Rain canceled the barbecue and forced the concert indoors, but The Northwinds Symphonic Band played a Patriotic Pops Concert Wednesday night for an appreciative crowd at Brenau University’s Pearce Auditorium in Gainesville. The annual concert, presented by The Arts Council’s Smithgall Arts Center, which was also the original venue, opened this year with the “Star-Spangled Banner” performed by Northwinds — a group of local adult musicians started by conductor Evans in 1984. Wednesday’s songs included “American Salute,” “God of Our Fathers,” “America the Beautiful” and other patriotic numbers both somber and spirited.