YOUNGSTOWN — More than 100 people gathered at Zion Lutheran Church in Cornersburg Sunday afternoon to enjoy the Canfield Community Concert Band, directed by Eric Bable and D.J. Colella.

The band started in 1976, when members marched at Canfield’s Bicentennial Parade. Since 2006, it has been exclusively a concert band. It performs throughout the year and has a busy summer schedule, including parks, wineries, a library and a retirement home.

Sunday’s concert was “Salute to Squire: Memories of the Warren Junior Military Band.” Donald “Squire” Hurrelbrink led the Warren Junior Military Band from 1930 until 1996, just three years before his death. He also was the director of the Austintown Fitch High School band from 1948 to 1971.

The Warren Junior Military Band continued until 2010. At least 10 members of the Canfield Community Concert Band are WJMB alumni.

The concert was free, but donations of cash and nonperishable food were collected for Zion Lutheran Church’s food ministry.

Bable, of Columbiana, said member Pat Julian approached him with the idea of honoring Hurrelbrink. While Bable did not belong to WJMB, many of his classmates at the time did, and “You could see they took this seriously and wanted to be the best,” Bable said.

Julian now lives in Louisville, Ohio, but grew up in Canfield. He played the trumpet for Squire from 1972 to 1977.

“There were thousands of kids whose lives he touched,” Julian said. “He was very mild but had a way of getting the best out of kids. You just wanted to do well for him. Not a day goes by that I don’t think about Squire. I still walk down the street and hear the drum cadence in my head.”

Cindy Pickens of Warren said Hurrelbrink helped her with solos and instilled in her a love of classical music. She credits him with her decision to pursue a music degree. She became a teacher and continues to play bass clarinet in several groups.

The concert included favorite selections from WJMB’s catalogue, including works from Ralph Vaughn Williams and Henry Mancini, Tchaikovsky’s “1812 Overture” and the perennial crowd-pleaser, John Philip Sousa’s “Stars and Stripes Forever,” in which former WJMB members in the audience sat in with the band.

They ended with the national anthem, explaining that this was a WJMB tradition going back to 1941. They were rehearsing on Dec. 7, 1941, when Hurrelbrink learned about the attack on Pearl Harbor. He immediately had everyone stand and play “The Star-Spangled Banner” and then dismissed them.

In the audience was Donna Hurrelbrink-Pate of Cortland, Squire’s daughter and a WJMB member. She said the concert “brought back so many memories” of her father as well as the camaraderie among her bandmates. She noted that her father always stressed “love of country and respect for each other.”

Niles resident William Campbell was also a WJMB member. He appreciated “all the places we got to go, things we got to see and do.” One of his favorite memories was when they performed in “The Music Man” with the Kenley Players.

Helen Swinehart-DeVille of Austintown said the concert was “fabulous.” After teaching at Woodside Elementary School in Austintown, she taught overseas for the Department of Defense. “I love military and American songs. They did a great job,” she said.

The Canfield Community Concert Band’s next performance will be 7 p.m. June 9 at the Canfield Village Green.