<span fr-original-style="color: rgb(14, 14, 14); font-family: &quot;open sans&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;" style="color:rgb(14, 14, 14);font-family:&quot;open sans&quot;, sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline !important;box-sizing:inherit">The Merrimack Valley Concert Band is a community concert band located in West Newbury, Massachusetts.  <p style="background:transparent;border:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;pointer-events:auto;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(var(--color_15));letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;width:100%;box-sizing:inherit;margin-block:0px;margin:0px"><span fr-original-style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; letter-spacing: normal;" style="background:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;letter-spacing:normal;box-sizing:inherit">Formerly known as the West Newbury Veteran Fireman's Association Concert Band, the organization harkens back to the days when rural communities throughout New England fought fires with volunteers, bucket brigades, and horse drawn/hand pumped fire apparatus.  <p style="background:transparent;border:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;pointer-events:auto;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(var(--color_15));letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;width:100%;box-sizing:inherit;margin-block:0px;margin:0px"><span fr-original-style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; letter-spacing: normal;" style="background:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;letter-spacing:normal;box-sizing:inherit">﻿<p style="background:transparent;border:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;pointer-events:auto;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(var(--color_15));letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;width:100%;box-sizing:inherit;margin-block:0px;margin:0px"><span fr-original-style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; letter-spacing: normal;" style="background:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;letter-spacing:normal;box-sizing:inherit">As more modern equipment began to replace the "handtubs," towns formed associations to keep the past alive by competing in pumping contests, or "musters." It was shortly after West Newbury formed such an association, in 1922, that a Fife and Drum Corps was formed to accompany the handtub.<p style="background:transparent;border:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;pointer-events:auto;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(var(--color_15));letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;width:100%;box-sizing:inherit;margin-block:0px;margin:0px"> <p style="background:transparent;border:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;pointer-events:auto;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(var(--color_15));letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;width:100%;box-sizing:inherit;margin-block:0px;margin:0px"><span fr-original-style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; letter-spacing: normal;" style="background:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;letter-spacing:normal;box-sizing:inherit">Following a period of inactivity, interest was renewed and this time a Brass Marching Band was formed, accompanied by baton twirlers and a color guard. It was during this time that the association acquired the handtub Gardner 4, which it owns to this day. After enjoying a decade of popularity, league championships, even a trip to the 1964 New York World's Fair, interest again waned and the band fell silent.<p style="background:transparent;border:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;pointer-events:auto;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(var(--color_15));letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;width:100%;box-sizing:inherit;margin-block:0px;margin:0px"> <span fr-original-style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; letter-spacing: normal;" style="background:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;letter-spacing:normal;box-sizing:inherit">In 1989 the Band was again reformed for the purpose of participating in the 100th anniversary of the New England States Veteran Fireman's Association. This time the band took on a life of its own, and has remained active ever since, marching in parades and presenting concerts throughout the North Shore and seacoast New Hampshire regions. The Merrimack Valley Concert Band incorporated separately as it's own 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in April 2004 to further the Band's educational and charitable purposes. Our Band promotes the community concert band tradition as an important part of America's musical heritage.<p style="background:transparent;border:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;pointer-events:auto;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(var(--color_15));letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;width:100%;box-sizing:inherit;margin-block:0px;margin:0px"> <p style="background:transparent;border:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;pointer-events:auto;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(var(--color_15));letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;width:100%;box-sizing:inherit;margin-block:0px;margin:0px">Donations to our general fund help us to continue to bring music to the Merrimack Valley area. <p style="background:transparent;border:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;pointer-events:auto;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(var(--color_15));letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;width:100%;box-sizing:inherit;margin-block:0px;margin:0px"><span fr-original-style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; letter-spacing: normal;" style="background:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;letter-spacing:normal;box-sizing:inherit">﻿<p style="background:transparent;border:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;pointer-events:auto;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(var(--color_15));letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;width:100%;box-sizing:inherit;margin-block:0px;margin:0px">

Hello <span contenteditable="false" data-custom-variable="{{firstname}}" fr-original-class="fr-deletable styled-tag-chip" fr-original-style style="background-color:rgb(248, 248, 255);border:1px solid rgb(191, 191, 255);border-radius:4px;color:rgb(42, 42, 196);padding:1px 8px;font-size:11px;display:inline-block;margin:0px;overflow-wrap:anywhere;user-select:none;box-sizing:inherit">First name, Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for supporting our band. This donation greatly helps us bring music to the Merrimack Valley. If you would like more information on scheduling a concert or joining the band, please contact us. Valerie HermansonMVCB President MerrimackValleyCB@gmail.com

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The Merrimack Valley Concert Band is a community concert band located in West Newbury, Massachusetts.  <p style="border:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;pointer-events:auto;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;line-height:1.4em;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;width:100%;box-sizing:inherit;margin-block:0px;margin:0px;max-width:100%">Formerly known as the West Newbury Veteran Fireman's Association Concert Band, the organization harkens back to the days when rural communities throughout New England fought fires with volunteers, bucket brigades, and horse drawn/hand pumped fire apparatus.  <p style="border:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;pointer-events:auto;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;line-height:1.4em;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;width:100%;box-sizing:inherit;margin-block:0px;margin:0px;max-width:100%">﻿<p style="border:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;pointer-events:auto;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;line-height:1.4em;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;width:100%;box-sizing:inherit;margin-block:0px;margin:0px;max-width:100%">As more modern equipment began to replace the "handtubs," towns formed associations to keep the past alive by competing in pumping contests, or "musters." It was shortly after West Newbury formed such an association, in 1922, that a Fife and Drum Corps was formed to accompany the handtub.<p style="border:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;pointer-events:auto;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;line-height:1.4em;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;width:100%;box-sizing:inherit;margin-block:0px;margin:0px;max-width:100%"> <p style="border:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;pointer-events:auto;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;line-height:1.4em;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;width:100%;box-sizing:inherit;margin-block:0px;margin:0px;max-width:100%">Following a period of inactivity, interest was renewed and this time a Brass Marching Band was formed, accompanied by baton twirlers and a color guard. It was during this time that the association acquired the handtub Gardner 4, which it owns to this day. After enjoying a decade of popularity, league championships, even a trip to the 1964 New York World's Fair, interest again waned and the band fell silent.<p style="border:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;pointer-events:auto;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;line-height:1.4em;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;width:100%;box-sizing:inherit;margin-block:0px;margin:0px;max-width:100%"> In 1989 the Band was again reformed for the purpose of participating in the 100th anniversary of the New England States Veteran Fireman's Association. This time the band took on a life of its own, and has remained active ever since, marching in parades and presenting concerts throughout the North Shore and seacoast New Hampshire regions. The Merrimack Valley Concert Band incorporated separately as it's own 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in April 2004 to further the Band's educational and charitable purposes. Our Band promotes the community concert band tradition as an important part of America's musical heritage.<p style="border:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;pointer-events:auto;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;line-height:1.4em;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;width:100%;box-sizing:inherit;margin-block:0px;margin:0px;max-width:100%"> <p style="border:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;pointer-events:auto;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;line-height:1.4em;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;width:100%;box-sizing:inherit;margin-block:0px;margin:0px;max-width:100%">Donations to our general fund help us to continue to bring music to the Merrimack Valley area. <p style="border:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;pointer-events:auto;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;line-height:1.4em;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;width:100%;box-sizing:inherit;margin-block:0px;margin:0px;max-width:100%">﻿<p style="border:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;pointer-events:auto;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;line-height:1.4em;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;width:100%;box-sizing:inherit;margin-block:0px;margin:0px;max-width:100%">

Merrimack Valley Concert Band

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