New Article: “A Short History of the Fanfare Trumpets”
While digging through an old box, I came across a newspaper clipping from 1976. In it, the article documented in my hometown newspaper, the Fostoria Review Times, the fanfare trumpets’ participation in Queen Elizabeth’s visit to the United States in July 1976. A small contingent of Bandies was called back to perform on the grand staircase inside the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
The text of the article that follows also describes how the fanfare trumpets came to be a part of the VFMA Band. But the arrival of the fanfare trumpets at VF is just part of the story.
Click here to see “A Short History of the Fanfare Trumpets“
Band, Sir!
Dan
Thanks for posting, Dan. One of my favorite fanfare gigs was playing for the Queen that summer of 1976.
Me too. That was a really amazing experience.
Jeff Tobin and I have looked for other newspaper articles, photos, or any other printed evidence that we were there. So far, the only thing that’s surfaced was this piece, undoubtedly provided to my hometown paper by the VFMA PR folks.