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Roanoke concert ice cream social to continue

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Posted 7/28/06

(Jim Steele staff photos) There was reason to celebrate last Saturday as musicians and attendees gathered for the 100th anniversary concert of the 1906 Roanoke Bandstand. The word was that a long …

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Roanoke concert ice cream social to continue

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(Jim Steele staff photos)

There was reason to celebrate last Saturday as musicians and attendees gathered for the 100th anniversary concert of the 1906 Roanoke Bandstand.

The word was that a long Howard County and Roanoke County tradition at the site was about to come to an end. (They have always been performed the fourth Saturday in July.)
The current series began in 1962 and, except for a few concerts in the early years, the musicians ' part of the Fayette Star Cornet Band ' have been conducted by Robert Bray.

Over the years, the late Reuben Hunker headed the supporting local organization, the Roanoke Band Association. The group sponsored cake and ice cream sales at the concert and used proceeds to maintain the bandstand.

But with Hunker's death early last year there was a vacuum. Many of those involved with the group were elderly and felt they could no longer continue.



But good news came Saturday as the band prepared to play its final few selections.

The program was interrupted by 92-year-old Mildred Heiman, a retired school teacher who now heads the association.

Taking the PA system, she announced that Nylah Beach, a well-known music teacher at Salisbury, has agreed to take over coordination of the cake and ice cream sales.

Bray agreed that he will continue to conduct and it appears 'the show will go on.'

Top right, Mildred Heiman accepts a 100th anniversary commemorative resolution from the Missouri House of Representatives. Making the presentation is Valinda Freed, a staff member from the office of 22nd District Rep. Therese Sander, who introduced the resolution.

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