Keywords: Marching Bands
Item 11104
Houlton High School Marching Band, ca. 1935
Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: circa 1935 Location: Houlton Media: Photographic print
Item 102314
Biddeford National Band at Camp Ellis, 1919
Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1919-08-24 Location: Saco; Biddeford Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
Before the era of recorded music and radio, nearly every community had a band that played at parades and other civic events. Fire departments had bands, military units had bands, theaters had bands. Band music was everywhere.
Exhibit
Music in Maine - Military Marching Bands
"… Band Click to explore more about Chandler's Band Chandler’s Band is the second oldest continuously operating professional band in the United…"
Site Page
Skowhegan Community History - Skowhegan: "A Place To Watch"
"… the Kennebec was a throughfare for traveling bands of Indians, including the Abenaki tribe of Algonquins."
Site Page
Lubec, Maine - Parade, Pins and Pageantry, 1911
"… Society The I.O.R.M (Improved Order of Red Men) Band marched, followed by the Eastport High School Cadets, and as listed in the program “Float of…"
Story
Jim Paquette - preserving his Franco-American and musical roots
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center
Lead singer of the iconic Black Hart Band shares insights of his life journey.
Story
The only letter to survive World War II
by Cyrene Slegona
Only one of many letters my father sent to his wife remained after he came home from World War II.
