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History - 1922 to 1936

Band and Orchestra History

Overview | 1922 | 1937 | 1947 | 1957 | 1967 | 1977 | 1987 | 1997

1922
Liberty High School opens. Louise Morris, followed by George Hubbard, Supervisors of Music in the BASD, envisioned an instrumental music program at Liberty. Joseph Ricapito, then a student at Lehigh University, was asked to lend his expertise, eventually taking on the directorship.

1926
Band organized, Joseph Ricapito, founder/Director.

1927
Feb. 3 - First Band Concert, Joseph Ricapito, Director

Program courtesy of Elwood B. Keim Jr. Program courtesy of Elwood B. Keim Jr. Program courtesy of Elwood B. Keim Jr. 1934
November 22 - Fall Band Concert, Joseph Ricapito, Director

1935
March - Guest Conductor, Band - Edwin Franko Goldman, world-renowned bandleader

1936 (First year recorded entries appear for "Band & Orchestra Mothers' Club")
Feb. - Guest Conductor, Orchestra - A. M. Weingarter -Sponsorship of Band and Orchestra members to attend Cleveland Orchestra at Lyric Theater in Allentown.
March - Guest Conductor, Band - Edwin Franko Goldman [autographed and supplied at no charge his book, "Life of Dr. Goldman," so Mothers' Club could raise money (each copy sold for 10 cents)]

Overview | 1922 | 1937 | 1947 | 1957 | 1967 | 1977 | 1987 | 1997