NELSON TOWN BAND
THE NELSON TOWN BAND
The Nelson Town Band, under the direction of Donna Morse, has been instrumental (pun intended) in carrying on the tradition of a local town band. We play on town commons, church lawns, and parades throughout the Monadnock Region of southern New Hampshire, with occasional forays into Vermont.
The band is made up of players of all ages from the town of Nelson, NH and surrounding towns. Typically, the younger members are active in their school bands and many are very accomplished musicians who plan to pursue a serious study of music. Several of the older members have dusted off their instruments after many years and are discovering how much fun it is to play again.
The band practices every Sunday afternoon starting in March, and opens their season in Nelson with a Memorial Day concert, parade around the common, and a trip up the hill to the cemetery. The performance schedule becomes more vigorous as the summer goes on. We enjoy playing at the Maplewood community for elder folks, the ice cream socials on the Nelson Congregation Church lawn in July and early September, and the parades for the many old home day celebrations and other local events. In December, we put on a special holiday concert in the Nelson Town Hall.
Income from the concerts and parades goes to support students going to music camp, to other area musical programs in need of funding and to purchasing music for the band. We are very excited to announce that we are now in a partnership with the Nelson School(K-5) to both financially and musically support their emerging band program. The Nelson Town Band has also been able to contribute generously to purchasing new band chairs, a tuba and a stage piano at Keene High School, new uniforms for the Keene Middle School band as well as to other music programs in need.
2022 EVENTS
Thanks to all of you for your support of live music!
We're back! We've been rehearsing since mid March back home at the Nelson Congregational Church and loving it! Our schedule is filling up for the summer. Hope to see you soon!
Sun May 28 @tbd Marlow Mem Day Event
Sun, May 29 11:30am Nelson Mem. Day Event
Tue, Jun 7 private event
Mon Jul 4 @12pm Andover, NH parade
Sun Jul 10 @4pm Nelson Ice Cream Social
Sat Jul 16 @10am Swanzey OHD parade/concert
Sun Jul 17 @6:30pm Walpole Savings Bank concert
Tue Jul 19 @6:30pm Marlborough Frost Free Lib
Sat Jul 23 @1pm Harrisville parade
Sat Aug 6 @12pm Nelson Old Home Days
Sat Aug 13 @2:30 Maplewood Nursing Home
Sun Aug 14 @6:30pm Hinsdale Heritage Park
Tue Aug 16 private event
Sun Aug 21 Granite Lake(tentative)
Tue Aug 23 Private event
Sat Aug 27 Greenville, NH Parade
Sun Sep 4 @3pm Nelson Ice Cream Social
Mon Sep 5 @12pm Milford Parade
Sat Sep 24 @10am Winchester Pickle Festival
Sun Dec 18 @4pm Nelson Town Hall