Blawenburg Band sets anniversary concert May 21

   MONTGOMERY — The Blawenburg Band will celebrate 115 years with an anniversary concert on Saturday, May 21, at the Montgomery High School auditorium.
   The 70-piece concert band — one of the oldest in the state — will perform well-known favorites, as well as premieres of two new compositions.
   The concert will begin at 8 p.m. and is free and open to the public.
   Dr. Jerry Rife, professor of music at Rider University, conducts the Blawenburg Band, which performs more than 30 concerts a year.
   After the concert, there will be a Dixieland session in the school lunchroom with refreshments.