New Record Added – “The Way I Feel About You” (Dance Band)

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Two people provided me with this record, and for the life of me, I can’t find a record (pun intended!) of who sent them.  Since both album covers are signed by the members of the dance band, I would like to return them.  If you’re one of ’em, please let me know and I’ll return them promptly. Click here or on the album cover to listen.

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BandSir.com Cleanup

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Like the annual leaf raking fiasco at the Forge, I’m cleaning up around BandSir.com over the next few days. You’ll already notice a few minor changes on the site — most of them cosmetic. The audio player is now more attractive and the titles of the individual tracks are cleaner and easier to read. For the concerts, there’s a banner which identifies the year in which the track was performed. For the records, the album cover appears as the banner. (All the concerts are done as of this writing. I still have to clean up all the album data.) There’s … Get your chin in and keep reading…

New Video Program Posted! 1990 Alumni Concert with the Duke

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Thanks again to Gerry Fornwald, ’55, we have this videotape recording from 1990.  It features the entirety of the 1990 Alumni Weekend Band Concert conducted in part by Col. Feltham. The whole program runs around 45 minutes long, but you can click into it at various points in the program. Click here to get the whole story and see this video!

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New Short Program from 1953

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This is an audio recording of VFMA’s performance at President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s 63rd birthday in Hershey, PA. Many thanks for the recording to Gerry Fornwald, ’55, who was there! There’s a fair amount of distortion on the original, but you can get a sense of the VFMA Band and choir in 1953. Enjoy! Dan Click this link to go to the full story!

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