BLOOMINGTON COMMUNITY

BAND

      Newsletter no. 9

July 2003

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Chair: Lloyd Orr Business Manager:  Doug Davis
Publicity Coordinator: Janice Lorenz Secretary:  Dick Hiatt
Treasurer:  Phyllis Solnzeff Librarian:  Alissa Quick
Property Manager: Diana Harwood Personnel Manager: Betty Treisback
Historian: Gary Wiggins Development Officer: Gerry Stout
Conductor: Tim Moore Assistant Conductor: Joe Car

Profile: Gary Wiggins, Historian:           

            Gary is originally from Charlestown, Indiana. Charlestown is near Jeffersonville off of State Road 62.  He moved to Bloomington approximately 40 years ago to attend Indiana University.  Except for a short time in Urbana, Illinois, Gary has called Bloomington home.  He became  Head of the IU Chemistry Library in 1976, and was recently appointed Director of the Program in Chemical Informatics and Interim Director of the Bioinformatics Program.

            Gary credited his band instructor, Paul Sawyer, with choosing the trombone for him in the 5th grade.  There were several people in his formative (musical) years that influenced him besides his band director.  One of those was Cecil “Corky” Richmond, with whom he formed a dixieland/dance band. The band played in the Wayne County area.

            “Father of the Bloomington Community Band,” Tim announced at one of our rehearsals.  Gary was instrumental in applying for the start-up grant and helping to formally organize the BCB the winter of 1978.  Gary has served in several capacities through the years.  Band manager and on the election committee are two that come to my mind.

            Besides the BCB, Gary has performed with the Bloomington Symphony Orchestra “until I discovered that music for trombone can be written in clefs other than bass clef!”  He also plays currently with the HornBones, formerly the Bloomington Bones.  The HornBones was formed by a trombone player, Wilson Winner who played with the BCB some time ago.  Any other spare time Gary has he spends it on his other leisure activity, collecting pewter.

Profile: Doug Davis, Business Manager

            Doug is a retired probation officer who chose to live in Bloomington.  Originally growing up in Hobart, Indiana (“The Friendly City”), a city southeast of Gary, he moved throughout his career to many areas in the United States from the West to the East coast.  His interest in Harvey Phillips’ Tuba Santas motivated him to return to his native state in 1987.  Carmel was home until December 1998 when he and his wife moved to Bloomington.  Doug was familiar with this area because he had attended Indiana University as a graduate student in the 1960s after going to college in Albion, Michigan.

            Doug started playing the tuba in 7th grade. He continued to play through college.  After his nephew in 1996 found a junior high tuba at a flea market, Doug said, “I was hooked again.”  He joined the Bloomington Community Band in late 1999 after his retirement in June.

            His other interests include hiking, genealogy and woodworking.  He also enjoys collecting old National Geographic magazines.

Upcoming concert

            August 2nd, Orleans, Indiana, 6:00 p.m.  Bring a chair.

Fundraising activities/information booth

            Sign-up sheets for the two scheduled fundraising/information booth for the band will be circulated on Monday, August 4th.

            August 23-24th will be at Lowe’s, selling hot dogs, etc.

            August 30-31st will be at the 4th Street Arts Fair.  This will be an information booth for recruitment purposes and to promote the rest of our concert season.

            Any participation will be greatly appreciated.  The more people who participate will help a lot.

Janice Lorenz

Newsletter editor