Maine Memory Network

Music in Maine - Music Education

"They held annual concerts, drawing crowds of campers’ families and the public. Nina and Paul Wiggin took over the camp in 1937, renaming it the New…"

Music in Maine - Community Music

"… as community centers, hosting dances and concerts. Sometimes Grange halls served as town library and offered adult education."

Music in Maine - Community and School Marching Bands

"By 1965 National standards commended Maine for the state’s music education programs. Portland musician George T."

Music in Maine - Music and Television

"The program often included series regulars and weekly guests from area high schools. Series regular Tina Warming of Brunswick excelled at acrobatic…"

Music in Maine - Music Makers

"… mechanics, with a lending library, apprenticeship programs, monetary loans, and public exhibits of members’ work."

Music in Maine - Bluegrass Music

"Our festival featured workshops, a children’s program, and a pot luck dinner that were unique to the festival, plus Canadian bands."

Music in Maine - Radio Cowboys and Country Music

"Programs included a radio show on Portland’s WGAN between 1939 to 1957, and a weekly television show on WGAN-TV from 1954 to 1971."

Friends of the Kotzschmar Organ

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Surry by the Bay - Surry Opera Company

"However, a peek inside Walter Nowick’s “concert barn” on a Sunday evening in August during the 1990s would have revealed Mainers, Russians, and…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec's 1911 Centennial Celebration - Page 1 of 2

"… two day anniversary lists athletic events, band concerts, ample public feeds, a “living flag” by Lubec’s children, and a celebratory townwide…"

Poland Spring Preservation Society

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Maine Irish Heritage Center

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Guilford, Maine - Special Events

"George A. Martin of St. Johnsbury, Vermont. A concert at 7:30 by the Bangor Band featured a march, Guilford Centennial, by Lee Sanford, a former…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec's 1911 Centennial Celebration - Page 2 of 2

"… Historical Society The day concluded with a fine parade, more athletics and concerts, and a “Grand Pyrotechnic Display” as dusk settled at 8:30."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 1 of 4

"… of Southern Maine, has since performed two concerts with the violin. Quoted in an article in the Kennebec Journal Dr."

Colby College Special Collections

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Meeting House Park

"One fine evening during a concert, a group of “Young Americans”, who seem to think the occasion to “run riot over the Common, yelling lustily”."

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"… level provided a large hall that hosted plays, concerts, visiting speakers, political and religious meetings, and other cultural gatherings."