Pops Concet - June 29th, 2013
Festival Foods' “Salute to the 4th” Featuring the La Crosse Symphony Orchestra Pops Concert with Maestro Alexander Platt
With the Major support of Logistics Health, Inc., Don and Roxanne Weber, The La Crosse Symphony Orchestra with Maestro Alexander Platt is joining Festival Foods' “Salute to the 4th” on Saturday, June 29th. This event will take place at the Onalaska High School Soccer Fields located east of the Onalaska Omni Center on Riders Club Road and is FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. Food is available throughout the evening. The Coulee Region Steel Band will open the concert starting at 7:00 pm, and the La Crosse Symphony Orchestra Pops Concert begins at 8:30 pm. Fireworks at 10 pm will top off the celebration. This is the 24st annual Festival Foods' “Salute to the 4th” and the fourteenth year that the La Crosse Symphony Orchestra has appeared prior to the fireworks.
The symphony will be highlighting a variety of music including:
- The National Anthem
- Ride of the Valkyries-Wagner
- March from 1941-John Williams
- Hymn to the Fallen from Saving Private Ryan-J.Williams
- Main Theme from Star Wars-J.Williams
- Theme from The Magnificent Seven-Bernstein
- Semper Fidelis March-Sousa
- America the Beautiful- the Hollywood Bowl arrangement
- Armed Forces Salute
- Wellington's Victory-Beethoven
- Triumphal March from AIDA-Verdi
- The Stars and Stripes Forever-Sousa
The La Crosse Symphony Orchestra thanks Festival Foods, Logistics Health, Inc., Don and Roxanne Weber for continuing to offer this free event to the community. We also are very appreciative to the additional sponsors whose support makes the Pops Concert possible.
