Rehoboth Concert Band show nets $25K for senior center

Rehoboth Concert Band performed its annual spring concert March 15 to benefit the Cape Henlopen Senior Center.

The program, Soaring: Rising on the Wings of Sound, celebrated innovation, especially in flight, and humanity’s ability to rise above challenges to new heights of achievement and personal growth.

Following an intermission, CHSC Executive Director Linda Bonville spoke about the senior center’s 60 years of service to its members and to the community. She shared the wide variety of services offered to members and discussed plans currently underway to build a new, state-of-the-art facility to better meet the future needs of its constituents.

Rehoboth Concert Band Board President Dianne Deming said, “RCB and the Cape Henlopen Senior Center enjoy a long-standing, mutually beneficial relationship. We rehearse at the center each week and store our equipment in its basement. The magnitude of this gift cannot be exaggerated. We are also grateful that RCB has been invited to continue our association with the center when it moves to its new digs.”

Assisted by trombonist and Sussex Academy senior Oliver Graves, Deming presented Bonville with a $25,000 donation to the CHSC building fund.

RCB Music Director Steven Kieley said, “By providing rehearsal space, the senior center supports the band’s ability to practice, grow and prepare performances, while the band, in turn, contributes to the cultural life of the community. The RCB brings music, energy and engagement to the community, enriching cultural experiences. This mutually beneficial connection highlights how shared resources and collaboration can strengthen community ties and promote the arts.”  

To celebrate the senior center’s milestone 60th anniversary, the band continued the concert with a medley called The Soulful Sixties, arranged by Michael Brown.