Whether you are a regular player with the LCB or you would like to play for the first time, you can download the 2008 Player Information Sheet. If you do, you can fill out the form, save it, and email it to your section leader, or you can print it out and send the completed form to your section leader in the mail.
If you would like some information about playing with the Lafayette Citizens Band before deciding, then please visit our Info for Players page.
Please "note" that your section leaders need your information sheets and availability forms returned by Wednesday, April 23. You will be notified in early May of the concerts you are scheduled for.
His father, James Sr. (Jim), played for many years with the Lafayette Citizens Band, and was also a board member for several years. It was Jim who came up with the idea for the Vintage Brass, and researched similar bands across the country, getting ideas for uniforms and collecting musical arrangments. His other son, Greg, played trumpet with the LCB before he moved out of the state. Greg and his wife Mary now live in New Jersey.
Our sympathies go out to Jim and Eileen, their daughters Janilyn and Barbara, and Greg.
Many people in the Purdue community remember Bill Moffit, the All-American Marching Band Director from 1981 to 1988. Bill Moffit passed away on Wednesday, March 5, in Florida. The Lafayette Journal and Courier has a story about him.
Lafayette Citizens Band fans with good memories may remember that Bill Moffit conducted the LCB for a concert. In 1988, when the band was auditioning for a permanent director (much like what the Lafayette Symphony Orchestra did during its 2006-2007 season), Bill Moffit was one of several conductors who took the podium to direct the LCB. Bill Kisinger also conducted the band that summer, and it was the latter Bill who was chosen for the position. Bill Kisinger has been the Musical Director of the LCB since 1989.
On Sunday, September 9, the Lafayette Citizens Band held its annual meeting at the Depot Building at Riehle Plaza. Entertainment was provided by a flute trio led by Harriet Coppoc, and food was provided by Board volunteers.
Board President Bill Hooper recapped the year, noting a great season with increased attendance, and the emergence of the Vintage Brass as a self-supporting entity. Bill also presented three awards to Board members. The Above and Beyond Award went to Paul Addison, who has been playing with the band since 1974 and has been a Board member all but two years since the LCB became a not-for-profit organization in 1985. The President's Choice Award went to Diane Walkup, who joined the Board just two years ago as Historian, and has since served on the Public Relations Committee and has chaired the Nominations and Long-Range Planning Committee. The Volunteer of the Year Award went to Steve Ruppert, Vice President of Operations, who has faithfully driven up to Lafayette every Thursday evening to run the sound board for the LCB concerts and stays after the concert until everything is packed up and put away.
New members were also welcomed onto the LCB Board. (They are pictured above.) David Anderson, Tyler Brown and Kib Brady are replacing Steve Ruppert, Ben Moreno and Paul Addison. Rocky Killion, who could not attend, is also joining the Board.
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