On Tuesday, November 12, 2013, 9th through 12th grade band students at Northview and Ankeny Centennial High School performed for their Fall Band Gala. The Gala serves as a culmination to the marching band season and a kick-off to the concert band season. Each concert band performed with the president of the Ankeny Instrumental Music Foundation, Jeff Damman, serving as emcee. The evening was capped with the final performance of the Centennial Marching Band’s 2013 show: Alfred Hitchcock Presents.
Northview 9th Grade Concert Band
Sun Peaks – Ralph Ford
ACHS Symphonic Band
Encanto – Robert W. Smith
Abracadabra – Frank Ticheli
ACHS Wind Symphony
Fanfare for the Common Man – Aaron Copland (Robert Longfield)
Black Horse Troop March – John Philip Sousa (Frederick Fennell)
Novo Lenio – Samuel R. Hazo