Salem Symphonic Winds and Rainbow Dance Theatre present The Princess and the Wind

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Salem Symphonic Winds - April

Salem Symphonic Winds and Rainbow Dance Theatre will present the World Premiere premiere of Leroy Osmon's new ballet, The Princess and the Wind at 4 pm on Sunday, April 13, in Rose Auditorium at South Salem High School. Valerie Bergman and Darryl Thomas choreographed the program. John Skelton will conduct the ensemble.

This is Osmon's third ballet, the second he has written for band. Salem Symphonic Winds and Rainbow Dance Theatre collaborated to produce his Garden of Earthly Delights in January of 2019 and a suite from Astor Piazolla's opera Maria de Buenos Aires in January of 2023.

Osmon agreed to write this ballet as part of the 50th-anniversary celebration of Salem Symphonic Winds, mainly as a result of his response to the creative choreography of Bergman and Thomas for his earlier ballet. The ballet also satisfies a bucket list dream of Osmon. For more than thirty years, he has wanted to write a ballet based on a fairy tale he discovered in a long-lost collection of Mayan folk tales.

This program is the third of four concerts celebrating the 50th season of Salem Symphonic Winds.