New Concert Added!

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I saw Bill Kear’s post on Facebook about the U.S. Marine band playing “Overture to Colas Breugnon.”  I thought I’d link to the VFMA version on this website, and lo and behold, it’s NOT posted here even though the files are digitized.  Shame on me! So here you go!  I don’t know the names of all the cuts, and I don’t think I’ve processed these, so they may be a tad rough.  I’ll come back to these and others and make sure they’re as good as I can make ’em. Enjoy! Dan

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We’ve Moved!

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The server has moved and is back online.  The internet service provider does not provide the same level of service, so you may notice that the site is a bit less responsive than you’re used to.  This will not change – it’s a technological limitation.  Most of you won’t notice much of a change. Thanks for your patience! Dan

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BandSir Moving Soon!

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Upon the occasion of my second retirement, BandSir.com and I will be moving back to Ohio.  While this transition won’t happen immediately, over the next few weeks, you’ll probably see the site go up and down, you may have some “site not found” errors, or it may work perfectly except for the hours it’ll take me to move the server.  In any case, I’ll try to give you advanced notice.   Once I’m finally resettled, likely sometime near Christmas, I’ll have more free time to update this lonely site that’s lacked the attention it deserves. Thanks for your patience! Dan74 & … Get your chin in and keep reading…

“The Happiest Millionaire” Premiere – 1967

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Here’s a few more photos from Bruce Daggett.  I’ll let him explain. “I had these pictures from an outing of the Band to help kick off the premier showing of  The Happiest Millionaire in Philadelphia. The movie starred Fred MacMurry and [the premiere] was held at the Boyd Theater located at 1908 Chestnut Street on October 20,1967. Fred was known to be a sax player and the picture is of him holding my sax.  I thought it was a great picture of the Duke. As a comment, we have so much to be thankful for because of the talents of Mr. … Get your chin in and keep reading…