Concerts featuring symphony and big band music take place over the summer in Alton. "Expressions - A Musical Experience" is the ninth annual concert series sponsored by the North Alton Godfrey Business Council. Concert Series Coordinator Zeke Jabusch says the upcoming July concert features Gary Dammer and His Big Band.

"This is a 17-piece band to be accompanied by a vocalist whose name is Steve Schiniger. This band plays from years of bygone years - Glenn Miller, Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey, Gene Krupa, Maynard Ferguson era. Great band - been around the St. Louis area for a number of years and has been on our concert series for probably five of the nine years that we have had the concerts. (It) has a great following and (is) a night of great music."

Other concerts in the series include the Sentimental Journey Dance Orchestra on August 12th and the St. Louis Symphony on September 9th. All concerts are free to attend. The July 8th concert begins at 7pm at the Alton High School Performing Arts Center, 4200 Humbert Road.
Thomack 6/23/15