The second in a series of three indoor concerts by the Karl L. King Municipal Band of Fort Dodge will be held on Sunday in the Fort Dodge Middle School Auditorium, 800 N. 32nd St. There is no admission charge, since these concerts are provided by the City of Fort Dodge. Conductor of the band is Jerrold P. Jimmerson, the assistant conductor is Dan Cassady, with Paul Bloomquist announcing.

This concert, which will begin at 3:30 p.m., is the band’s traditional Irish Concert in celebration of St. Patrick’s Day. Many familiar Irish tunes will be performed, including everyone’s favorite, “McNamara’s Band,” as arranged by former conductor Reginald R. Schive.

Other selections on the program include a traditional Irish folk song, “Mother Machree,” “The Irish Rag,” and the “Gaelic Rhapsody,” a medley which includes such standards as “Irish Tune from County Derry,” “The Kerry Dance,” “The Rakes of Mallow,” and “The Minstrel Boy.”

Several march selections will be performed, including “McKinley’s Own” by Karl L. King, along with “Across the Atlantic” by Russell Alexander, and “Theme from Profiles in Courage” by Nelson Riddle, otherwise known as “The John F. Kennedy March” from the TV series based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning book.

A beautiful tone poem, “Mannin Veen,” by Haydn Wood, will be the afternoon’s classical highlight. Subtitled “Dear Isle of Man,” this collection of well-known, traditional Manx folk melodies includes “The Good Old Way,” “The Manx Fiddler,” “Sweet Water in the Common,” and “The Harvest of the Sea.” The Isle of Man is a self-governing British Crown dependency located in the Irish Sea between the islands of Great Britain and Ireland. As one of the six Celtic nations, Gaelic cultural influence began in the 5th century AD, and the Manx language, a branch of the Gaelic languages, gradually emerged.

One of America’s most popular composers of light, classical music, Leroy Anderson, will be represented with two movements from his “Irish Suite,” originally written and premiered by the Boston Pops Orchestra under the direction of Maestro Arthur Fiedler. These include the First and Fourth movements, “The Irish Washerwoman” and “The Wearing of the Green.”

Jason Laird, a chiropractic doctor in Fort Dodge, will lead the audience in a sing-along of the well-known Irish standards, “When Irish Eyes Are Smiling” and “My Wild Irish Rose.” Dr. Laird graduated from Fort Dodge Senior High in 1991 and from the Palmer College of Chiropractic in Davenport in 1999. He has been in several cabaret performances, Stage Door Productions musicals, Sonshine Singers, and recently did a story telling project with the Fort Dodge Area Symphony at their holiday concert.

These concerts always close in the traditional way with the playing of our National Anthem, “The Star-Spangled Banner.” In case of inclement weather, this concert may be cancelled on concert day. Any announcements will be made on the band’s Facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/karlkingband/ or on the band’s website at www.karlking.us.