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Band Photo,
March 2008
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The Marco Island Strummers is a band with “four string banjo emphasis"
which plays tunes historically associated with the banjo. The band’s repertoire ranges from Stephen Foster compositions
through ragtime, riverboat, sing-along, and Dixieland tunes up to the tunes of Tin Pan Alley days, and even includes
a few concert band style marches. The band was formed in 1998 by five amateur musicians and now consists of 22 volunteer
members, all of retirement age, enjoying the fun of playing and singing the music of the first three decades of the 20th century
(as well as the occasional more modern tune). Instrumentation varies depending on the time of the season, but most of the
year we have from 4 to 8 banjos, a piano, two saxophones, 1 or 2 trumpets, clarinet, trombone, tuba, and drums. Some
characteristics of the band are listed to the right in bold lettering.
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- The band features 4-string banjos and four-string banjo music.
- The band sings at least one chorus
on 90% of its selections.
- There is a wind section consisting of trumpets, reed instruments, trombone, and tubas to
provide a Dixieland sound.
- We have an antique 1956 International fire truck from which we play in parades.
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This website was developed 11/10/05. Last revision: 08/31/09. To contact band
director, Wes English: (239) 642-1013 (or send email via web-site link to the right).
To contact secr.-treasurer,
Lisa Hammond: (239) 389-0188
Band Photo, L to R, back row: Don Andretta, John Schroeder, Ed Denison, Wes English,
Linda Hansen, Murray Crapper. Middle row: Calvin Wallace, Joe DiLorenzo, Jerry Stephenson, Renald
Richard, Craig Knudson, Hugh DeSamper, Gene Guilbault. Front row: Bob Kibbler, Gene Gomolka, Norman
Terreri, Lee Frank, Dick Burns, Leo Kutzler, Richard Ferrara. Absent: Bill Champe, Jake Jacobs, John Keys, Don Fejfar.
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