March 5, 2025
Dear Fellow Band Mates,
EVENT REPORT -- 2025 New Years Party:
On January 4th at 6 pm, in the American Legion hall in San Carlos, The LTWCMB gathered to celebrate the New Year and the 65th anniversary of our illustrious band. We had 39 band members make it, coming the furthest was David Dew-have sax, will travel-who drove in from Arizona. Requests had been made for a small number of our awards to be displayed at the party, but I thought, in for a dime, in for a dollar, and brought the entire collection. Everyone was in their best Los Trancan finery, enjoying appetizers, cookies and fruit salad provided by Cindy, and cocktails from the Post’s well stocked bar. We played one rousing set before sitting down to a wonderful feast from Harry’s Hofbrau that Rich had been in charge of procuring. Turkey, potatoes, stuffing and sides. It was delicious. Chris brought wine for everyone, as well as Caesar and cranberry salad. Pili brought the fruit cake and Florence decorated all 7 tables with centerpiece flowers and supplied all the utensils, etc. Hal brought the banner for the finishing touch. It was great seeing many members who we haven’t marched with in a while. We decided we needed some more music, so we played a second set after dinner, including an impromptu rendition of “Happy Birthday” to the bartendress of the Post. Thank you to all the people who brought food, drinks and set-up the room, and to those who stayed afterwards to help with clean-up. It was a superb night of good times, music and fellowship.
UP NEXT: Welcome to the start of the 2025 parade season Los Trancans, our 66th, where we once again ask, “Just how far IS Tipperary?” The San Francisco St. Patrick’s Day Parade on March 15, promises to be better than last year, at least insofar as the post parade bar scene is concerned. Our longtime after parade host AJ, former owner of Club 89, has just opened a new bar near 8th and Market, and has warmly invited us to share in a hearty Irish dinner after we are through marching. He is very happy we will celebrate the opening of his new bar with him. The parade starts at 2nd and Market and winds up at the Civic Center. Lineup details are on the RSVP page. The forecast is for 58 degree temps, partly cloudy with a 24% chance of rain, and WSW winds at 13mph. The theme this year is The Immigrants Story. Immigrants' stories from Ireland will be highlighted, but immigrants stories in general will also be featured. Let’s make a big turnout for the inaugural bar opening of AJ’s new place.
RSVP: It is important that everyone RSVP for ALL band events so we can plan for the best possible experience for everyone. RSVP WHETHER OR NOT you are planning to show up. Your negative response is just as important as a positive one.
https://ltwcmb.com/rsvp
DEPARTED MEMBERS: The following band members have departed in recent months:
Ronni Haderle, multi instrumentalist, joined 1987, passed in February, 2025.
FUTURE EVENTS: The list of future events includes those events that are confirmed. Detailed information on each event is normally sent out about 10 days before the event.
*- March 15 - St. Patrick’s Day parade, San Francisco
*- April 12 – Annual Rehearsal, Palo Alto
*- May 17 – Los Altos Pet Parade
*- July 27 – Band Picnic, Huddart Park
NEW MEMBERS WANTED: This year, we would like to recruit new members at all levels in our organization. You, our current members, are in the best position to invite your talented friends to join the best marching band in the world! Brass, woodwind, and percussion players are the heart of our sound, of course, but specialty performers are also welcome. Our Executive Committee membership is also included in this effort, so logistics, publicity, party planning, and executive talent is welcome. For recruiting questions or suggestions, email Ross McCourt:
director@ltwcmb.com
EVENT SUGGESTIONS: We are always looking for new ways to share our musical talents with each other and with the public. Email Ross McCourt if you have a suggestion.
director@ltwcmb.com
PARTY LINE: Consider joining our free, voluntary email list, allowing you to keep in touch with other band members. It can be used for any topics that may be of interest to band members, and even for carpooling to band events. We currently have around 90 members on the list. To join or un-join, just send an email to:
subscribe@ltwcmb.com
PHOTOS AND VIDEOS OF THE BAND: We are always looking for photos and video clips of the band that can put on the band website to share our memories! If you have some good ones that you would like to share, particularly from recent events, please send them in. “Original” or “full size” versions are preferred. For photos, you can just send a few at a time as email attachments. For video clips, or lots of photos, just go to photos@ltwcmb.com to send them via Dropbox, with no file-size restrictions.
NEWSLETTER CONTRIBUTIONS: If, from time to time, any of you have news items that would be of interest to our band members, send them in to Chris Quinn, chris.quinn@ltwcmb.com , and we will include them in the next Newsletter. This could include notes for local gigs involving LTWCMB members.
ADDRESS CORRECTIONS: For address corrections contact Chris Quinn, chris.quinn@ltwcmb.com, phone 408-368-7931.
CHARTS ON THE WEB: The band's sheet music and the lyrics to all our tunes are available on the website at https://ltwcmb.com/charts. You will be asked to log in; enter “charts” for both the name and password.
Ross McCourt director@ltwcmb.com
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