Fair
Plain Junior High
Marching
Band
Benton
Harbor, Michigan
1961-1963
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The band as they prepare to spell out
"Eat Me" at a half time JV football game.
Most of us started
playing together in grade school. Other joined us
from
various places when we got to Junior High.
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Personnel:
Young Les R. on lead Trumpet and 71 other
people on everything from Sousaphone to
flute and vibes (Nice!)
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Influences:
J.P.
Sousa
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Setlist
Sample:
When the Saints Go Marching In, Star
Spangled Banner Etc.
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Equipment:
Conn Brass, Fags Flutes and Clarinets,
Ludwig Drums
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Rehearsal
Space:
Band Room
at Fair Plain Junior High.
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Band
Vehicles:
School
Buses
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Fashion
Statement:
Uniforms
cut to fit our nubile young
bodies.
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Best
Gig:
1962
Blossom Festival Parade
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Gig
from
Hell!:
1962
Blossom Festival Parade...lots of little
bastards with pea shooters aiming for the
bell of our horns. It made a terrible
sound and someone could have lost an
eye!
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Last
Gig:
Spring
1963. School year ended.
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Comments:
This is all true,
I swear.
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Check out an MP3 sample of Stars
& Stripes Forever
PC users right-click and choose "Save Target As...",
Mac users click and download link to disk.
Stars
& Stripes Forever.mp3
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Where
are they now?
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Summer,
2004
Mostly playing in prison
marching bands around the world, or dead.
Les enjoys a successful practice as "proctologist
to the stars" in Hollywood, California,
and says"Things are looking
up!"
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Information contributed by
Les R.
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