Word: band
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Bingham said that he had invoked this rule after the Crimson cheerleaders had "embarrassed him" by performing their tumbling acts when the Dartmouth band was playing at half time two weeks ago. He added that the visiting colleges had complied with his request not to interrupt the bands with student pranks, and that he "felt we should do our part...
...five first got together in a North Hollywood High School dance band. When it began to look more like a rut than a groove, 17-year-old Piano Player Johnny ("Curley") Williams (named after his drummer father) broke away and formed his own quintet. He took with him Mel Sidney, a bullfiddle slapper like his dad, Al Pollen. Other recruits were 16-year-old Perry ("Bunny") Bodtkin, the trombone-playing son of Bing Crosby's guitar accompanist, and Gene Estes and Don Ingle. "Boy," says Curley, "we yanked the nucleus right out of that Hollywood High band...
...refrigerators and washing machines outsold their ugly predecessors and those of competitors. Streamlining, which had the laudable purpose of cutting down wind resistance in trains, cars, etc., became such a craze that it was even inflicted on such static objects as desk sets. Little by little the hardy, struggling band proved that their artistry could draw that prettiest curve of all to businessmen−an upward-sweeping sales curve...
...very high-pressure period for all concerned. Managers constantly check the time remaining both for the benefit of the coaches and the band. Valpey has to talk fast and say a lot, and he does so by minimizing the "do-or-die" aspects of his message and concentrating on the facts...
...intensity of his voice, plus the noises of the crowd and the band outside, convey his meaning...