G r a n d s o n s   o f   t h e   P i o n e e r s   C o n c e r t
Sunday, September 28, 20254:00 pm
North Shore Congregational Church
7330 N Santa Monica Blvd., Fox Point
Suggested Donation $10

On Sunday, September 28th, at 4:00 pm, Milwaukee will have an opportunity to enjoy the fun and enjoyable music of the "Grandsons of the Pioneers". The concert will be at North Shore Congregational Church, 7330 N. Santa Monica Blvd, Milwaukee, WI 53217, sponsored by Sigma Alpha lota, Milwaukee Alumnae Chapter, as a fundraiser to support music programs for young students.

Sigma Alpha lota is an International Music Fraternity which has been supporting music on campuses and communities all around the world for since 1903. SAl has collegiate chapters at UW Madison, Lawrence University, UW Platteville, and UW Eau Claire, the first two chapters being over 100 years old.

In the early 1930's, Roy Rogers, a young singer and guitarist from Ohio, got together a group of men to sing songs of the West and the Cowboys. They were very popular, performing on the radio and eventually television as the "Sons of the Pioneers."

In the 1990's, Daniel Nelson, a voice professor at UW-Milwaukee, got a group of male friends and students together to revisit the songs of the "Sons of the Pioneers." They called themselves the "Grandsons of the Pioneers" and sang excellent arrangements of cowboy songs and the Old West as a fundraiser for music scholarships at the University. They have been singing ever since with changes in personnel but the same joy of sharing the old tunes.

Those attending the concert on the 28th of September at 4:00 pm at North Shore Congregational Church are asked to contribute $10 as a suggested donation for supporting music programs for young students.