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Music in Maine - Country Music

"… 1966Maine Historical Society A Career in Country Music By Ken Brooks Choosing a Career in Country and Bluegrass Music Click to read entire…"

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Music in Maine - Radio Cowboys and Country Music

"Funded by the Maine Country Music Association, it is the first such hall of fame museum in Maine. Founders established the MCMHOF to recognize and…"

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield's Church on the Hill

"However, this old church with its steeple that houses that old, melodious brass bell is still a beacon of hope to all who seek respite within its…"

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Music in Maine - Community and School Marching Bands

"… X Members of the Penobscot Nation toured the country as The Penobscot Band. During this time period, Indigenous bands often performed in full…"

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Music in Maine - Bluegrass Music

"Al Hawkes brought country and bluegrass to Maine Al Hawkes, 1989 Courtesy of the Bluegrass Music Association of Maine X Allerton & Alton…"

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Mercy Hospital - The Spanish Flu

"… we are loosing [sic] about as many in our country as they are in France.” Writing Foster just a week later, his friend Manola Gilman of Cumberland…"

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Music in Maine - Music in Maine

"… traditions, these influences layered blues, country, bluegrass, and rock and roll. Today, Maine music is a bountiful intersection from around the…"

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Mercy Hospital - Sisters of Mercy

"… English-speaking world, and found in more than 40 countries serving in a multitude of ministries, the Sisters of Mercy trace their origins to Mary…"

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Music in Maine - Music Education

"… Starting in the 1920s, cowboy themed outfits and country music became popular. Radio and film star Gene Autry (1907-1998), known as the “singing…"

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Bath's Historic Downtown - Intersection of Centre and Washington

"It currently is occasionally used as a church , and primarily it is used as an arts center for dancing, musical productions, and more."

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Music in Maine - Community Music

"… lead dance workshops at Maine’s annual DownEast Country Dance Festival and the New England Folk Festival as well as schools statewide for students…"

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Music in Maine - Opera, Orchestras and Stages

"… Tribe of Oklahoma, while traveling across the country performing as “Indians” at wild west shows and on the theater circuit."

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Music in Maine - Sacred Music

"… was “over 100 years old” and played in the first church built in Standish, likely the First Parish Meeting House, also called Old Red Church, built…"

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Music in Maine - MAKE

"… song, 1858, To give practical instructions on Church-music, in order to aid the Native Americans to sing the praises of the Lord…but also to…"

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Lincoln, Maine - Jacob Stinchfield

"… in honor of the men of Lincoln who served their country in the war which preserved the Union, destroyed slavery and maintained the Constitution…"

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Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… the Swedenborgian Church, the Winter Street Church and the Central Congregational/Chocolate Church, were joined by more elaborate structures in the…"

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - "Fly Rod" Crosby - Page 3 of 3

"… and Phillips, advocates for public access to back-country recreation. This small grass-roots organization has developed a new commemorative trail…"

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Music in Maine - Longfellow Family Music

"Longfellow Family Music “Music is the universal language of humankind.” --Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Outre Mer, 1835 Henry Wadsworth…"

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Music in Maine - Military Marching Bands

"Military Marching Bands View of Portland Light Infantry Muster, ca. 1803 The Portland Light Infantry Muster with a drummer and a horn player in…"

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Music in Maine - Rock and Roll, Punk, and Elvis

"Rock and Roll, Punk, and Elvis Dave Glovsky and Louis Armstrong, Old Orchard Beach, ca. 1955Maine Historical Society Rock and Roll Concerts in…"

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Music in Maine - HEAR

"HEAR The invention of recording machines opened up a world of choices for listening to music without leaving the home."

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Music in Maine - Music Makers

"Music Makers Music Makers instruments Click to see more Music Makers Music makers in Maine make instruments, create music in their…"

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Music in Maine - Music and Television

"Music and Television The Dave Astor Show Click to see more Dave Astor Show photos Dave Astor (1919-2011) produced a variety show in Portland…"

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Music in Maine - PLAY

"PLAY Watching musicians sing and play music in public is an important communal experience for the performer and the audience."