We need some of you musically talented people to write a new state  
song for Virginia. Maybe something with a 17th century flair, instead  
of all the vaguely sappy sounding 1930s type glorifications.  
Something that will mark Virginia's song as different from most of  
the other state songs, which mostly meld together IMO, you can hardly  
tell one from the next. Except for Ky. and Md.

So after the May 400th celebration is done, send us a progress  
report  :-)

Nancy

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I was never lost, but I was bewildered once for three days.

--Daniel Boone



On Mar 9, 2007, at 2:16 PM, Randy Cabell wrote:

> Just when I had given up hope of finding out anything about the Big  
> Jamestown Weekend in May, Bob Moody, Director of the Stonewall  
> Brigade Band in Staunton sent me not only notice of a performance,  
> but a performance of my march, The Trumpeter of Jamestowne! and an  
> invitation to sit in with my tuba!!!.  So for everybody out there  
> who gets tired of my carping about the lack of info, here is a tidbit:
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 
> --------
>
> The Stonewall Brigade Band, continuous since 1855, has been  
> selected as
> one of the performing organizations for the "Signature Weekend" at
> America's 400th Birthday Celebration in Jamestown VA, commemorating  
> the
> 400th anniversary of the first permanent English Settlement.
>
> The band will perform a concert including music that the settlers  
> would
> have heard before leaving England, the march played by the British as
> they left the surrender at Yorktown, music from the 300th  
> Anniversary in
> 1907, and music written for the Stonewall Brigade Band by members  
> of the
> band and other Virginia composers including Will Ruebush, Ray Hoaster,
> Greg Moody, Randy Cabell, Gary Fagan and Bryan Kidd.  Also included  
> will
> be "General Lee's Grand March" and "Under the Shade of the Trees"  
> based
> on Stonewall Jackson's dying words and composed by Shawn Bentz, who  
> will
> travel from Illinois to play in the band for this event.  Also  
> included
> will be Sousa's "Powhatan's Daughter" written for but not performed at
> the 1907 Anniversary celebration.
>
> The performance will be Saturday May 12 from 6-6:45 pm on the  
> Democracy
> Stage at Anniversary Park.  For information on the entire celebration
> and also ticket information for this event, go to <http:// 
> www.americas400thanniversary.org/>
>
> Randy Cabell - The Trumpeter of Jamestowne (now with a bit more  
> substance :-))