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Independence Day Celebration
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Independence Day Celebration

Thu, July 3, 2025 | 8:30pm
LAKE BENSON PARK, GARNER

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Program

North Carolina Symphony
Sophie Mok, conductor
Scott MacLeod, baritone


John Stafford Smith/Francis Scott Key/ Orch. John Philip Sousa/Walter Damrosch  
“The Star-Spangled Banner”

Scott MacLeod, baritone

John Williams  / Arr. Calvin Custer
“Summon the Heroes”

Various composers / Arr. Calvin Custer
A Salute to the Big Bands

Irving Gordon / Arr. Nelson Riddle
“Unforgettable”
Scott MacLeod, baritone

George M. Cohan / Arr. Bill Holcombe
“George M. Cohan Medley”
Scott MacLeod, baritone

Various composers / Arr. Robert Lowden
“Armed Forces Salute”

John Williams
Superman March”

Aaron Copland
“Hoe-Down” from Rodeo 

Steven Reineke/Ernest Thayer
“Casey at the Bat”

Scott MacLeod, narrator

Samuel Ward/Katharine Lee Bates / Arr. Terry Mizesko
“America the Beautiful”
 
Scott MacLeod, baritone

Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky  
“The Year 1812, Solemn Overture,” Op. 49