! Jazz Band directed
  by Steve Platko
• unreleased
• Pierpoint - Jingle Bells
• recorded by The Candian Brass
• Philips 426835-2