2025 Season: July 13, The Abington Community Band & SheBop Swing Orchestra
In their 28th year together, the Abington Community Band was the brain child of AHS music directors Michael Smith and Joyce Harrington.
In 1997, the ACB played their first summer concert outdoors in a corner of the high school up against the brick walls. This first band consisted of former music students and other community members from all walks of life who wanted to play their instruments again, and this is just as true today.
After attending this concert a few folks in the audience and myself decided the ACB needed a proper place to perform their concerts and formed a committee to investigate.
After joining forces with the 2000 for 2000 Committee the bandstand finally became a reality and the ACB performed its first concert in May of 2005, and every year since.
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SheBop Swing Orchestra (SBSO) aims entertain, enrich, and expand the community through the captivating power of jazz music.
We are an all-female identifying and non-binary jazz band committed to fostering equality, empowerment, and diversity within the jazz community.
For more info, visit their website.