Program music is defined as music that is intended to evoke images or convey the impression of events.

The Lehighton Band has been working hard to present a concert that is full of this style of music.The concert will take place at 2:30 p.m. April 9 at the Pfc. Clyde R. Houser Jr. Borough Annex Building on North Third Street in Lehighton.The event is free to the public.The band will open with Jack Stamp's arrangement of "The Star-Spangled Banner." "The Melody Shop March," by Karl King, will be the concert's opening march, followed by "Majestia," by James Swearingen.The band will also perform "Main Street Celebration," by Steven Reineke, and "Afterlife," by Rossano Galante, donated in loving memory of former Lehighton Band Director Paul R. Smith by the Lehighton Boys and Girls Band.The first soloist for the day is Chris Short, who selected "Nexus," by James Curnow.Short will have his first solo with the band at this concert.The concert continues with soloist Sandy Molenar, who will also have her premiere solo with the band, and will be playing "Stranger on the Shore."The band will then perform "Pop and Rock Legends: The Mamas and the Papas," arranged by Ted Ricketts, which includes their hits "Monday, Monday," "Dream a Little Dream of Me" and "California Dreamin'."The band will continue with its third and final soloist for the afternoon, Ty Sharrow. Sharrow, who played a solo last summer with the band, will be performing "Nightfall" by John Morrissey.The next number will be "Santiago Carnival," by Claude T. Smith, followed by "Abracadabra," by Frank Ticheli. "Abracadabra" was also donated to the band by The Lehighton Boys and Girls Band, but this time in memory of longtime clarinetist Raymond Hontz.Next will be the song titled "Reflections," by James Swearingen, followed by the final concert piece, "A Salute to Spike Jones."The concert will end with one of Karl King's most famous marches, "The Thunderer."The Lehighton Band is under the direction of Bradly R. Cressley.