Evening star. [volume], September 01, 1946, Page 7, Image 66

About Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972

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Band Expects to
about half were of six family names—
Burdette, Mullinix, Day, Moxley, Watkins
and Walker. Other families who also
have contributed a large number of
members to the organization include the
Bakers and Risdons.
. The present director has three broth
ers, a son, a brother-in-law and a
nephew among the band’s 28 members.
Another member, Emory Burdette, suc
ceeded his father, A. L. Burdette, as bass
drummer, and still beats the original
drum that was purchased when the band
was organized.
The record for attendance among the
musicians, who let little interfere with
their Friday practice periods, is held by
Garrison Moxley, 80, a charter member.
In 55 years Mr. Moxley has missed only
one engagement and three rehearsals.
During the years the Browningsville
Band has depended on contributions
from the community and fees paid for
engagements to provide musical instru
ments and uniforms. All funds go into
a single pool and are drawn out as new
instruments or uniforms are needed.
Formed expressly for the “improve
ment of its members in the art of music
and the promotion of the social and
moral advancement and the cultivation
of musical talent in the community,"
the band has the assurance that it will
have at least 100 years more to live.
Thomas E. Watkins, president of the
Peoples Lumber 8k Supply Co. at Mount
Airy and one of the band’s charter mem
bers, his announced that he will endow
the organization to provide its contin
uous existence for 100 years after his
death.
Even without this windfall, members
like to think, the love of music is so
great in Browningsville that the band
will never die.
ind, is joined by two
ing a concert.
Glenn Browning holds his daughter Angela os she watches her uncle, A. W. Lawson, in the clarinet section.
The crowd at a Kemptown picnic social listens closely to the numbers.
Star Staff Photos by Ihttoad taker.