Band Sir!

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 … Get your chin in and keep reading…

Our Internet service was just restored and the site is up and running again. However… … we have more severe weather on the way and this may not last. I’ll do my best to keep you informed through Facebook, if we are down again. Here’s what happened. In the severe weather on April Fools’ Day, a big tree in our backyard toppled over and took out power, phone, and Internet/Cable TV lines. In the photo, if you look closely, you can see the wires that were pulled down when the tree fell. While power came back late Monday afternoon, our … Get your chin in and keep reading…