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COMMUNITY BANDS -- BATTLE CREEKBattle Creek's first band, 1848 Germania Band, founded 1872 Original Germania Orchestra, 1884 Germania Orchestra, circa 1894 Group of early musicians (identified on photo) Group of early musicians Some original members of the B.C. Symphony (identified on photo) Group of early musicians (identified on photo) Germania Band, 1882 (members identified on photo) Post Band Band at Fort Custer Group of early musicians Early members of the B.C. Symphony; John B. Martin, founder, top center Group of early musicians Members of Community Concert Association Washburn Mandolin and Guitar Quintette Table for party when Community Concert Association entertained Virgil Fox, guest organist Elks Band, A.W. Peters, director Elks Band, "largest Elks Band in U.S.A." (postcard) B.C. Symphony Orchestra, early 1900's B.C. Symphony Orchestra, Post Theatre, 1921 Reunion of Emmett Cornet Band, October 1931, Beadle Lake Reunion of Emmett Cornet Band, October 1931, Beadle Lake Silver Cornet Band, July 4th picnic, 1868 Five different bugles Instruments invented circa Civil War era C. Busch holding the "ophicleide", forerunner of the saxophone Five instruments used in first B.C. five-piece band German Cornet Band, 1875 and 1882 First B.C. Sanitarium Band, 1878 (identified in Roberts caption)
B.C. Sanitarium Ensemble, Wm. Drever, DirectorCOMMUNITY VOCAL GROUPS -- BATTLE CREEK
Men's Quartet (identified on photo) Men's Quartet (identified on photo) B.C. Community Chorus, circa late 1950's B.C. Boychoir, established 1980 (photo from 1984 calendar) B.C. Community Chorus Pops Ensemble, Alfred "Giff" Richards, conductor, circa 1960 (identified on photo)
SCHOOL BANDS -- BATTLE CREEKB.C. Public Schools orchestra, 1936 Southwestern Junior High orchestra, 1945 B.C. Public Schools All-Stars Orchestra, 1956 B.C. Public Schools concert band, 1944-45 B.C. Public Schools, Southwestern Junior High marching band, 1947 B.C. Public Schools, Southeastern Junior High concert band, 1934-35 B.C. Public Schools, Southwestern Junior High orchestra, 1947 B.C. Public Schools, Southwestern Junior High concert band, 1950 B.C. Public Schools, Southwestern Junior High Glee Club, 1945 B.C. Central High School Bearcat Band in formation on football field, 1971-72 (postcard) B.C. Public Schools, McKinley School band posing in front of B.C. Central High School, circa 1930 B.C. Public Schools, Southwestern Junior High orchestra, 1945 B.C. Central High School orchestra (date unknown) B.C. Central High School band, 1932 St. Philip Catholic High School orchestra (date unknown)
BANDS OUTSIDE BATTLE CREEKHouse of David Band, Benton Harbor (postcard) Girls' Band, Eden Spring, Michigan Second Regimental Band at Camp Devlin, August 1895 Production of "The Mikado", circa 1911 (group not identified)