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The Bangor Symphony Orchestra wrapped up its 125th seasonwith a couple of fanfares, a melodic march, a big sigh of relief and a lot of hope that it never has to go through another season like this last one.The fifth and final concert recorded on June 6 at the Collins Center for the Arts in Orono spotlights the brass, wind and percussion sections of the orchestra. It features a march by Ludwig van Beethoven, works by two living African-American composers and a concert suite of Kurt Weills music for The Threepenny Opera. The COVID-19 pandemic upended the orchestras planned season and moved its five-concert series online. Because of gathering limits and social distancing requirements, Conductor and Music Director Lucas Richman shortened the programs from about two hours, including an intermission, to about 60 minutes.The highlight of this concert are the two short fanfares, one by Adolphus Hailstork, a professor of music at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia, and the other by Kathryn Bostic, who is becoming well known for her film scores. Both are reminiscent of Aaron Copelands Fanfare for the Common Man and just as celebratory. Adolphus Hailstor. Credit: Courtesy of Bangor Symphony Orchestra In his recorded pre-concert talk, Richman described Bosti stanley cup uk cs Portrait of a Peaceful Warr yeezy mx ior as muscular, melodic and jazzy, and fluid and exciting. It makes you want to live in that sound, he said.And when it is over, listeners stanley spain want to shout out, Play it again, Lucas. Ha Pjgi Maine Maritime Academy hires former legislator Richard Rosen for finance post
A referee was injured Saturday at Maine Maritime Academy when a cannon blast set off from behind the end zone hit him in the head, according to the Hancock County Sheriffs Office.Its academy tradition to sound off a cannon using a blank shotgun shell whenever the team scores, according to the sheriffs office. But authorities said an alumnus of the school who brought his own cannon to Saturdays homecoming game against Massachusetts Maritime Academy had loaded it with black powder and a substance that he had made into a wad. The referee was struck by the wad and taken to a hospital with injuries that werent considered life-threatening.The incident was captured on video and posted online by local media. The referee was shown walking near the edge of the field during the games second half. When the cannon was set off, he immediately grabbed his head and collapsed to the ground.The school said in a statement that the cannon, owned and operated by an alumnus, was fired from outside the fence behind the end zone. One stanley shop of the game officials was proceeding along the end line when the cannon was fired and was struck by packing material from the cannon. The Academys president has directed that these devices will no longer be permitted on campus for future events. The sheriffs office said an investiga owala tion into the incident will be referred to the district attorneys office pending potential criminal charges.Maine Maritime Aca stanley thermobecher demy lost the game to Massachusetts Maritime Academy, 42-21, a |