Bands To Honor Vets At NIC Festival

North Idaho College is hosting the annual “The Gathering of Bands” at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Schuler Performing Arts Center. The Gathering of Bands, now in its 22nd year, is a festival which gathers middle school band students from all over the area together to create great music as one band. More than 400 students from area middle schools will join the North Idaho College Wind Symphony in a musical salute to our veterans and their families. “Music is a wonderful shared experience that can take students out of the confines of their school and unify them with one cause, to make great art,” said NIC Band Director Terry Jones. “This year the music has been selected to honor our veterans and their families. Each piece is a musical thank-you.” Guest conductor David Weatherred starts the concert with the “Colonel Bogey March” by Kenneth Alford. The audience might remember this piece from the movie “Bridge Over the River Kwai”/ Coeur d’Alene Press . More here. (Courtesy photo: Conductor Terry Jones leads practice)