Brassworks music ensemble to play free show at Huff House

Published 12:01 am Wednesday, June 21, 2017

The Brassworks music ensemble from Chattanooga returns to the Huff House on Sunday to pay tribute to music through the ages in America. The ensemble will perform from the front porch of the historic house beginning at 4 p.m. This concert is free and open to the public.

The band will play music selections that were popular from pre-Revolutionary America through the Civil War and beyond. They will also play tunes by Dalton’s Anthony J. Showalter, a prolific music composer best known for the gospel hymn “Leaning on the Everlasting Arms.”

Superior Court Judge Jim Wilbanks will present a brief history of Revolutionary and pre-Revolutionary America. As an added bonus, Rebel Burton will surround the property with a display of his pre-Civil War flags.

Brassworks is an outreach ensemble formed from the much larger band Jericho Brass of Chattanooga. Brassworks is a small group of musicians, usually six, playing trumpet, French horn, trombone, two tubas and an euphonium.

The concert is co-sponsored by the Huff House committee of the Whitfield-Murray Historical Society and Dalton American Legion Post 112. The Legion Singers will join in with an audience participation sing-along.

The Huff House committee will provide some chairs for the audience underneath the shady oaks on the front lawn. You are invited to bring a lawn chair or blanket to sit on. The Huff House is at 314 Selvidge St. near Dalton City Hall.