Join the Lincoln Municipal Band as they continue their 2010 Summer Concert Series on Sunday, August 15, 2010 at 7:00 p.m., with a concert entitled Celebrate the Adventure.

This concert celebrates the 100th anniversary of Boy Scouting, and will be conducted by Bob Krueger. The band features the Boy Scouts of America March, along with Fantasy on American Sailing Songs, and Morning, Noon, and Night in Vienna Overture.

A number of Boy Scout troops will be on hand to demonstrate their skills before the concert.

The featured guest soloist for the evening is local hornist Ric Ricker. The Lincoln Municipal Band concert is held at the John Shildneck Memorial Bandshell in Antelope Park and are free and open to the public.

Bob Krueger is a graduate of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (B.M.E in 1984 and M.M. in 1994), Mr. Krueger has been a music teacher in the Lincoln Public Schools since 1985. Currently, he teaches band lessons at Beattie and Maxey elementary schools, and directs Jazz Ensemble I and II at Southeast High School. In 1988 he received the NSBA Jack Snider Award, and in 1989 he was named the nation's outstanding young high school band director by the American School Band Directors Association.

In addition to conducting the Lincoln Municipal Band and performing as a member of the band's trumpet section, Mr. Krueger performs with the Nebraska Jazz Orchestra, the Monday Night Big Band, the Nebraska Trumpet Ensemble, and his own jazz combo. He also serves as a clinician and adjudicator throughout the Midwest. Ric Ricker received his Bachelor of Music from the University of Tennessee and Master of Music from Southern Methodist University. Mr. Ricker has performed throughout the United States with many orchestras including the Aspen Festival Orchestra, Knoxville Symphony, Florida Gulf Coast Symphony, Chicago Civic Orchestra, Chicago Symphony, Dallas Symphony, Dallas Opera Orchestra, Fort Worth Symphony, and Nashville Symphony. He has also worked with the Nashville Symphony and Lincoln Orchestra Association in arts management. Mr. Ricker is currently the Sheet Music Manager for Dietze Music House, and horn instructor at Nebraska Wesleyan University. He is an active freelance musician with all the performing groups in the area and a member of the Nebraska Brass.See you at the bandshell!