Bartow Adult Concert Band

The Bartow Adult Concert Band provides a domain for experienced, volunteer musicians to perform in a series of popular community concerts throughout the year.

Many of the band's 70 musicians have been playing all their lives, and most of them are full-time Polk County residents.

Although the band is made up of adults of all ages, their target audience is the retired population around the county, and band members come from all parts of the county.

The band performs one free concert a month in the Bartow Civic Center between November and April. The civic center is located at 2250 S. Floral Ave.

The next concert is scheduled for April 15.

All concerts are performed on Sunday beginning at 2:30 p.m. and there is no admission charge.

An exception is the special concert every July 4 that typically fills the 1,000-seat civic center.

The band performs a wide variety of music, including marches, classics, Latin-influenced pieces, jazz and Broadway show tunes.

Director John DeYoung, a retired Polk County high school band director, organized the band in 1990, patterning it after similar concerts in northern states.

For more information, call 863-534-0120.