WIND SYMPHONY TO PERFORM

The American Wind Symphony Orchestra will perform at the Cape Girardeau riverfront Friday at 8 p.m.

The concert is free. People are asked to bring chairs or cushions. The performance will last approximately an hour and a half.

The orchestra's stage is a river barge named the Point Counterpoint II. Musicians perform from the floating stage to audiences on shore.

A series of mini-concerts by small ensembles of the orchestra are planned Thursday and Friday.

At noon Thursday, an ensemble will perform on the Academic Hall terraces at Southeast Missouri State University under sponsorship of the university.

On Friday mini-concerts are planned a noon at the downtown pavilion, sponsored by the Downtown Merchants Association; at St. Francis Medical Center, sponsored by the center; and at Southeast Missouri Hospital, sponsored by the hospital. A concert is also planned Friday at 11:30 a.m. at the Cape Girardeau Senior Citizens Center, sponsored by the Southeast Missourian. The mini-concerts are also free.

The orchestra has 44 musicians, who will be guests in the homes of Cape Girardeau residents.