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Events Calendar

Wednesday, November 25th

Band Board Meeting

when:7:00pm, Staunton, VA
venue:Stonewall Brigade Band

Monday, November 30th

Flute Choir Rehearsal

when:6:30pm, Staunton, VA
venue:Stonewall Brigade Band

Full Band Rehearsal

when:7:30pm, Staunton, VA
venue:Stonewall Brigade Band

Thursday, December 3rd

Brass Ensemble - Stuarts Draft Christian Home

when:7:00pm, Staunton, VA
venue:Stonewall Brigade Band

Monday, December 7th

Flute Choir Rehearsal

when:6:30pm, Staunton, VA
venue:Stonewall Brigade Band

The Stonewall Brigade Band had its beginnings as the "Mountain Saxhorn Band" early in 1855. With the popularity of the Saxhorn, which had been patented by Antoine Adolphe Sax in 1845, and with the location of Staunton halfway across the Shenandoah Valley between the Blue Ridge and the Alleghany Mountains, it was natural for the group to adopt the name of Mountain Sax Horn Band. While the first president of the band was Edwin M. Cushing, it was David W. Drake, the founder, who secured the band's first director. Mr. Drake had been a pupil of Professor Augustus J. Turner, a music teacher in Newtown, located just south of Winchester, Virginia. Mr. Drake prevailed upon Professor Turner to move to Staunton, where he became instructor of music in the Wesleyan Female Collegiate Institute.

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