Dearborn Heights Citadel Music

Selection - A Soldier's Proclamation
Stephen Bulla
Played by The Salvation Army
Dearborn Heights Citadel Band
Charles McDougall, Bandmaster
And a bit of explanation...

Thanksgiving 2020 would have seen the Dearborn Heights Citadel Band's 100th Thanksgiving Festival, but due to COVID, the Festival was cancelled. So, in 2021, the Band presented its 100th Festival. This video is one of the pieces from that Festival that was given the theme "Faithfulness."

In December of 1882, the first Salvationists marched into the City of Detroit and held meetings at the Soldier's and Sailor's Monument in Campus Martius across from the old City Hall. While their efforts didn't last, they introduced the City to the ministry of The Salvation Army.

In July 1884, Major Thomas Moore (then US National Commander) came to Detroit to set-up a statewide office for the Salvation army in Michigan. He also appointed Captain Ella Beers and Lt. Rachel Teacraft to set-up a Corps in Detroit. After a little more than a year, that work also folded.

In October of 1887, Captain Fink was appointed to open the Detroit, No. 1 Corps. The third time MUST be the charm because this work of The Army grew and blossomed into a thriving Corps. Eventually, five Corps and a Training Home would be established in the City of Detroit, even though by 1900, the only Corps left in the City would be the No. 1 Corps, Detroit Citadel.

It is estimated that the Detroit Citadel Band was formed around 1892, and held its first weekend away at Ann Arbor in 1895. Under the leadership of Bandmaster William Nichols, the band grew and established itself as a fine musical group. Around 1906, Staff-Captain Robert H. Keeler came to Detroit and took up leadership of the band. Under his leadership the band continued to grow, and advance in its quality of playing.

In 1920, Richard Herivel assumed leadership of the band. He would lead the band for more than thirty years. That first year (1920) he was Bandmaster, Richard Herivel had the idea for a concert on Thanksgiving Day. The Band board thought that was a good idea, and so started a yearly tradition that continues to this day.

The Dearborn Heights Citadel Band continues the tradition of proclaiming the Gospel of Jesus Christ through the medium of music. Music that both stirs the soul, and brings us into an attitude of worship.

The video of this Selection shows photos of the band taken over the years. The theme of the Festival was 'Faithfulness,' and in those photos are people who faithfully gave of themselves, their time, and their talents to the proclamation of the Gospel through music. Their faithfulness to their ministry has been passed down through the years to the players of the current Dearborn Heights Citadel Band, who still exemplify that faithfulness as they minister through the Band.

Meditation
Christ is All
William Himes

Played by The Salvation Army
Dearborn Heights Citadel Band
Charles McDougall, Bandmaster
Thanksgiving 2021

Selection - A Soldier's Proclamation
Stephen Bulla

Played by The Salvation Army
Dearborn Heights Citadel Band
Charles McDougall, Bandmaster

Begin the Day With God
Words: May Pyke
Music: Eric Ball

From the Suite: Songs of the Morning
Played by The Dearborn Heights Citadel Band and Friends
From the memorial service for Larry and Marilyn McDougall

Somebody Prayed for Me
The Dearborn Heights Citadel Songsters & Friends.

From Larry & Marilyn McDougall's Celebration of Life Service.

The Christ of the Human Road (George Bennard, Arr, Howard Davies) from the Suite - On The Road, from the 1978 thanksgiving Festival, Hanny Orchard, Bandmaster.

"Sound Out the Proclamation" (Eric Ball) from the 1979 Thanksgiving Festival, Hanny Orchard, Bandmaster

Band Accompaniment (with the clapping onthe chorus) for Congregational Song. Recorded live, Sunday 24 January 2021.

Band Meditation, 24 January 2021

Band Benediction, 24 January 2021

Citadel Band Ensemble Meditation for Sunday, 10 January 2021.

Song Setting - I Know Thou Art Mine
Leonard Ballantine, 1993
Dearborn Heights Citadel Band, 2019
Charles McDougall, Bandmaster

March - The Red Shield
Henry C. Goffin, 1928
Dearborn Heights Citadel Band, 1992
James Cheyne, Bandmaster

Army of the Brave
Played by the Detroit Citadel Band, 1965
Hannibal Orchard, Bandmaster