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Show Oldest U. S. Sunrise Ceremony Still Greets Easter Morning 1 This Easter morning, R. J. s Pjohl (left) loads for the fifty- s e.,v:i.;? first year a band ichich has s S !.:;......:: i.;v.-!,y i played at Winston Salem, ((s v: Ass & :.. V. C, every Easier morning I ? i ,:t if s for more than 175 years. The ' j i! ' ' - slransest hand in the world, i ' possibly the largest, this group ' t draws from 300 to 400 play- I ! ers for its performance. I ' las" ,!! -s ! , iis- j IHlffK- . 'v 1 PL"!"' - 1 t I f i t iV v - 5 3 Salem's band was founded by Moravian settlers from Germany Ger-many but this Easter it awakens not a village but a city of 95,000. Above photo shows the group assembling for its rehearsal re-hearsal at the old Home Moravian church. Mr. Pfohl estimates he has inducted about 4,000 members into the band. y - ; . - - . a . t - . , "Xt: ri u : r ?-s Touring the city in busses jT , and playing under streetlights, J V ? X tie baiuZ awakens Salemites cacn Easter in a traditional f s - ' - ceremony that has gone un- fi " 't ' " broken through the years. Lai- N y S- " pr bandsmen go to the old Belo f I home uhere ladies of the Mo- l ' I ravian church have a hot break- vssO' s 1 ast ready for them. Then they " - ' j I proceed to God's acre, the Mo- F ' ' " ' I ravian cemetery, to lead the 'f j 1 ancient sunrise service. Right: r i T ? The Moravian band starts them V- ' 4 t V J 1 young. This lad began in tt f 1 4'' PfohVs Sunday school class. wwlrV y y, - - . ; L'- '-- . , U yj" Above: The democracy of "" t5? " - "I the dead. In Winston-Salem, J r i" j tie Moravians permit no os- f y ' ? v, t I tentatious marks upon their f s""- 5"j ' graves. This Easter morning I W " scene includes a section of rtf f , V God's acre, shouing how each --JL' " J men'ber of the congregation "ifa v An a grave marked uith sim- f ' 'Y ' ' 1 l'le uniformity. The dead are ! ' ' r I buried in plot, according to t 4 i ' ' nSc srx n"d whether married p r " ' f or no' ",frc or' no "family t ' N " ' plots" and no distinctions of i , s-' J : flny descriptions. Left: Oldest 1 member of the musit ians-for-a-day citizens' band !s II. E. i ' Puse.y, 80, who never plays at I t i any time except for Band- 4 master Pfohl at the traditional kc,m.,,-&szz,ii . .yj Easter sunrise service. |
