__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
		~A Community Band~ >Under the direction of Joseph S. Fuoco< Trail, British Columbia, Canada
__________________________________________________________________________
			Trail Maple Leaf Band, 2006

History

The Trail Maple Leaf Band is an important feature of the Performing Arts in Trail and the neighbouring communities. It is part of the exciting history of the West Kootenay region, a history that has brought people from many corners of the world to build the railways and dams and work the mines and smelter. Italian immigrants arrived in our valley in the early 1900s and brought with them a love of music. From this came the beginnings of the Maple Leaf Band in 1917. The group has endured and grown to include men and women, students and seniors, with a wide variety of backgrounds. The band gives a place for high school students to gain experience outside of their band program and for community members to continue their recreational enjoyment of music.

Members

The 35 to 40 members of the Trail Maple Leaf Band come from a 40 km radius helping to pull together the villages and towns of Fruitvale/Montrose, Warfield, Rossland, Castlegar and Trail. We have performed at concerts, parades and other civic functions in these communities. As an organization, we hold an Annual General Meeting in December to elect officers. There is also the occasional social get-together and an annual Family Day picnic in June.

Practices are held in the MacIntyre Room, Cominco Arena, Downtown Trail, every Monday at 7:00 pm, September to June. New members are always welcome.

Music

We began as a marching band and a large part of our music repertoire continues to be marches. But these days we seldom march and so many of our pieces are now for concerts. The charts are often medleys from well known shows and movies. Our director also composes and arranges pieces for our band.

Music for 2010:

• Georgia on My Mind Hoagy Carmichael, 1930
• March of the Penguins Alex Wurman, 2006
• The Music Man Meredith Willson, 1958
• Mussorgsky Modest Mussorgsky, 2008
• Spiderman – Main Title Danny Elfman, 2002
• World Events March J.S.Zamecnik, 1950

MLB Other Music.htm

MLB 90th.htm

The 90^th anniversary of the band was celebrated on September 29, 2007. Click on the section title above to link to our special page giving details of the event.

MLB Member News.htm

Events of 2009 - 2010

• Remembrance Day Services, Concert at the R.C. Legion, Trail
• Rotary Christmas Concert, Trail
• Silver City Days, Trail, May, Beaver Valley Days, Fruitvale, May
• Sunfest Parade, Castlegar, June
• Warfield Days, June
• Gyro Park Concert, Trail, Kinnaird Park Concert, Castlegar, June
• Columbia View Lodge Concert, Trail, June

90^th Anniversary Reunion 2007 (S Guidone)	Silver City Days Parade 2008
Colombo Piazza Concert 2008	Warfield Days Concert

Fundraising

We would like to thank the Royal Canadian Legion Branch #11 (Trail, BC), the City of Trail, the City of Castlegar, the Villages of Warfield, Fruitvale, and Montrose, the United Way, the Trail Arts Society, representatives of the Columbia Basin Trust and individual donors for their continued support of the Trail Maple Leaf Band.

Ongoing financial assistance for the maintenance of the band is always needed. If you would like to support the performing arts and one of the longest running community bands in Canada by making a donation, then please contact us. We are a charitable organization and can offer tax deductible receipts in Canada.

MLB More Photos.htm

MLB Links.htm

General questions about this website and correspondence about the band may be emailed to: webmaster@mapleleaf.kics.bc.ca

MLB Contacts.htm

This site was last updated on June 23, 2010

~sjwalden♫