Maine Memory Network

Music in Maine - Music stores

"In the 1930s, Mary Curran Leighton specialized in “Hawaiian guitar” another name for lap steel guitar. Bull Moose Music By Chris Brown, CFO Bull…"

Music in Maine - Bluegrass Music

"… MAINE Click to learn more about BMAM Bluegrass music—acoustic music played on banjo, mandolin, guitar, fiddle, and bass—originated in southern…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Dance

"Mrs. Elizabeth Stanley Heming, wife of an island minister, was his music teacher. Randal was honored to play a trumpet solo, “You Tell Me Your…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Meet Blue Hill's Project Team

"… range of themes and topics in Maine history; lesson plans; a gallery of student history projects; online tools that allow site visitors to create…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Educating Blue Hill

"… began to pay for painting, drawing and music lessons. Other than arts, important courses in the academy included English, Latin, Greek, writing…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Adventures in Aroostook County - Page 2 of 3

"He took flying lessons, flew a 44 passenger aircraft and made “2 or 3” solo cross-country flights in a biplane."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Intersection of Centre and Washington

"… singing and instrumental music schools, dance lessons, art exhibits, live concerts, special art classes, and other public functions, as written in…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Dancing Fraternity, City of Bangor, 1868

"… them to the weekly dances and weekly dance lessons. Martin was a participant, an instruction, and a "manager," who helped facilitate the dances and…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 2 of 4

"… what could happen if they needed to be taught a lesson different from what was being taught in class that day."

Presque Isle: The Star City - John R Braden

"His dam was Braden Girl. Early lessons given to John R Braden did not indicate that he had the ability to become a great race horse."

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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