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Show This Town of 20 Has 44-Piece Band A 20-man town with a 44-piece band has been discovered by the Conn Mu sic Center at Elkhart, Ind. Forest Grove, Mich., Is the town. The entire population of 20 is housed in. five dwellings. Small boys throw (tones from cne end of the town to the other. Two stores serve the needs of the community. Yet Forest Grove's band numbers 44 pieces. The hamlet lacked paved streets and population. It was not even mentioned men-tioned on the maps, yet the "musical urge" was there. Several of the townsmen knew something of music, as did several of the boys on the surrounding sur-rounding farms. There were lots of 'Others 'raring to blow a horn. A meeting meet-ing was arranged, attended by a 100 per cent representation of the town and by farm boys within a radius of many miles. The band came into being be-ing overnight. Rehearsals are faithfully attended. "Band night" sees the one street lined with parked automobiles, and Forest Grove, once a jest, has become the envy of the surrounding communities. |