The Town Brass Band Begins Rehearsals
After the arrival of a new set of instruments, Oroville residents are treated to the discordant, nightly 'rumblings' of a developing community band.
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The instruments for the Oroville brass band arrived this week and the boys have begun practicing. The band has a fine set of instruments and from the earnest manner in which the members are going at the practice, it will likely not be long until the town will have a full-fledged band. A dance is to be given by the band boys on the evening of March 17. Those deep rumblings and discordant noises heard nightly should not excite the residents of the neighborhood. They do not indicate the coming of an eruption of lofty Mt. Chopaca, nor a bombardment of Fairview by a fleet of battleships in the Okanogan river. It is the new band practicing.
“Those deep rumblings and discordant noises heard nightly should not excite the residents... They do not indicate the coming of an eruption of lofty Mt. Chopaca.”
Community arts organizations have long been the pulse of small-town life in Washington, providing a necessary counterpoint to the isolation of rural living. Today, these same community groups navigate modern sound ordinances and venue costs, but the spirit of the local 'practicing' band remains an essential fixture of civic identity.
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