Show oldest U S sunrise ceremony still greets easter morning this easter morning B J left leads for the fifty first year a band which has played at N every easter morning for more than years the strangest band in the world possibly the largest this group draws from to players for Is year performance oil 7 5 W band was founded by moravian settlers from irom germany but this easier easter it awakens not a village but a city of above photo shows the group assembling for its rehearsal at the old home moravian church mr mir estimates he has inducted about members into the band during his more than 50 years experience touring the city in busses and claying playing under streetlights street lights the band and at Sale Sal mites emiles each easier easter in a traditional ceremony that has gone unbroken through the years later bandsmen go to the old belo home chere ladies of the moravian church have a hot breakfast ready for them then they proceed to gods acre the moravian cemetery to lead the ancient sunrise service right the moravian band starts them young this lad began in sunday school band classes as have many salem musicians above the democracy of the dead in winston salem the mo radians permit no ostentatious marks upon their graves this easier easter morning scene includes a section of cods gods acre showing i how each member of the con gre gation has a grave marked with simple uniformity the dead are buried in pa plots according to age sex and whether married or not there are no fam lam ily plots and no distinctions of any description left oldest member of the musicians for a day citizens band is 11 II E pusey 80 who never plays at any time except for bandmaster at the traditional easter sunrise service at cods gods acre but he makes good music X |