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Joe Martinez conducts the Lakewood Ranch Wind Ensemble on March 24, 2023.
Photo by Jay HeaterThe Lakewood Ranch Wind Ensemble was featured in the first Sights and Sounds concert series event at Waterside Place in Lakewood Ranch on March 24.
Dawn Evans, French horn
Photo by Jay HeaterTuba player Bill Milner studies the next selection with Kingfisher Lake in the background.
Photo by Jay HeaterBrad McDade, clarinet
Photo by Jay HeaterJamie Marshall, trombone
Photo by Jay HeaterJim Hill, trumpet
Photo by Jay HeaterJohn Fullam, clarinet
Photo by Jay HeaterJim Bertrand on the French horn
Photo by Jay HeaterDrew Trapani, drums
Photo by Jay HeaterMatt Barbaro, French horn
Photo by Jay HeaterLakewood Ranch Wind Ensemble founder Joe Miller will be featured on the trumpet and cornet in the band's season opening event Oct. 15 at Peace Presbyterian Church in Lakewood Ranch.
Photo by Jay HeaterConductor Joe Martinez leads the Lakewood Ranch Wind Ensemble with Waterside Place in the background.
Photo by Jay HeaterDon Parker, trombone
Photo by Jay HeaterJulie Waters, trumpet
Photo by Jay HeaterDave DeWitt, tuba
Photo by Jay HeaterTom Bancroft, piccolo
Photo by Jay HeaterRon Brunett, saxophone
Photo by Jay HeaterGinny Elkins-Barbaro, French horn
Photo by Jay HeaterA group of patrons waited outside the door of Good Liquid Brewing Co., on March 24 at Waterside Place in Lakewood Ranch for their tables to be ready.
Next door under the pavilion, the Lakewood Ranch Wind Ensemble began playing the first notes of the new Sights and Sounds cultural series that will run monthly at Waterside Place.
Those enjoying a beverage while waiting for their tables, peaked around the corner of the building to see who was playing the music. They made their way around the side of the restaurant to watch.
Families with little children crossed over the bridge from the park as they headed home. The children began to dance when they heard the music, and they would stop in front of the pavilion to listen.
Nicole Hackel, the Schroeder-Manatee Ranch events and residents experience manager, began the series to present something a little different in terms of music to the residents.
"It was a great venue," said Joe Miller, the founder and usual conductor of the Lakewood Ranch Wind Ensemble who turned over his conducting duties for the evening to member Joe Martinez. "The band members enjoyed the acoustics and the audience."