Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2020/03/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks for the kind words.? In the late forties, our favorite visiting bands were those like Stan Kenton and Woodie Herman. On 3/10/20 1:22 PM, Jean-Michel Mertz via LUG wrote: > Love that picture. I went to a US college (Otterbein College, Westerville, > OH) in the sixties - the bands were smaller, I agree, and the big jazz > bands like the Duke's had become legends and familiar campus figures. > Nostalgia ... Thanks for posting this! JM > Jean-Michel Mertz > 68750 - Bergheim > > ________________________________ > De : LUG <lug-bounces+j2m46=hotmail.fr at leica-users.org> de la part de > Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> > Envoy? : lundi 9 mars 2020 22:59 > ? : Olympus Camera Discussion <olympus at thomasclausen.net>; LUG at > Leica-Users.org <lug at leica-users.org> > Objet : [Leica] IMG: From Waaaaay Back > > Occasionally, I recall photos from a long time ago, and check to see if > I still have them in my files. This one is from the late 1940s, the > time of Speed Graphics and large flash bulbs, and was probably shot by > Stanley Coumbe, one of my classmates who shot for the college paper, The > Reflector. I found a black and white 8x10 glossy stuck between the > pages of one of my yearbooks, and scanned it. > > This was the first of several college bands I played with, to help with > college expenses. This was about 1948, and there were still a large > number of veterans enrolled under the GI Bill. Looking at the group, I > think all except two or three were in that category. I'm the fourth guy > from the right in the front row. Red Terry, who ran the band at this > time, is the bass player. I think I can name them all, so I'm not > senile yet. > > The occasion was a Sorority Dance for the Zeta Tau Alpha Sorority. > > http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20020430-Collegians+1.JPG.html > > Demand for large, 15-piece bands went away around 1950, when they were > replaced by smaller combos with loud amplifiers. > > -- > Jim Nichols > Tullahoma, TN USA > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA