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Show u PIONEERS NOT ONLY HAD AN EAR FOR MUSIC, BUT THEY "PLAYED SOME" Following is an old clipping which John Clark has preserved and which he was good enough to loan us. This little item contains some community historic facts and incidently gives us an idea of what our early citizens and community did. They look quaint a bit old-fashioned, maybe, both the men and their instruments but, "by ginger," the men played the instruments, and that means a lot. They were pioneers in the military band music business. Organized in 1866, the American Fork band was invited to play at a party given by the late President Brigham Young in the fall of that year. Next in priority of organization organiza-tion to the Ogden City Brass band, the American Fork organization is considered to be the musical dean. William Grant, with the help of William Paxman, was the organizer and teacher of the band. Mr. Grant played with Mark Croxall, son-in-law of President Young, and a noted cornetist of Salt Lake. It is a noted fact that the American Ameri-can Fork band was the first organization organ-ization to entertain the old folks of I the community in which it was I active. |