Gulfport's talented New Horizons Band to perform at Catherine Hickman Theater

Gulfport's New Horizons Band is an asset to the community, and if you haven't heard them, you really ought to make a point of it. The video is from six years ago and it's really just snippets of the band's work but it'll give you an idea of what it's like. The video seems to be the only one anyone has posted online. Your opportunity for hearing this group is coming up at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, December 13 at the Catherine Hickman Theater in Gulfport.  

The Gabber had a nice story about the group that has settled in well after a 10-year run at Eckerd College. The group's band leader, David Irwin, died during the summer. He had taught music at Eckerd. Now Bob Schaer, who used to conduct the Lakewood Ranch High School band, leads the group.

New Horizons of Gulfport is affiliated with a national organization founded by Dr. Roy Ernst at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York, as a program for retirees who want to resume playing in a band or learn an instrument for the first time. Music can be therapeutic. It can bring down high blood pressure. And that's just listening. Think what it can do for you if you're playing.