World of Music is set to entertain at seniors centre

World of Music is set to entertain at seniors centre. THE GIFT OF MUSIC. The Gravenhurst Bifocals Concert Band will be performing its annual spring concert at the local seniors centre May 12 and will also be dedicating a grand piano to the Muskoka Concert Band as part of the festivities. (Submitted photo)

GRAVENHURST - The Gravenhurst-based Bifocals Concert Band will be hosting their annual spring concert May 12 in the Gravenhurst Seniors Centre.
Under the direction of Neil Barlow, the 40-piece concert band will be presenting A World of Music starting at 7:30 p.m. that night.
But this year, not only will the audience be treated to the lively sounds of the Bifocals, they will also witness the true gift of music, as the band plans to make a donation.
Barlow and his fellow band members are dedicating a grand piano to the Muskoka Concert Band and it will find a permanent home at the seniors centre. The piano came to the band through Huntsville’s Janet Fisher, 71, who passed it on to the Bifocals on behalf of her late 12-year-old daughter Stephanie, who passed in 2000, and her late husband, David, who passed in 2007 at the age of 71. David was an avid pianist who used to give concert recitals on the piano in his Huntsville home.
The piano itself is a 1960s, German-built, 6 1/2 foot, black, C. Bechstein Model B Grand Piano. Gravenhurst Trinity United Church minister of music Danny McCoy will play a number of solo pieces on the piano and warm it up, and the official presentation to the Muskoka Concert Band will take place shortly after 8 p.m.
Tickets for the annual spring concert are $10 at the door or from one of the Bifocal Band members.

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