| After the evening concert, the late night show "Big
Band" Concert begins at 9:00 p.m. and includes a big band version of
"The National Anthem" and a jazzy version of "Strike up the
Band." Many of the old favorites of the Big Band Era will be heard
along with featuring Chuck Steck, trumpet soloist of the band from
La Porte, IN, playing "I Remember Clifford," and Alto Saxophone
soloist and band manager Christopher Keech playing "My Foolish
Heart." The featured vocal soloist for the day, Michelle Bythrow,
will sing "Blue Skies." and "Nice Work if You Can Get
It."
MICHELLE BYTHROW was born and raised in Michiana, grew up on the
block where John Howard lived, went on to study music at Indiana
University, then toured with music missions across the U.S., into Canada,
and finally to Greenland. She was married to Brian Bythrow in 1991 and
moved to California where she began professional singing via the
Sacramento Opera Company. Michelle sang in professional musical theater in
Colorado and also began working in television commercials, film, print
work, and studio back-up vocals. After living for a period in Salt Lake
City, UT, today, she resides, with her husband and three children (Christy
Rose, Cody, and Cora), in Granger IN, where she is actively involved in
teacher music and is very active in her church music program. Michelle
started a jazz duo called "Sage" and performs for private
parties and in local restaurants. She leads music at her church and writes
original music for children and worship songs. Michelle has recently
worked on the set of "Everwood" and continues working in the
film industry doing commercials and industrials regionally and nationally.
The late night show "Big Band Concert concludes with perhaps the
most popular song of the Big Band Era, "In the Mood."
The concert Municipal Band returns for its final double concerts of the
season at the Band Shell on Labor Day, September 3.
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