Maine Memory Network

Music in Maine - Music Education

"… Music Camp Click to learn more about the Eastern Music Camp Music teacher Dorothy Harlow Marden of Waterville and other educators formed an…"

Music in Maine - Music stores

"1895, ca. 1895Belfast Historical Society Music stores well instruments and sheet music for customers, and serve as a meeting place for musicians."

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…"

Music in Maine - Sacred Music

"Shaker Music Shaker Music Click to learn more about Shaker life and music Established in 1783, Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village in New Gloucester…"

Music in Maine - Music Makers

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

Music in Maine - Community Music

"Community Music Music makers in Maine make instruments, create music in their communities, and honor heritage."

Music in Maine - Longfellow Family Music

"Sheet music Eliza Wadsworth sheet music, 1798Maine Historical Society Before printers made songbooks and sheet music widely available, people…"

Music in Maine - HEAR

"With the 1950s came the introduction of television, further expanding the ways people experienced music. WBLM 107.5 t-shirt, ca."

Music in Maine - Radio Cowboys and Country Music

"… English folk songs, Scots-Irish fiddle and dance music, sacred music, and banjo and blues from formerly enslaved Africans."

Music in Maine - Opera, Orchestras and Stages

"Opera houses hosted lectures, plays, live music, and movies, with many hosting actual operas, such as The Merry Widow in Lewiston and Faust in…"

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

"… promoters, electronic ticket sales, and even the music was changing. Cumberland County Civic Center Cumberland County Civic Center souvenir…"

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

"Randal White was one of many islanders to have music lessons. Mrs. Elizabeth Stanley Heming, wife of an island minister, was his music teacher."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Playing at the pond

"This water froze over to create a popular skating destination for islanders. After the quarry shut down entirely, its water level remained high…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Summer Pleasures cont'd

"… Historical Society Ice cream socials were also popular in the 1940s occurring when islanders walked to places like the Seaside Hall for a dance."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Draining the quarry

"… up the pit and iced over in the winter to make a popular skating pond. When the pond was drained in 2003, many treasures were found: old tools…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Odd Fellows Hall

"… was a fraternal organization that became popular on Swan's Island in the early 1900s. The Odd Fellows met in Epworth Hall, across from the current…"

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

"It is known that they were very popular and the community came to watch their children perform."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Summer Pleasures

"During the summer months Normie provides these very popular boat trips once or twice a week. Continued on next page"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Winter Fun

"… Island Historical Society Sledding was also a popular winter past time and there were enough hills worth making the slide exciting."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Redmen's Hall

"… was a national fraternal organization that became popular on Swan's Island in the early 1900s. Redmen’s Hall was a two-story building constructed…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - The Tea Room

"… Society 253 Harbor Road is now known best as the popular Swan's Island Tea Room, but it once served as a home for multiple generations."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - IV. Transitions and troubles: Private enterprise shoulders an island’s needs

"There was also a decrease in the popular Fourth of July prank of tipping over outhouses, although many other practical jokes survived the new…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - III. Boom, bustle, bust: The Steamboat Years to WWII

"… and around 1857 lobster fishing began to grow in popularity. A lobster canning factory was built in Old Harbor, although demand fluctuated."

Blue Hill, Maine - In Search of the Rustic Life

"Hiking was popular and many used handcrafted wooden canes when hiking. Some popular places to hike were Blue Hill Mountain and the Blue Hill Falls…"