The Maine Pops Concert Band weekly band rehearsals continue for its 2024 Spring and Summer Concert season.

The band rehearses on Wednesday evenings from 7 to 9 p.m., normally at Scarborough High School while school is in session. As always, there will be adjustments to the rehearsal schedule through the year as the local Scarborough schools conduct their own music and theater programs at the high school and middle school levels. The Maine Pops will take all steps necessary to coordinate alternate venues and inform the membership of rehearsal site changes in advance.

The Maine Pops Concert Band continues its recruitment of musicians in Maine and New Hampshire to join or rejoin the band. The band has nearly 100 musicians registered. No auditions are required, but the band is now concentrating on filling specific instrumental voids within sections. Musicians playing bassoon, clarinet, French horn, oboe, percussion and trombone are needed.

2024 Spring Rehearsal and Public Performance Schedule

April 18 - Maine Pops Swing Band Rehearsal, First Parish Congregational Church, 12 Beach Street, Saco, 6:30 to 8 p.m.
April 24 - Maine Pops Concert Band Rehearsal, Scarborough High School, Scarborough, 7 to 9 p.m.
April 25 - Maine Pops Swing Band Rehearsal, First Parish Congregational Church, 12 Beach Street, Saco, 6:30 to 8 p.m.
April 27 - Maine Pops Concert Band 2024 Spring Concert, Winslow Homer Center for the Arts (Scarborough High School), Scarborough, 2:30 to 4 p.m.
May 1 - Maine Pops Concert Band Rehearsal, Scarborough High School, Scarborough, 7 to 9 p.m.
May 2 - Maine Pops Swing Band Rehearsal, First Parish Congregational Church, 12 Beach Street, Saco, 6:30 to 8 p.m.
May 8 - Maine Pops Concert Band Rehearsal, Scarborough High School, Scarborough, 7 to 9 p.m.
May 9 - Maine Pops Swing Band Rehearsal, First Parish Congregational Church, 12 Beach Street, Saco, 6:30 to 8 p.m.
May 15- Maine Pops Concert Band Rehearsal, Scarborough High School, Scarborough, 7 to 9 p.m.
May 16 - Maine Pops Swing Band Rehearsal, First Parish Congregational Church, 12 Beach Street, Saco, 6:30 to 8 p.m.
May 22 - Maine Pops Concert Band Rehearsal, Site TBD, 7 to 9 p.m.
May 23 - Maine Pops Swing Band Rehearsal, First Parish Congregational Church, 12 Beach Street, Saco, 6:30 to 8 p.m.
May 29 - Maine Pops Concert Band Rehearsal, Site TBD, 7 to 9 p.m.
May 30 - Maine Pops Swing Band Rehearsal, First Parish Congregational Church, 12 Beach Street, Saco, 6:30 to 8 p.m.
June 5 - Maine Pops Concert Band Rehearsal, Scarborough High School, Scarborough, 7 to 9 p.m.
June 6 - Maine Pops Swing Band Rehearsal, First Parish Congregational Church, 12 Beach Street, Saco, 6:30 to 8 p.m.
June 12 - Maine Pops Concert Band Rehearsal, Scarborough High School, Scarborough, 7 to 9 p.m. (Note: Last day of school in Scarborough will be between June 11 and June 14, pending snow days.)
June 13 - Maine Pops Swing Band Rehearsal, First Parish Congregational Church, 12 Beach Street, Saco, 6:30 to 8 p.m.
June 20 - Maine Pops Swing Band Rehearsal, First Parish Congregational Church, 12 Beach Street, Saco, 6:30 to 8 p.m.
June 27 - U.S. Coast Guard Regional Change of Command performance, Portland Ocean Gateway, Portland, Time TBD
June 27 - Maine Pops Swing Band Rehearsal, First Parish Congregational Church, 12 Beach Street, Saco, 6:30 to 8 p.m.
June 29 - Annual R.B. Hall Music Festival, Stevens Brook Elementary School, Bridgton, ME, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.

2024 Summer Rehearsal and Public Performance Schedule

July 4 - No Swing Band Rehearsal - Fourth of July holiday.
July 11 - Maine Pops Swing Band Rehearsal, First Parish Congregational Church, 12 Beach Street, Saco, 6:30 to 8 p.m.
July 18 - Maine Pops Swing Band Rehearsal, First Parish Congregational Church, 12 Beach Street, Saco, 6:30 to 8 p.m.
July 25 - Maine Pops Swing Band Rehearsal, First Parish Congregational Church, 12 Beach Street, Saco, 6:30 to 8 p.m.
August 1 - Maine Pops Swing Band Rehearsal, First Parish Congregational Church, 12 Beach Street, Saco, 6:30 to 8 p.m.
August 8 - Maine Pops Swing Band Rehearsal, First Parish Congregational Church, 12 Beach Street, Saco, 6:30 to 8 p.m.
August 15 - Maine Pops Swing Band Rehearsal, First Parish Congregational Church, 12 Beach Street, Saco, 6:30 to 8 p.m.
August 16 - Maine Pops Concert Band Performance, Bath Gazebo Park, Bath, 7 to 8:30 p.m.
August 22 - Maine Pops Swing Band Rehearsal, First Parish Congregational Church, 12 Beach Street, Saco, 6:30 to 8 p.m.

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