Free Concert at TOWER PARK

Pops in the Park Fall Finale in Sulphur Springs

Tampa, FL October 18, 2006 - The Florida Orchestra will perform the finale for the Pops in the Park concert series on Sunday, October 22, at 7 p.m. The event will take place at the River Tower Park in Tampa at 701 East Bird Street.

This will be the first major event at the new park at the base of the famous tower. Conducted by Associate Conductor Susan Haig, the concert will feature familiar classics as well as Viennese favorites and pop tunes. The evening concert will conclude with a fireworks display sponsored by TECO Energy and the City of Tampa’s Neighborhood & Community Relations Office. Attendees are welcome and encouraged to bring picnic baskets, blankets, low-back folding chairs and coolers. The program for the concert will include John Williams’ “The Cowboy Overture”; “Anitra’s Dance” and “The Hall of the Mountain King” from Grieg’s “Peer Gynt Suite No. 1”; the overture to Mozart’s “La Clamenzo di Tito”; the fourth movement of Dvorak’s “Symphony No. 8”; Lecuona’s “La Malaguena”; Von Suppe’s “Light Cavalry Overture”; selections from Lehar’s “Merry Widow”; selections from Meredith Willson’s “The Music Man”; and the overture to Bernstein’s “West Side Story.”

As part of the orchestra’s outreach and education activities, the Orchestra’s Pops in the Park concert series is supported by Homes by Helen, City of Tampa, The Tampa Tribune, and TECO Energy.

For additional information about this concert, call The Florida Orchestra at (813) 286-2403 or toll free at 1-800-662-7286, or visit their website at http://www.floridaorchestra.org/, or contact City of Tampa Creative Industries Manager Paul Wilborn at (813) 274-8016, paul.wilborn@tampagov.net