by Marianne DEROW
mariannd@isb.ac.th
This year the Annual ISB Massed Band Festival is hosting 4 other schools in addition to ISB: Thai-Chinese International School, International Community School, British Regents School and International School Eastern Seaboard. The guest conductor is Dennis Granlie from Great Falls, Montana in the USA. Nearly 175 students take part in the festival, which culminates in a Gala Concert at 2 pm in the Chevron Theatre on Saturday, November 1. Each band will perform an individual song, and then all 5 schools join together as a massed band to perform music including an arrangement of the 1812 Overture and also a Beatles medley from the Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band Album. In addition to the concert bands, the ISB Jazz Band will also be performing, featuring music of Sonny Rollins. The concert is free and open to the public, and there will be reception following with cake and drinks.