Upcoming Performances
2025 June Concert
Sunday June 8th 3:00 PM
First United Methodist Church
4790 Gratiot Rd Saginaw
About Us
About Our Group
Focusing on keeping music in Saginaw, the Classic Legacy Band consists of a wide variety of musicians from all around Michigan. These musicians focus one evening per week to perfecting an eclectic assortment of musical pieces in order to present lively and entertaining concerts throughout the year. Under the direction of David Fitts, the Classic Legacy Band caters its concerts to both young and old alike with everything from energetic marches to classical suites.
Our Group's History
Previously known as the Honsinger Symphonic Wind Ensemble, the Legacy Band was formed as a non-profit organization in 2005 after the untimely death of Wind Ensemble director and founder, Lloyd Honsinger. In keeping with Honsinger's wishes, the Wind Ensemble dissolved after his death, but its members remained adamant in maintaining a group that would maintain the high standards initially set by Mr. Honsinger. Under new direction and a new name, the group has reformed in an effort to continue providing the area musicians and Saginaw citizens with a place to play or listen to beautiful music.
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Previous concerts
The Ladies Have It: Classic Legacy Band 2025 Winter Concert March 9th 2025 Swan Valley High School
2025 Classic Legacy Band Winter Concert at Swan Valley High School Auditorium 00:00 Mambo Perro Loco (Crazy Dog Mambo) – Julie Giroux 06:11 Blue Water, Blue Sky – Catherine McMichael Directed by Nancy Benjamin 16:32 Peace Dancer – Jodie Blackshaw 22:55 Tinker to Evers to Chance – Carolyn Bremer Directed by Megan Corkey 30:03 The Bonsai Tree “Sandai-Shogun no Matsu” – Julie Giroux Directed by Jennifer Griffiths 34:57 The Floral Dance – Katie Moss – Arrange by Simon Felder 38:54 Shania! – Shania Twain & Robert John Lange – Arrange by Ted Ricketts 46:19 Chasing Sunlight – Cait Nishimura Directed by Shannon Goebel 50:46 Flight of the Dragon – Mollie Budiansky 55:50 Encore Salvation is Created – Pavel Chesnokov – Arranged by Michael Brown
Classic Legacy Band 2024Christmas Concert Friday December 13th, 2024 Peace Lutheran Saginaw, Michigan
The 2024 Christmas concert of a classic legacy band of Saginaw played at peace Lutheran Church 0:00:16 Christmas Legends – Gary P. Gilroy 0:07:35 Winter Magic – Pinkzebra 0:12:03 Son of Santa the Barbarian – Randall D. Standridge Narration by Sara Beth Keough 0:19:16 A Fireside Christmas – Arranged by Sammy Nestico 0:29:15 Minor Alterations – David Lovrien 0:37:50 Sleigh Ride – Leroy Anderson 0:42:35 A Christmas Festival – Leroy Anderson 0:51:33 Across the Alaskan Snow – JaRod Hall Photos from Lonny Cruff & Dana Armbruster 0:58:23 Carol of the bells (Ukrainian Carol) – Arranged by Chip Davis – Band Arrangement by Robert Longfield 1:03:53 Christmas Sing-A-Long – Arranged by James D. Ployhar Singing lead by Stephanie Bale 1:11:20 Special Thanks 1:18:50 The Polar Express – Alan Silvestri and Glen Ballard – Arranged by Jerry Brubaker 1:28:38 Old Scottish Melody – Setting by Charles A. Wiley
Classic Legacy Band 2024 Fall Concert Sunday November 3rd 2024 First United Methodist Church
2024 Classic Legacy Band Fall Concert at First United Methodist Church 0:00:00 Raging Machines – Brian Balmages 0:08:34 The 1982 World's Fair March – James Christensen 0:13:45 Nathan Hale Trilogy – James Curnow I. Intrada II. Intermezzo III. Finale 0:21:58 Billy Joel in Concert – Billy Joel – Arranged by Warren Barker 0:32:12 Coast Guard Day March – Mark Ashley – Arranged by William Allen Myers 0:37:21 Music from Carmina Burana (Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi) – Carl Orff – Arranged by Jay Bocook 0:43:56 American Riversongs – Pierre LaPlante 0:51:51 Our Flirtation – John Phillips Souza 0:55:42 Galop – Dmitri Shostakovich – Transcribed by Donald Hunsberger 0:59:38 In the Hall of the Mountain King – Edvard Grieg – Arranged by Lloyd Conley
Classic Legacy Band 19th Anniversary Concert Thursday June 13th 2024 First United Methodist Church
2024 Classic Legacy Band 19th Anniversary Concert at First United Methodist Church 0:00:00 March “The Southerner” – Russell Alexander – Arranged by Glenn Cliffe Bainum 0:04:59 Portrait of a Clown – Frank Ticheli 0:08:58 Escher Sketches – Andrew David Perkins 1. Tesselations 2. Relativities 3. Metamorphoses 0:16:55 The Penny - Whistle Song – Leroy Anderson 0:20:15 Australian Up-Country Tune – Percy Aldridge Grainger – Arranged by Glenn Cliffe Bainum 0:24:25 A Crazy, Mixed-Up Opera – David Shaffer 0:29:19 Excerpts from Appalachian Spring – Aaron Copland – Arranged by Robert Longfield 0:40:17 English Folk Song Suite – Ralph Vaughan Williams I. March - “Seventeen Come Sunday” II. Intermezzo - “My Bonny Boy” III. March - “Folk Songs From Somerset” 0:59:00 Seventy Six Trombones from the Music Man – Meredith Wilson – Arranged by Philip J. Lang 1:02:47 Curtain Call – John Wasson
CLB Spring Concert Sunday, May 5th, 2024 First United Methodist Church
2024 Classic Legacy Band Spring Concert at First United Methodist Church 0:00 Fanfare for a New Era – Mark Williams 4:23 Jurassic Park Soundtrack Highlights – John Williams – Arranged by Paul Lavender 17:24 Blessed Are They – Johannes Brahms – Scored by Barbara Buehleman 25:16 The Quilting Party March – John Phillip Sousa 28:27 Our Land ( This Land is Your Land) – Timothy P. Howard 34:20 Chester Overture for Band – William Schuman 42:14 Manhattan Beach March – John Phillip Sousa 45:42 The Abduction from the Seraglio – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Transcribed by Robert Longfield 53:29 Encore Salvation is Created – Pavel Chesnokov – Arranged by Michael Brown
CLB Winter Concert Saturday, March 3rd, 2024 Bay City Western High School
2024 Classic Legacy Band Winter Concert at Bay City Western High School 0:00:00 Pink Lemonade – Albert J. Weidt – Arranged by Nicholas J Contorno 0:04:37 Air for Band – Frank Erickson 0:09:42 Man of La Mancha – Frank Erickson – Music by Mitch Leigh 0:19:33 Shenandoah – Frank Ticheli 0:27:17 Dedicatory Overture – Clifton Williams 0:37:13 Valdres – Johannes Hanssen 0:34:24 Before the Dawn – David Biedenbender 0:56:23 Sabre Dance – Aram Khatchaturian – Arranged by Andrew Balent 1:00:18 Pirates of the Caribbean – Music by Klaus Badelt – Arranged by John Wasson 1:10:35 *Encore* Sabre Dance – Aram Khatchaturian – Arranged by Andrew Balent
Classic Legacy Band Christmas Concert Friday, December 15th, 2023 Peace Lutheran Saginaw, Michigan
0:00 An American Christmas – Arranged by Robert W. Smith
5:22 Holiday Favorites – Arranged by Paul Lavender
13:37 Hallelujah – Leonard Cohen – Arranged by Michael Brown
18:06 Christmas Vacation – Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil – Arranged by Patrick Roszell
22:13 The Nightmare Before Christmas – Danny Elfman – Arranged by Michael Brown
29:52 Silver Bells – Jay Livingston & Ray Evans – Arranged by John Moss
34:28 In Thee is Gladness – Emmet Lewis
*World Premiere*
Commissioned by the Classic Legacy Band of Saginaw to honor the life of Kenneth J. Klages
48:38 Angels We Have Heard on High – Arranged by John M. Pasternak
52:00 Greensleeves – Arranged by Alfred Reed
59:08 A Cartoon Christmas – Arranged by Michael Story
1:04:37 Christmas Sing-A-Long – Singing lead by Stephanie Bale – Arranged by James D. Ployhar
1:12:43 Toboggan – JaRod Hall
1:20:17 Sleigh Ride – Leroy Anderson
1:23:42 Old Scottish Melody – Setting by Charles A. Wiley
CLB Fall Concert October 29, 2023
The Star Spangled Banner
Orchestrated by John Phillip Souza
Harmonized by Walter Damrosch
Edited by Keith Brion
The Great Train Record
Robert W. Smith
Train Heading West
1. Prairie Ritual
2. Rain On The Mountains
3.Train Heading West
Timothy Broege
Hobo Train
John O’Reilly
The Polar Express
Alan Silvestri and Glen Ballard
Arranged by Jerry Brubaker
The Great Locomotive Chase
Robert W. Smith
Runaway Circus Train
Erik Morales
Orient Express
Philip Sparke
Halcyon Hearts
Katahj Copley
CLB Spring Concert April 30, 2023
Fanfare for the Common Man
Aaron Copland
Arranged by Robert Longfield
The Solitary Dancer
Warren Benson
Bugler’s Holiday
Leroy Anderson
Transcribed by Michael Edwards
Gaelforce
Peter Graham
Amazing Grace
Arranged by William Himes
Broadway in the 90’s
Arranged by John Higgins
An American Elegy
Frank Ticheli
Globe and Eagle
John Philip Sousa
CLB Winter Concert February 26, 2023
Black Granite
James L. Hosay
Joyant Narrative
W. Francis McBeth
Arranged & Scored by Eric Osterling
Two Excerpts from the
Pathétque Symphony
Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74
I. Andante from 1st Movement
II. March from 3rd Movement
Pytor Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Arranged for military band
by Percy E. Fletcher
The Immoveable Do
Percy Grainger
Rocky on Broadway
Arranged by Patrick Roszell
Coat of Arms
George Kenny
Sheltering Sky
John Mackey
Symphonic Dance No.3 “Fiesta”
Clifton Williams
CLB Christmas Concert December 16th, 2022
The Proclamation of Christmas
Stephen Bulla
Away In A Manger
Arranged by Chip Davis
Adapted by Robert Longfield
A Fireside Christmas
Arranged by Sammy Nestico
O Holy Night
Adolphe Charles Adam
Arranged by Calvin Custer
World Premier
Make Room for Joy
Eric M. Schroeder
~Intermission ~
A Christmas Festival
Leroy Anderson
Greensleeves
Arranged by Alfred Reed
Rudolph’s Christmas Concert
Johnny Marks
Arranged & Scored by Eric Osterling
O Magnum Mysterium
Morten Lauridsen
Transcribed by H. Robert Reynolds
Sleigh Ride
Leroy Anderson
Old Scottish Melody
Setting Charles A. Wiley
CLB Fall Concert November 6, 2022
Procession of Nobles
Nicholas Rimsky-Korsakov
Arranged by Erik Leidzén
A Hymn of Thanksgiving
“We Gather Together...”
Edward Kremser
Arranged by Andrew Glover
Pirates of the Caribbean
Klaus Badelt
Arranged by John Wasson
The Witch and the Saint
Steven Reineke
Florentiner March –Italian Grand March
Julius Fučík
Edited by John R. Bourgeois
Canzona
Peter Mennin
Variants on an English Sea Song
“Spanish Ladies”
Arranged by Zachary Docter
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