This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
St Charles Municipal Band a long standing free concert staple
A historical summary recounts the St Charles Municipal Band formed as a municipal group with a 0.3 mill tax funding. It describes annual summer concerts at Blanchette Park starting June 25, 1929, notes key members and officers, mentions Sousa’s praise and appearances, and highlights ongoing practice and performance tradition with about thirty players under director Marvin Hohlmann.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adelpohl
St. Charles
Blanchette Park
Sterling Zumwalt
Kermit Westerfeld
Wesley Johnson
Karl K. Kaveler
Roy Rupp
Warren Lord
Edwin Barklage
Arthur Wilke
Edward Debrecht
Michael Wepprich
Orville Towers
D.G. LaBanca
Ralph Kottmann
Harlan Richardson
Robert Simon
Ambrose Lord
Cosmos
St.Charles
Helmuth Meier
Jack Buse
South 3Rd Street
Sousa
King of March
Jefferson and
Washington Ave
St. Louis
Clarence Decker
Your Historical Society
Odd Fellows Building
Main St