Program
USA TOUR 2014 - ITINERARY:
Saturday, October 18
103 South Main Street
Community Center
Protivin, Iowa
Concert: 7:00 p.m.
Sunday, October 19
Czech and Slovak Sokol Minnesota
383 Michigan Street
St. Paul, Minnesota
Concert: 1:30 p.m.
Monday, October 20
University of Wisconsin-River Falls
410 S. 3rd Street, River Falls, Wisconsin
Concert: 7:30 p.m. Falcon's Nest, University Center - UWRF.
Tuesday, October 21
Hilltop Hall
206 1st St N
Montgomery, Minnesota
Concert: 7:00 p.m.
Wednesday, October 22
National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library
1400 Inspiration Place SW
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Concert: 7:00 p.m.
Thursday, October 23
Sinsinawa Mound
585 County Road Z
Sinsinawa, Wisconsin
Concerts in the morning and afternoon for school children
Friday, October 24
G.A.R. Hall
508 Douglas
Yankton, South Dakota
Concert : 7:00 p.m.
Saturday, October 25
National Music Museum
414 E Clark St.
Vermillion, South Dakota
University of South Dakota
Concert: 2:00 p.m.
Sunday, October 26
ZČBJ Hall in Verdigre, Nebraska
Concert: 1:00 p.m.
Monday, October 27
Verdigre High School Band Room, Verdigre, Nebraska
9:30 p.m.- 2:00 p.m. Play for various groups of students
2:00 p.m. Verdigre Alpine Village (Retirement Home)
Wednesday, October 29
Resurrection Catholic Church
333 Hilltop Drive
Green Bay, Wisconsin
Concert: 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, October 30
St Lawrence Catholic Church
N2085 Highway 63
Denmark, Wisconsin
Concert: 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, November 1
Concert #1
T. G. Masaryk Czech School
5701 W. 22nd Place
Cicero, Illinois
Time: 11-12 p.m., 12-1 p.m., 2-3 p.m. (for students only)
Concert #2
Klas Restaurant
5734West Cermak Road.
Cicero, Illinois 60804
Concert: 7:00 p.m.
Sunday, November 2
Metropolis Performing Arts Centre
111 W Campbell St
Arlington Heights, Illinois
Concert: 3:00 p.m.
The repertoire consists of arrangements of Chod folk songs and instrumental compositions:
- full-length concert – music from the whole repertoire of the Domažlice Bagpipe Band, folkinstruments played, moderated, with stories about bagpipe (dudy) music history and “poudacky ”, typical Chod jokes.
- festivals – entire concerts or as part of shared programs
- school concerts – educational concerts on Chod history and the development of bagpipe (dudy) music through audience participation (singing folk songs, playing folk instruments, dialogue)
- Christmas concerts – program with traditional Chod carols
- music for a variety of social occasions
The Domažlice Bagpipe Band performances are moderated, not only in Czech, but also in English, German, Italian or Russian.