Upon leaving Wagoner's organization in 1974, Parton formed her own " Travelin ' Family Band ", made up largely of siblings, cousins and other family members, and touring with a number of other acts, including Willie Nelson and Mac Davis.

The Bonita Springs Concert Band was an out growth of a concerted effort by a group of interested persons who, in early 2007, began exploring the idea of forming a new musical organization to be located in the Bonita Springs area.

* The Owen Sound City Band circa 1923 is a volunteer organization whose membership is made up of amateur musicians of all ages and abilities, from high school students to senior citizens.

The grading and organization of these events is generally consistent with the World Championships and the events are typically administered by the governing Pipe Band Association.

The Falcon Marching Band is the largest student organization at BGSU, with over 220 members.

The earliest appearance of the organization which became the Virginia Pep Band was in 1909, when the East Lawn Chowder Society appeared in the University of Virginia yearbook, Corks and Curls.

The style and appearance of the organization has changed over time ; at some point it even performed a traditional marching band style as the University of Virginia Marching Band ( this is why both " award-winning " and " marching " appear in the band's name ).

Advocates for the Virginia Pep Band, including some in the Cavalier Daily editorial section, claim that there is strong student support for the organization and that the administration of the University of Virginia and its Athletics Department are exerting more control over something that was historically student-run.

The Eau Claire Municipal Band, founded in 1902, is the city's oldest community musical organization. Cimmeron Show Review 1976

The Clarkson University Pep Band is a student-run organization that supports the Clarkson University Golden Knights ice hockey teams.

Also known as the Anderson Lake Band and one of the original members of the breakaway In-SHUCK-ch Nation, although now on its own from that organization and from the Lillooet Tribal Council, despite close family ties to the various bands of that organization.

One of the first concerts Graham promoted was in partnership with Chet Helms of the Family Dog organization and featured the Paul Butterfield Blues Band.

They include Concert Band, BergieFunk, Dance Team, Darts, DECA ( organization ), Hypercussion, Key Club ( Local Area ), Newspaper, Outdoor Adventure Club, Squash Club, Science Olympics, Skills Canada, Social Action Team, Tech Crew, and Yearbook, as well as many others.

Band members Steven Soles and David Mansfield had already joined the Vineyard Fellowship, a Christian organization introduced to them by T-Bone Burnett.

Prior to that, as early as 1883, music was provided by the " Glade Cornet Band ," an organization made up of townspeople.

* The Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame ( 1978 – 2004 ), a defunct annual recognition by a non-profit organization based in North San Diego County, California

Additionally, San Francisco is home to the 200-member San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus, the world's first openly gay chorus, as well as the San Francisco Lesbian / Gay Freedom Band, the world's first openly gay musical organization.

The organization later became the American Rubber Band Duckpin Bowling Congress in 1945 and became an affiliate of the National Duckpin Bowling Congress.

( Band organization was strongest in Chiricahua society ).

Similarly, the Musqueam Indian Band, Tsleil-Waututh First Nation, Tsawwassen First Nation, and Semiahmoo First Nation sometimes are described as Sto: lo because they are in the Lower Mainland and are ethnolinguistically similar, but they are not part of any Sto: lo organization.

The Cal Alumni Band is run by the non-profit Cal Band Alumni Association and is a subset of the Cal Alumni Association, an organization that handles alumni affairs of the University of California, Berkeley.

Established in 1798 by an act of Congress, the U. S. Marine Band " The President's Own " is the oldest professional musical organization in the U. S. It is well known for its public performances ( about 500 per year across the U. S .) and performances at the White House and Inauguration Day festivities.

It was heard again in Philadelphia in 1927 in the first version of `` Strike Up The Band '' and again abandoned shortly before the entire show was given up.

( Still another song in `` Strike Up The Band '' -- `` I've Got A Crush On You '' -- was retrieved from a 1928 failure, `` Treasure Girl ''.

* Donald Malarkey, World War II U. S. Army soldier of the 101st Airborne Division was portrayed in the TV series Band of Brothers.

After the war, he played piano and guitar ( his first guitar was built by friend and author Sydney Hopkins, who wrote Mister God, This Is Anna ), and in 1949 joined Chris Barber's Jazz Band where he met blues harmonica player Cyril Davies.

After the funeral service, a tribute concert was held at the Martin Luther King Center, also in Gainesville, and featured performances by his son and daughter, Anthony McDaniel and Evelyn Kelly, long-time background vocalist Gloria Jolivet, co-producer Scott " Skyntyte " Free, Diddley's touring band, The Debby Hastings Band, and guest artist Eric Burdon.

Band structure calculations was first used in 1930 to predict the properties of new materials, and in 1947 John Bardeen, Walter Brattain and William Shockley developed the first semiconductor-based transistor, heralding a revolution in electronics.

Atkins was a member of the Million Dollar Band during the 1980s.

* To Al Jorden, a trombonist whom she first met when he was in Barney Rapp's Band, from March 1941 to 1943.

Its cast included Eve Arden, Lionel Stander, and Big Band leader Harry James, and it was scripted by radio notable Goodman Ace and respected playwright-director Abe Burrows.

Also, in the wake of Devo's demise, Bob Mothersbaugh attempted to start a solo career with The Bob I Band, recording an album that was never released.

Her grandparents were in a band that played throughout Ireland, her father was the leader of the Slieve Foy Band before opening Leo's Tavern, and her mother played in a dance band and later taught music at Pobalscoil Ghaoth Dobhair.

He founded the International Submarine Band in 1966, and after several months of delay their debut, Safe at Home, was released in 1968, by which time the group had disbanded.

* The Million Dollar Band: This was a jam-session segment, airing from 1980 through 1988, composed of legendary Nashville musicians Chet Atkins, Boots Randolph, Roy Clark, Floyd Cramer, Charlie McCoy, Danny Davis, Jethro Burns, and Johnny Gimble.

For a number of years Brood was in jail ( for dealing LSD ), or abroad, and had a number of short-term engagements ( with The Studs, the Flash & Dance Band, Vitesse ).

During the team's time in Baltimore, the Colts had the Baltimore Colts ' Marching Band, which was left behind when the team moved to Indianapolis.

The George and Ira Gershwin Lifetime Musical Achievement Award was established in 1988 by UCLA to honor the brothers for their contribution to music and for their gift to UCLA of the fight song " Strike Up the Band for UCLA ".

In 1972 Torrence won the Grammy Award for Best Album Cover for the psychedelic rock band Pollution's first eponymous 1971 album, and was nominated three other times in the same category for albums of The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band.

Aside from his romantic relationships, although his behaviour was outrageous, it was in the humorous vein as his friend Vivian Stanshall, of the Bonzo Dog Band claimed.

* The Kinglassie & District Pipe Band was reformed in 1982.

In the 1982 Big Game between Stanford and California, with four seconds left and trailing by one point, Cal ran the ball back on a kickoff all the way for the game-winning touchdown using five backward passes, eventually running through the Stanford Band, who had already taken the field ( believing the game was over after Stanford players appeared to have tackled a Cal ball-carrier ).

Page's first choice for the lead singer was Terry Reid, but Reid declined the offer and suggested Robert Plant, a Stourbridge singer for the Band of Joy and Hobbstweedle.

Collins had contributed to Plant's first two solo albums while Martinez was a member of Plant's group Band of Joy.

Scorsese was anxious to make the film so he considered this option, but actress Verna Bloom arranged a meeting with potential financial backer, Jonathan Taplin, who was the road manager for the musical group, The Band.