MARION — As the sun lowered in the sky over the Island Wharf, kids and adults alike settled in with ice cream cones, lawn chairs and beach blankets for an evening performance of classic Disney songs.

Kids lined up for cotton candy and played with child-sized instruments as the Marion Concert Band performed its Young People’s Concert on Friday, July 11.

The band performed some musical medleys, including a piece composed of songs from Pixar movies and another with Disney classics such as a piece from “Mary Poppins” and closed out the concert with a piece from “Shrek.”

Phoebe Sideleau, 8, said her favorite part about the concert was “guessing the song from what they were playing” and said she enjoyed their performance of “Do you want to build a snowman?” from “Frozen” the most.

Sideleau said she also had fun with the cotton candy because she got to help make it.

Nolan Sideleau said he didn’t have a favorite song that the band performed because he “liked all of them.”

Emma Marshall, who knew some members of the concert band, said she and her family love outdoor band performances, especially ones during the summer because of the weather and because the concerts are most often kid and family friendly.

“I think it’s good to see the community come together in a healthy and supportive way,” she said.

Holly Longlois and her family live in Marion near Island Wharf and often walk down to get ice cream and enjoy the band concerts performed at the Robert Broomhead Bandstand.

She said the young people’s concert in particular was “awesome” because her six-year-old son Payson was able to see his friends.

Payson said he had fun getting to eat cotton candy, as well as playing with his friends.

“We’re having a great night,” Holly said.

Marshall, who is a music teacher, said she loves having music be part of her kids’ lives from the get go and “having them see that playing instruments is fun, having them figure out that hearing music is fun.”

“These kids will grow up knowing bands and hopefully becoming instrumentalists one day themselves, just because it’s been such a part of their lives from the get go,” she said.