Live Breaking News & Updates on Wichita Clarinet Society

Stay updated with breaking news from Wichita clarinet society. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.

Summer concert series celebrates anniversary


The Kansan
James Jones remembers the first-ever summer summer concert of the Newton Mid-Kansas Symphony Orchestra at the time it was part of a festival, called the Harvey Festival. 
I got the idea from the railroad restaurant and the name of the county and the Judy Garland Movie [The Harvey Girls, 1946], Jones said. 
It was started by Jones and Don Kerhberg, former music professor at Bethel College as something fun to do in the summer. 
There was also a need for some summer music, it worked out very well, Jones said. . I have had a lot of fun. I have played them all on clarinet. I have played all of them, and I got to play what I wanted. ....

Bethel College , United States , Grace Hill Mennonite Church , Wichita State University , James Jones , Timothy Jones , Don Kerhberg , Zachary Hague , Karen Schlabaugh , Indiana University , Wichita Clarinet Society , Albany County School District In Laramie , Summer Chamber Music , Morton Ranch Junior High School In Katy , Newton Mid Kansas Symphony Orchestra , Judy Garland Movie , Historic Warkentin , Wichita Symphony Orchestra , Felix Mendelssohn , Duluth Superior Symphony Orchestra , Morton Ranch Junior High School , Albany County School District , String Academy , Cheyenne Symphony , Second Bassoonist , Lieurance Woodwind Quintet ,