Dave Pearson and The Cottonwood Brass Quintet

Cottonwood Mansion hosted a Peach Social on Sunday with outdoor entertainment provided by the Cottonwood Brass Quintet.

In the photo, Dave Pearson playing the Cayuga Two Step ~ music written in 1906 to honour the Cayuga, a stylish ship that conducted lake tours from Toronto to Buffalo.

Built between 1865 - 70, Cottonwood Mansion is a sixteen room, Italianate style home. Visit the mansion at www.linetap.com/cottonwoodmansion

Photos: by Lorna

Summertime and the Two-Step

Dave Pearson didn't know if he would have the brass arrangement ready for Sunday. He did and the audience tapped their toes to the HAMILTON CENTENNIAL March and Two-Step ~ a piece of sheet music that Dave discovered in The Neat Little Bookshop. Copyright 1913 by Charles Wellinger.

l - r Graham Young, cornet; Ryan Baker, cornet; Dave Pearson, tuba; Mary Ann Pearson, trombone and euphonium and Michael Hindricks, french horn.

Photos: by Lorna