Mr. Jack Daniel’s Original Silver Cornet Band will be bringing its hometown music to DeKalb’s Egyptian Theatre.

Band member Tim Anderson said Thursday’s concert will be unlike anything students have ever heard.

The concert is a salute to the best town band in the U.S., Mr. Jack Daniel’s Silver Cornet Band from Lynchburg, Tenn. The conductor tells “Mark-Twain style” stories and yarns, takes song requests and talks to the audience, Anderson said.

The band has toured the United States, appeared on three PBS-TV specials and played at the White House.

“This is a program that anyone age eight to 80 can enjoy. It’s not only just music, the director tells yarns and down home stories,” said Huskie Band Director Frank V. Bibb.

The band is modeled after the original and is renowned for its Scott Joplin rags, Broadway show tunes, Sousa marches and patriotic songs. They’ve been referred to as “one of the finest musical groups I’ve heard” by Chicago’s WGN radio’s Ray Leonard, he said.

Proceeds from the concert will help pay for the NIU Huskie Band’s trip to West Point when the Huskies play Army. They will also help purchase badly needed percussion instruments, Bibb said.

In order to spark campus interest and ease the band members’ costs, each member will have to sell two tickets. Each ticket costs $12.

If students are interested in attending the concert, they can purchase tickets in the Huskie Marching Band office, Room 163 of the music building, from band members or at the door the night of the concert.

In addition, Bibb said people wishing to become members of the Director’s Club can do so by buying tickets for $50. “We’ve reserved 40 of the best seats in the house, orchestra seating,” he said.

Director’s Club members also are invited to a complimentary wine and cheese reception on Thursday at 6:30 p.m. at Matthew Boone’s Restaurant, 122 S. First St., and will receive recognition at the concert.

The concert will begin Thursday at 8 p.m. at the Egyptian Theatre, 135 N. Second St.

Anderson added, “Granted, this music may not seem like it’s for everyone, but come and see for yourself.”