St. Cloud Municipal Band Celebrates Film Music This Thursday

ST. CLOUD (WJON News) -- You can spend a musical night at the movies in St. Cloud on Thursday. The St. Cloud Municipal Band (SCMB) will perform its spring concert titled "A Night at the Movies" at the Paramount Center for the Arts in downtown St. Cloud.

PHOTO courtesy of the St. Cloud Municipal Band.

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The St. Cloud Municipal Band is over 150 years old, tracing its roots back to 1861

The concert will feature songs from some of Hollywood's biggest hits and animated favorites like Star Wars, E.T., Frozen, and How to Train Your Dragon. The show will have some unexpected movie themes that the audience is sure to love as well. SCMB's Conductor, Andrew Nelson, says the concert has universal appeal to everyone regardless of their musical taste, and it's likely at some point, everyone has been inspired or emotionally moved by a movie soundtrack.

Andrew Nelson of the St. Cloud Municipal Band, PHOTO courtesy of Joel Butkowski/St. Cloud Municipal Band.

Andrew Nelson is also the Director of Bands for Milaca High School

He says the audience will have as much fun hearing the music as the band is having playing it. The St. Cloud Municipal Band's "A Night at the Movies" takes place at 7:00 p.m. and costs $15 for adults, $12 for seniors, and $5 for students. Use this link to purchase tickets.

PHOTO courtesy of the St. Cloud Municipal Band

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