USA East Music NYSB BULLETIN - WINTER 2019/20 | Page 2
From the Executive Officer
What do you want
for Christmas?
LEADERSHIP
TERRITORIAL LEADERS
Commissioners William A. and
G. Lorraine Bamford
EXECUTIVE OFFICER
Lt. Colonel James LaBossiere
BANDMASTER
Derek W. Lance
“What do you want for Christmas?” Most of us have heard this question throughout our
entire lives.
When we were young, we did not have to think that hard for an answer as we usually
had a good-sized list of gifts that we hoped to see under the Christmas tree! There is an
old song that included the line, “all I want for Christmas is my two front teeth”. I’m thinking
that this may have been written by a young cornet player who really needed those teeth
to hit the high notes!
In Paul’s second letter to the Corinthians 9:15 (NIV) we read, “Thanks be to God for
his indescribable gift”. During this Advent season the New York Staff Band will be playing
many wonderful hymns and carols that celebrate the indescribable gift of the Christ. One
such carol, O Little Town of Bethlehem, includes the beautiful words:
How silently, how silently,
The wondrous gift is given!
So God imparts to human hearts
The blessings of his heaven.
No ear may hear his coming;
But in this world of sin,
Where meek souls will receive him, still
The dear Christ enters in.
So, what do I want for Christmas in 2019? In addition to the health, safety and God’s
blessings upon my family what I really want is that all people would know:
“For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves,
it is the gift of God”. (Ephesians 2:8 NIV)
DEPUTY BANDMASTER
Simon Morton
PERSONNEL
SOPRANO CORNET
Major Stewart Dalrymple
SOLO CORNET
Brindley Venables BAND SECRETARY
Anthony Barrington
Lt. Jonathan Quatela
Michael Baker
Brian Smith
FIRST CORNET
Robert Venables
Lt Colonel Kathleen Steele
Noah Rife
SECOND CORNET
Karen Shaffstall
Fred Mbesi
Peter Vaughan BAND SERGEANT
FLUGEL HORN
Daniel Wajda
SOLO HORN
Major Donald Spencer BAND CHAPLAIN
Matthew Hodgson
FIRST HORN
Mackenzie Dalrymple
SECOND HORN
Aaron Harris
CHORUS LEADER
FIRST BARITONE
Christian Riesebieter
Merry Christmas!
SECOND BARITONE
Brandon Finnie
FIRST TROMBONE
Mark Baker
Dorothy Gates COMPOSER IN RESIDENCE
SECOND TROMBONE
Lt. Colonel James LaBossiere
Executive Officer, NYSB
Lorena Simmonds Lance
Nathan Power
BASS TROMBONE
Warren Smith, Jr.
EUPHONIUM
Aaron VanderWeele DEVELOPMENT SECRETARY
Devonte Thompson
E-FLAT TUBAS
Christopher Webster
Michael DeVault
B-FLAT TUBAS
Simon Morton DEPUTY BANDMASTER
Andrew Dressler
PERCUSSION
Andrew Boynton
Thomas Scheibner LIBRARIAN
Robert Myers
Daniel Guillaume
COLOR SERGEANT
Charles F. Olsen Jr.
TREASURER/PROPERTY MANAGER
MULTIMEDIA SPECIALIST
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Major Steve Ditmer
Mark Gates