Get your calendars! The Main Street American Swing Band will play Friday, March 30th at 8:30pm at the Lumberyard Music Hall (1109 Main St. Bastrop, TX). 

Swing dance lessons are offered from 7:30-8:30pm, and then the Main Street American Swing Band takes the stage.  Swing dance lessons are taught by Cliff and Terry Bevridge, local professional dance instructors.

   
Music and swing dance lessons...all for $7.00 cover. It's BYOB and snacks are available for purchase.

More news...
Spring Concert Scheduled!
The BCC&O will perform:
G.F. Händel - Messiah
Parts 2 & 3 (Easter Section)


Also on the program, the BCC&O Wind Ensemble will perform:

October by Eric Whitacre

Latin American Dances, The Legend of Elissa, and Variations on La Folia
-all pieces written by local composer
and former Bastrop High School band
director, Clif Jones.

Saturday, March 31th - 7:30pm
Sunday, April 1st - 4:00pm
- First United Methodist Church of Bastrop
   1201 Main St., Bastrop, TX 78602
- No reservation necessary.

Messiah in the Spring?!  It may seem unexpected to perform the venerable Christmas classic in the Spring.  According to theologian Dr. Mark D. Roberts, "But, in truth, Handel did not write the Messiah as a piece of Christmas music. We know this for a couple of reasons. First, if you pay close attention to the words of the Messiah in the libretto (the text of the music) written by Charles Jennens, you’ll discover that only the first part of the composition has to do with the birth of Jesus. The second and third parts focus on his death, resurrection, the sending of the Spirit at Pentecost, and the final resurrection of all believers. Second, the first performance of the Messiah occurred, not during Advent or Christmas, but in Eastertide. Handel’s masterpiece was first performed in Dublin on April 13, 1742, 19 days after Easter."

Please join us for the Easter Section of Messiah in March! 

 Georg Friedrich Händel

To join us, contact BCC&O at 512/321-7529 or come by The Lumberyard Music Hall at 1109 Main St. in Bastrop, TX
(across from the post office) during a rehearsal!

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