A musical tribute mixed with testimonials and remembrances will be played and spoken in Belmont Sunday afternoon in honor of the late Seth Kirby, band director and musician. A memorial concert will be performed by the Gaston Symphonic Band, a group of musicians who loved Kirby and sat under his baton, at 3 p.m. in the auditorium of South Point High School.
Admission is free.
Band members and special friends will be given an opportunity to express their feelings about the man who organized and directed the band for nine years. The concert will feature music Kirby loved. More than half of his life was spent teaching, something he dearly loved, said his wife, Brenda. Seth felt music was an important gift that came to him early and never departed. This music is like his own signature and he would have wanted it done with dignity.