USA East Music NYSB BULLETIN - SUMMER 2018 | Page 9

itself verbally through the prayer of Lt. Colonel James LaBossiere,
the devotional of Major Philip Lloyd, and two spirited testimonies
by Future All-Star members Helen Wajda and Edward Hardy. Several
other works were presented, including Libertango (Astor Piazolla
arr. Harold Burgmayer), Solidarity (Robert Redhead), and the classic
mediation Light of the World (Dean Goffin), conducted by Matt Luhn,
Divisional Music Director for the Massachusetts Division and principal
trombonist of the New York Staff Band. The band also sang Jesus Paid
it All and concluded the festival with Steven Ponsford’s tour de force,
Turris Fortissima.
With this being the fifteenth Future All-Star weekend, The New
York Staff Band is now at the point where a number of Future All-Star
members are starting to contribute to the weekly ministry of the New
T H E S A LVAT I O N A R M Y U S A E A S T
York Staff Band. A number of Future All-Stars are current members
of the band. This particular finale featured a march written by Future
All-Star Alum Kevin Downing called Camp Walter Johnson, named
presumably after the divisional camp of the Carolina Divisions. The
march was led by the famous euphonium soloist of the band, Aaron
VanderWeele, who was one of the chief organizers of the first several
Future All-Star weekends.
This was certainly an enjoyable weekend and one that was
spiritually and musically uplifting for all privileged enough to have
experienced it!
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