Celebrate Labor Day in grand bandstand style with the Golden Gate Park Band!

This feel-good afternoon honors the spirit of American work and community with a toe-tapping mix of favorites. From the down-home sparkle of the Li’l Abner Overture and suspenseful sounds of Catch Me If You Can (featuring Principal Saxophone Wiliam Aaron). We’ll stroll On the Mall, step in time with Sousa’s Stars and Stripes Forever, and share in the pride of This Land Is Your Land. Add a dash of Leroy Anderson’s playful Horse and Buggy, and you’ve got the perfect soundtrack for a sunny holiday in the park.

Bring a blanket, bring a friend, and celebrate the day with music that works as hard as America does!

Program:

1. On The Mall - E.F. Goldman, arr. M. L. Lake

2. Li'L Abner Overture - Mercer & De Paul, arr Alfred Reed

3. Catch Me If You Can - John Williams

   William Aaron, Saxophone soloist

4. Blue Tango - Leroy Anderson

5. First Suite in E flat - Gustav Holst

6. This Land is Your Land - Woody Guthrie, arr. Kenny

7. Nightmare Before Christmas - Danny Elfman, arr. Michael Brown

8. God Bless America - Irving Berlin

9. Variations on America - Charles Ives, arr. W. Rhoads

10. San Francisco Medley - arr. Gordon Pappas

11. Horse and Buggy- Leroy Anderson

12. Stars and Stripes Forever - Sousa