Marco Lutheran Church Concert Celebrates City’s Silver Anniversary

As the weeklong celebration of the 25th Anniversary of the incorporation of the City of Marco Island began to wind down, the excitement regarding last week’s celebration of Cityhood was continuing at a fever pitch. By 6:30 PM on Friday evening attendees were already pulling into the parking lot of the Lutheran Church for a free concert for the community which would start at 7:00 PM.

After a quick stop to purchase a cold bottle of water from the Boy Scout Troop the almost 200 plus attendees would file into the function hall at the church and settle in for a fabulous presentation by the “Rockefeller Band,” based out of Naples, Florida. The group would immediately be welcomed by the Marco attendees who enjoyed an eclectic arrangement of popular music which would span a number of decades.

The concert was presented as part of the weeklong celebration of the 25th Anniversary of the incorporation of the City of Marco Island in 1997 and attendees were welcomed to the event by Council Chairman Erik Brechnitz.

It didn’t take long for the crowd to fall under the band’s spell, especially when Pastor Tom Boeck of the Marco Island Lutheran Church would break the ice when he and his wife Sharon hit the dance floor and invited those in attendance to join with them. That would mark the beginning of a non-stop two hours of fun, with a short intermission for a restringing one of the lead guitarist’s strings.

“This was just a great evening,” said Pastor Tom as he finally sat down and took a breath towards the end of the event. “What a creative group of young talented people,” commented Dianna Dohm who was a committee member for the 25th Anniversary Celebration. 

It was evident that the attendees didn’t want the evening to end, as no one left early and the music never missed a beat. The attendees showed their appreciation for the evening of songs that wouldn’t let them sit down.