The Pioneer Valley's Own

Saturday, May 30th Memorial Celebration of the Life of Juanita Nelson
(August 17, 1923 – March 9, 2015). Join the Expandable Brass Band in a procession starting at the Farmer’s Market in Greenfield. The procession will start shortly after 12:30.

Performing for the Whole Children Wild Goose Chase at 11pm in Look Park, Florence, MA.

On Sunday April 26 we’ll be playing for the Daffodil Fun Run for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Hampshire County.

We’ll be rehearsing on the other Sundays in April, at our usual time: 12:30-2:30pm.

• April 5  at the Common House, Pathways Co-Housing, 1 Mountain Laurel Place, Florence, MA.
• April 12,  Common House, Pathways Co-Housing, 1 Mountain Laurel Place, Florence, MA.
• April 19, at 41 Cross Path Rd, Northampton. (Deirdre is hosting this one. Now that the weather has warmed up, she says,  “We can play on the front porch and march up and down the driveway if we want to practice our parade playing skills. We will have an audience across the street of chickens and  El Pacas.”)

No more rehearsals ’til May 10, because we have gigs the next 2 weekends. See below.  Future rehearsals (May 10- ) will be at Maines Field, Florence — outdoors in good weather, or under the roof there if raining.

We will play for the Daffodil Fun Run from 10am-noon on Sunday, April 26th.

On March 29 we will rehearse at Flywheel, 43 Main St, Easthampton, MA.  12:30-2:30pm

All our rehearsals are open to prospective members.  Come any Sunday 12:30-2:30pm.

Check postings on this website to learn the location of the upcoming rehearsals.  In summer we tend to be outdoors at Maine’s Field in Florence, MA.  In winter we often rehearse in the Common House, Pathways Co-Housing, 1 Mountain Laurel Place, Florence. Sometimes we’re at Flywheel in Easthampton, or at other locations.

We’ll be playing for the Holyoke St. Patrick’s Road Race on Saturday, March 21.

You can find us at the corner of Homestead and Westfield Roads, about mid-way in the course. We’ll start about 1:00pm, playing for the crowd that awaits the runners. Then we play to cheer the runners along. For more about the event, visit the official Holyoke St. Patrick’s Road Race website.  It is the 40th year of this race.

We rehearse on Sundays 12:30-2:30pm. All rehearsals are open to prospective members.

The winter location is usually at the Pathways Common House (1 Mountain Laurel Path, Florence).  Please park on the right hand side of the street (as you enter) and not take up parking spaces.

March 1, March 8, March 15, and March 22 are confirmed for the Common House.

For March 29, we’ll select another location.

We rehearse on Sundays 12:30-2:30pm. In February the location is the Pathways Common House (1 Mountain Laurel Path, Florence). All rehearsals are open to prospective members. Please park on the right hand side of the street (as you enter) and not take up parking spaces.

The Expandable Brass Band will join the Hartford Hot Several on January 31st, 9pm at Black Eyed Sally’s in Hartford.