The Missoula City Band presented its next-to-last summer performance with guest conductor William Holland and vocal solos and duets by Ken Colson and Karen Kellum, announcer Bill Rhodes said.

The concert, framed as a “tour around the world” in remarks by Rhodes, included about 10 works ranging from music from Gilbert and Sullivan’s H.M.S. Pinafore to selections from George Gershwin and George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue, arrangements of Franz Lehár’s Merry Widow, Russian/Slavic material (Plyushko Po / "Meadowland"), and songs from Porgy and Bess. Rhodes told the audience the program would feature student and community musicians and thanked guest conductors and soloists who joined the band for the evening.

William Holland, introduced by Rhodes as the substitute conductor, led the band through much of the program. Rhodes said Holland directs orchestras for Missoula County Public Schools at Hellgate High School and Sentinel High School and has led the Missoula Youth Symphony since 2004; Rhodes also noted Holland formerly served as director of instrumental music at Quince Orchard High School in Gaithersburg, Maryland. "Rest assured, we're in good hands tonight while Gary's visiting in Michigan," Rhodes said, referring to the band's usual conductor.

Jim Ebersole, a guest conductor and arranger, returned to lead arrangements from Franz Lehár and other pieces. Rhodes noted Ebersole is a retired music professor who taught at the University of Connecticut and had previously served as Missoula City Band director in 1962. Ebersole’s arrangements accompanied guest vocalists Ken Colson and Karen Kellum: Colson opened with "I Got Plenty o' Nuttin'" and Kellum performed "Summertime," and the pair sang "Bess, You Is My Woman Now." Rhodes and the program materials identified Colson as employed by "Edu Log" and Kellum as an elementary school teacher with School District 1 and director of the Missoula Children's Choir.

The concert also featured instrumental highlights and student performers. Rhodes introduced the evening's buglers — Scott McKenzie (music teacher at Hellgate Elementary), Susan Poulsen (recent graduate), and Janelle Lawrence (University of Montana graduate) — and noted the band regularly performs community favorites such as Bueller's Holiday. Rhodes asked for audience contributions during the program, saying, "we want you to give till it hurts," then joking that a smaller gift would do.

Rhodes closed the night by thanking guest artists, conductors and band members and reminding the audience the band planned to perform again the next Wednesday at 8:00 p.m., when the band's usual conductor would return.

Pieces explicitly mentioned during the program included: the national anthem; selections from H.M.S. Pinafore (noting the operetta opened in London on 05/25/1878); "Meadowland" (Plyushko Po), Bueller's Holiday, arrangements from The Merry Widow, Leroy Anderson's "Sunday," the overture to Sigmund Romberg's The Desert Song, "Suwanee," George Gershwin selections (including Rhapsody in Blue and music from Porgy and Bess), Paso Doble and El Relicario by José Padilla.

Attendance and community context: Rhodes acknowledged multiple audience birthdays during the concert and thanked band volunteers and staff. He also called out several recurring local performers and student musicians, emphasizing the community and educational role of the Missoula City Band.