Giving Back to Our Community...
 

On Sunday, August 9, the Dayton Philharmonic Concert Band provided an enjoyable afternoon of music to the citizens of Vandalia and Butler Township. The two hour performance included some well known classical pieces along with some patriotic standards such as “Stars and Stripes Forever”.  The 12th annual concert was presented to our community by the Vandalia-Butler Foundation.

Special highlights of the show were the outstanding members of the Vandalia-Butler High School Band that were chosen to perform with the Philharmonic on Several pieces. These students included: Katie Korthauer; French Horn, Jaci Moorman; Trumpet, Rachel Fishbein; Flute, Ryan Betts; French Horn, Megan Bargerhuff; Alto Saxophone, and Natalie Schmidt; Clarinet.

Thanks to the support of our many generous sponsors, we are pleased to bring this concert to Vandalia every 2nd Sunday in August each year. Thank you to the following sponsors who made this year’s concert possible: Beau Townsend Ford/Nissan, Unibuilt Industries, Vandalia Lions Club, Vandalia Cultural Arts Fund, Keller Williams Home Town Realty, Sterling Land Title Agency North, Baker, Hazel & Snider Funeral Home, Vandalia Optimist Club, Mr. and Mrs. Larry Brazie, The Wyse Family Fund, The Woods Financial Group, Ltd., Hearth & Home Assisted Living at Vandalia, Morton & Whetstone Funeral Home, Don Keeley Memorial Fund, Pat & Dale Grimes (In Memory of Gerald Turner), Vandalia Rotary, Senior Assistants, Inc. and The Dayton Foundation.

Our many thanks to these sponsors, St. Christopher Church for providing the venue, the Board Trustees for their hard work organizing the event, and the citizens of Vandalia and Butler Township for your support of the concert and the Vandalia-Butler Foundation.