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ACCMB to march, play concert for AEIOU |
Published in the Uvalde Leader News on 09/06/05.
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Retiree Invites Musicians To March To A New Drummer |
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By
Kevin Geil
Express-News
staff photographer
April 4, 2002
For
Fred Diaz, the beating of a drum is music to his heart. The 59-year-old
retired accountant has been beating that drum most of his life. From humble
musical beginnings, he's now drum major for the Alamo City Community Marching
Band, which he founded. |
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By
Kelly Schaefer Brennan
Castroville News-Bulletin
March 14, 2002
They’ve
taken their batons, woodwinds and brass instruments out of the back of
the closet. They’re using muscles they forgot they have. Throughout
San Antonio and surrounding counties people from 18 years old up into
their 70s are practicing their old band instruments and rehearsing their
parade marches.
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Fanfare Follows Start of Marching Band |
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By
Elaine Marsilio
The San Antonio College Ranger
February 22, 2002
"At ease"
for the Alamo City Community Marching Band means playing to their heart's
content.
Every Monday
evening for the past five weeks, the 120-member band has practiced at
the John F. Kennedy High School band hall under the direction of Javier
Tapia, the school's band director. |
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Community Marching Band Set To Perform At Parade |
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By
Tricia Cortez
Laredo Morning Times
February 17, 2002
On Monday nights,
Javier Tapia gets ready for the 120 people who will get out of their cars
and file into the parking lot at John F. Kennedy High School in San Antonio’s
west side.
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By
Ann Miller
The San Antonio Express News
January 16, 2002
Fred Diaz is
a man with a vision in 4/4 time.
An amatuer
drummer since his junior high days, Diaz, 59, has dreamed of leading his
own 76 trombones in a Fiesta parade ever since he learned of public adult
marching bands with hundreds of members in Portland, Ore., and St. Petersburg,
Fla. |
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