Behind the perfect shade of the Old Deborgia Schoolhouse a small smattering of an audience toe-tapped and enjoyed the tunes from the informal Mineral County Dixieland Band. Vern and Bonnie Rusk had a picnic table to themselves on the evening of August 20 at the impromptu outdoor music gathering. Band members from left to right, Chris Martineau on soprano sax, Dawn Hammerstein on the keyboard, Derek Larson played trumpet, Denley Loge slid the trombone, Shelly Larson on the sa…
August 25, 2020
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In the late 1970s, St. Regis School found itself without a band director. The obvious issue was that the students were not being taught musical instruments and a side effect was not having a pep-band at the football games.