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Surry by the Bay - Surry Village School
"In 1937, formal music instruction began and students learned contra dancing and how to foxtrot and waltz."
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NPS, Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters Historic Site
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Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 3 of 4
"John’s Parish; and Judith Davis Kuhn, teacher and musical director for RAPPA (Rumford Association for the Performing Arts)."
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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - More on the Old Ell
"… Aunt Mame growing up, including a shared love of music, photography, and dogs. Aunt Mame's house was a welcoming and nurturing place of fun and…"
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Surry by the Bay - Phebe Fowler: A Woman of Property
"Phebe played the piano and left behind her music books, including the hymnals, in a wooden box later found in her attic."
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Life on a Tidal River - Bass Park: A History of Fillies, Fame, and Fun
"Bass Park has seen a number of top-notch musical arts such as Gene Autry, the famous singer of Here Comes Santa Claus, Rudolph the Red Nosed…"
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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - National Blue Ribbon School
"… and kindergarten would be enlarged, a new art and music room added, and an all new kitchen and cafeteria."
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Lubec, Maine - Lubec's 1911 Centennial Celebration - Page 2 of 2
"… place for the public in an era larded with local musical organizations, stood at Main and Pleasant Streets, as does the much-rebuilt gazebo as of…"
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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History
"… educator of his time, and took part in the musical life of the community in which he became its first choir director.” (Music and Musicians on…"
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Guilford, Maine - Modern History: 1966 to Present
"… was, with a huge parade, contests of all types, music, dancing, speeches and remembrances, and very high spirits."
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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education
"… with schools with a strong influence of arts and music. So education of their children was of vast importance."
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Colby College Special Collections
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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington
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New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future
"He also was very involved in the town’s music activities, playing the bass, violin, and horn. The Bartlett family owned a lot of property and a mill…"
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Lubec, Maine - Building the Roosevelt Bridge to Campobello - Page 1 of 3
"… small but highly skilled school band provided music while the Navy destroyer John Paul Jones was anchored in the harbor."
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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview
"Islanders “neighbored” in the winter. Plays, musicals, dances, movies and roller skating were held at Town Hall."