A blast from the past, with ending paragraphs by my boss Don Darby when I worked at his business, Signs To Go in Montgomery. At six years old, Don Darby saw the red-and-white uniforms of the Lee band for the first time, and knew he wanted to be there. A local businessman and former radio personality, Darby played trumpet in the band during this period. He says band director John Long was a great innovator and made sure his players believed they were special. “He once told us if the Robert E. Lee band laid down and wallered in the mud on a Friday night,” said Darby, “by the next Friday, every other band in the state would lay down and waller in the mud to try to keep up with us.”
Posted on: Sat, 09 Nov 2013 18:08:00 +0000
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