tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6535481649727720492.post6500510949099493507..comments2024-03-27T21:43:02.451-04:00Comments on NEW SAVANNA: Community Bands in AmericaBill Benzonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08360044945265178991noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6535481649727720492.post-86918300026622244782011-12-26T18:27:49.088-05:002011-12-26T18:27:49.088-05:00Yes, about Europe. That tradition has become set i...Yes, about Europe. That tradition has become set in amber, as it were, in Britain in the British brass banks (Black Dyke, etc.), where it's become refined and professional- and semi-professionalized. Judging from YouTube it persists in Eastern Europe in a more organic, more folkish, less nostalgic, form.Bill Benzonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08360044945265178991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6535481649727720492.post-19238973518426374022011-12-25T21:21:00.271-05:002011-12-25T21:21:00.271-05:00There was a similar tradition in Europe, reference...There was a similar tradition in Europe, referenced by Rimbaud as I remember. In the Midwest HS bands retained some of this function into the 60s.John Emersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12058849885222086640noreply@blogger.com