The Lake Area Community Band will perform patriotic songs July 4 at Lakeside Park, Syracuse. Photo provided by Lake Area Community Band.

News Release

SYRACUSE — The Lake Area Community Band will perform July 4 at Lakeside Park, Syracuse, before the fireworks.

The concert will begin at 7:30 p.m. and last 90 minutes.

Marty Becker has been directing the band for 20 years and has planned an entertaining lineup of music.

The band will perform some patriotic selections, including “American Flourish,” “You’re a Grand Old Flag,” “America the Beautiful,” “The Stars and Stripes Forever,” “Our America” and a medley of “Yankee Doodle Boy,” “This Land is Your Land,” and “God Bless the U.S.A.”

In addition to the patriotic selections, the band will perform “A Touch of Cohan,” “Italian Holiday,” and “Fiska” from Franz Liszt’s Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2.

The band will also perform a fun novelty number called “Comedy Classics” containing a medley of six famous sitcom theme songs.

The annual July 4 concert is sponsored by the Syracuse Parks Department.

Dale Mock, one of the first board officers, wrote and arranged the band’s theme song. The song continues to be performed at the beginning of most concerts. Joe Peloza serves as the assistant director.

More information, visit www.lacband.com or its Facebook page.

All donations to the band, a nonprofit, are tax deductible.

Checks should be mailed to Tala Clay, treasurer, Lake Area Community Band, Inc., P.O. Box 123, Syracuse, IN 46567.