Class of 88 Alumni.. Awesome Performance.❤😊

My high school symphonic band ( Havre, Montana) played this for festival adjudication in May 1967. It was thrilling to perform at that time....now with 55 years of listening to great music..I am not quite sure of the quality of this piece...

While searching for ideas on Sursum Corda, I found this wonderful performance. After discovering how it came into existence, I thought it deserved my praise. Music education of this caliber is to be commended. Many of these young musicians are now certainly established in their careers. Some probably are music teachers keeping the education alive. Well done.

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先生の作品コンサートで何度も演奏しました🎵出版社の楽譜が６ページあり演奏中にページをめくるのがたいへんだったのが思い出ですね🎵でも音符🎵が見やすい最高の楽譜でしたねぇ🎵この曲も懐かしい🎵最高の演奏ありがとうございました🎵とっても感動感激しました🎵

凄い‼️名演奏ですね🎵Dハンスバーガー先生のアレンジメント凄い‼️オリジナルよりやわらかい音響効果が出てますねぇ🎵凄すぎますね‼️オリジナルのコロンボ出版社の楽譜はもう絶版で手に入らない５０年以前に日本でよく演奏されたﾈﾘﾍﾞル先生の名作品最高に素敵で素晴らしい名演奏ありがとうございました🎵青春時代ブラスバンド過ごした時の最高の思い出の曲でした本当に懐かしい🎵最高ですね🎵

R.I.P. MR. LEGA! YOU WILL BE TRULY MISSED. CLASS OF 94'

Who in the name of God would ever "thumbs down" this recording?

Loved the trumpet part on this arrangement. Fun song!!

What was JT's mascot before they got the Steelmen statue from the 1933 Chicago World's Fair? My dad ('37) would know but I ('73) never asked.

Wow. I was playing in this in '86-87. Boy, were we good!

An exceptional performance.

The reason it sounds as though it's in E may be a recording thing. The recording machine may have had something with it that causes the pitch to be higher.

Ron Nelson. In his 90's now (2015), attended this school (JT). Became one of this country's foremost composers for band, orchestra and choral): Rocky Point Holiday, Savannah River Holiday, Aspen Jubilee, etc)

by Ron Nelson who was appointed to the JTHS Band by Director Bruce Houseknecht in 1946 or 1947.....

Arranged by Bruce Houseknecht?!

This is great. I remember when I played this in high school. My favorite part of the song is a 6:18. Such a great piece of music.

Absolutely awesome!

A wonderful piece and so well played. Thanky ou for this..

I think this was one of my favorites that we ever played at Central. We played it for alumni band too and it was pretty cool.

I was one of the Euphonium players in this band...this was my fav performance and fav song...all credit should goto Teddy Lega, a Lion amongst men. He took a buncha misfits year after year and not only created magic, but touched us all. We were far from perfect, and individually won almost nothing...but together we were great.

Class of 2001. We performed this recording at the U of I superstate competition my junior or senior year of high school I can't remember which year it was.I am on trumpet.This is another one of my favorite pieces we performed under the baton of our legendary director Mr. Ted Lega.

Proud JT high school band alum class of 2001. We played this piece my freshman year 98 as honor band at the U of I superstate competition. I am on trumpet. This was my favorite piece. I remember countless hours in the band room trying to perfect this song. When we finally reached what we thought was perfection and made it through the piece landing perfectly on the final note, The Greatest director and teacher of all time Mr. Ted Lega would simply say "something like that". He taught me that perfection should never be mentally achieved or claimed. Greatness and perfection should be something you are always striving for... This way you never stop pushing yourself to become better. He did not just teach us about the notes on the page. He thought us about the music that was not written.

trumpets 98 nigga!!!!!!!!!!

basically had tears after hearing this recording. Have my copy on cassette as well. I entered as a freshman to find out this is what the previous band sounded like the year before. can't tell you what confidence this recording gave me to have a career in music so many years later!

We played this at Chicago Vocational High School in 1974. It was powerful.

Thank you, that really was uplifting:-)

A "Steelman"

we're playing this in my schools to band! It's so fun! I pay 2nd clarinet :) love it

Great march.I played it in 1968 VFW National Convention with the Lansing, MI VFW Post 701 band. They were the defending National Senior Band, and won again. They won every competition as long as I was in the band.

i was in this band from 1997-2001 and marched corp for a while

Played this song my junior year in high scool... We knocked it out of the park.... The song was really easy... French Horns rock!!! Get your band directors to do either to the summit, africa: ceremony song and ritual both bu robert w smith... Or alfred reeds russian christmas music

Omg! I remember playing this my senior year in high school. We practiced our a55es off in the clarinet section to get this right! We won/placed first in every Symphonic Band competition the four years that I was there 1983-1987. Great experience!

It is just a rumor that this piece is so glad and optimistic because its composer thought of Stalin's death whilst composing but actually its use was for the anniversary of the revolution.

No. It was written to commemorate the 37th anniversary of the October Revolution in Russia

and many MANY more to come XD

I am honored to go to this school. I am honored to be a steelmen. And most of all, i am HONORED to be in the Joliet Central Band. <3 Year of 2015 ;)

Why is this in the wrong key?

Hey, this is Chris Riley, class of 89. James, I remember you and Steve I remember playing bass in your basement in Elwood with Mike Lindstrom and listening to Led Zeppelin records. Wow, long time ago! I remember these performances like they yesterday

i'm james stegall, class of '90....i was a freshman in band that year, and this performance remains my absolute favourite and the best the JTC symphonic band ever sounded...hearing this that sunday afternoon in february 1987, i knew i'd be part of a long lasting history with this great band..JTC band rules forever!

All I can say is DANG! This is from a high school!?

please stop critquing my band. this is from many years ago so your can't do anything about "fixing" things. joliet central has an amazing history and tradition and if you can't just enjoy listening to this amazing piece of art by a historical band than please don't listen, although you'd be missing out. also the 4 dislikes are crazy people, just saying. <3 class of 2011 alum

This is absolutely fantastic. It is an honor to have been a part of the history of this band.

Great memories.

And what's the mascot of Joliet Central? :-)

I had the timpani part for this junior year... pure epicness. This and the timpani part for 'Symphonic Movement'... both = sheer amazingness :D

Wasn't this written for Stalin's funeral?

So this isn't copy righted?

We played this in a Joliet Central concert about 1969 or 1970. This and March of the Steelmen are some of my favorites.

@azdxsw hey hey mine too!