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23 October 2019

• 20:0420:04, 23 October 2019 diff hist +520 N File:Crazy Face - 1973.jpg Crazy Face - 1973 This band played at one of the dances at BHS in 1973. Two of Brunswick's own played in this band. Lead singer Ricky Dawson-'70, trumpet-John Nelson '72 and on the saxophone was our Band Instructor-James Hueting.. the rest of the guys...
• 20:0120:01, 23 October 2019 diff hist +39 File:Brunswick High School Glee Club 1969 - 70.jpg No edit summary
• 20:0020:00, 23 October 2019 diff hist +515 N File:Brunswick High School Glee Club 1969 - 70.jpg Almost 50th-anniversary throwback...the 1969-70 BHS Glee Club practicing in the then new school band room beside the auditorium where the group performed either alone or in support of the annual Spring plays that have become a Brunswick tradition. Who...
• 19:5819:58, 23 October 2019 diff hist +629 N File:Hits & Misses, a group of BHS Glee Club members.jpg The Hits & Misses, a group of BHS Glee Club members, performed at many programs throughout the 1969-70 school year. According to Keith Carter, who was sitting at the drum kit, " I remember we did mostly show tunes and Christmas carols. We played at a...
• 19:5719:57, 23 October 2019 diff hist +361 N File:This is a picture of four guys (not girls if you can't tell),.jpg This is a picture of four guys (not girls if you can't tell), who were in a show held at Brunswick Elementary School. Connie Nicholson performed as well and she was indeed a girl. In this photo are (L-R): Woody Souder is on the left, Greenwood?, Bob C...
• 19:5519:55, 23 October 2019 diff hist +319 N File:The Trojans were a jazz band formed by BHS students.jpg The Trojans were a jazz band formed by BHS students who played at carnivals and other local events. Memers were James "Juggy" Donovan at the piano, Tom Carey on guitar, Herman Willis on drums. (Photo courtesy of Sherry Bowers Stull and the 1964 Railr...
• 19:5419:54, 23 October 2019 diff hist +39 File:Brunswick's 1st Girl Group.jpg No edit summary
• 19:5319:53, 23 October 2019 diff hist +359 N File:Brunswick's 1st Girl Group.jpg Brunswick's 1st Girl Group? Carnival at Brunswick High School Cafeteria 1965: From left to right Linda Pruitt, Kristi Myers, Ann Lynn Gross, Susan Gosnell (Photo courtesy of Kim Myers) Did those guitars actually have sound coming out of them? They l...
• 19:4919:49, 23 October 2019 diff hist +616 N File:The Wanderers 1965.jpg 1965...The Wanderers .....Those in the picture are from left to right: Ed Riggin, Brenton Barger, Jimmy Hebb, Wayne Smith and Leslie Forrest. It is the Wanderers playing at SCOB Park (Where the Eagles Club is now located) in 1965....the original drumme...
• 19:4619:46, 23 October 2019 diff hist −2 File:The Bad Boys on the left...and The Jade Brothers on the right.jpg No edit summary
• 19:4619:46, 23 October 2019 diff hist +756 N File:The Bad Boys on the left...and The Jade Brothers on the right.jpg Getting mod here in the Beatles Era... The Bad Boys on the left...and The Jade Brothers on the right (part of the old Damion & Classics) after Damion went into the Army. Unfortunately, there no names on the pic of The Jade Brothers. (Photo courtesy of...
• 19:4219:42, 23 October 2019 diff hist +278 N File:Gary Hurst and The Playboys in the mid 60s.jpg Mid-60s Frederick area group Gary Hurst and The Playboys. L-R Wayne Ausherman, Bobby Brama, Dave Lepo, Carl McAllister, Gary Hurst and Bill Devilbiss. Kneeling L-R Steve Hurly and Mike Smith (Photo courtesy of Brenton Barger) [[Category:Smoketown His...
• 19:4119:41, 23 October 2019 diff hist +381 N File:Esquires at the Brunswick Fire Hall in the 60s.jpg Another golden oldie from the '60s Frederick area music scene: Esquires at the Brunswick Fire Hall L-R Bill Lebhertz, Don Schattenberg, Alan Ramsberg, Irv Zimmerman, Tom Nikirk and Dean Runkles. (Photo courtesy of Brenton Barger) Tommy Nikirk's fathe...
• 19:3919:39, 23 October 2019 diff hist +199 N File:The Revells at the Snow White Grill.jpg The Revells at the Snow White Grill. Guess the year.. L-R Gary Hurst, Tom Nikirk, Dean Runkle and Dave Masser. (Photo courtesy of Brenton Barger) Category:Smoketown History Music
• 19:3719:37, 23 October 2019 diff hist +744 N File:Damion and The Classics, March 29, 1963.jpg On March 29, 1963, Damion and The Classics, a rock-n-roll band, made their debut at a junior class party at Frederick High School. The group stayed together and earned a national reputation before splitting up permanently in the early 1980s. Michael S...
• 19:3319:33, 23 October 2019 diff hist +86 N File:The Shades Drummer.jpg (Photo courtesy of Brenton Barger) Category:Smoketown History Music
• 19:3219:32, 23 October 2019 diff hist +86 N File:The Shades on Stage.jpg (Photo courtesy of Brenton Barger) Category:Smoketown History Music
• 19:3119:31, 23 October 2019 diff hist +86 N File:The Shades at the Brunswick Fire Hal.jpg (Photo courtesy of Brenton Barger) Category:Smoketown History Music
• 19:3019:30, 23 October 2019 diff hist +52 N File:The Shades, photo courtesy of Brenton Barger.jpg Category:Smoketown History Music
• 19:2919:29, 23 October 2019 diff hist +712 N File:The Shades from Frederick, Md.jpg These are The Shades, who were arguably the most famous band ever to come out of Frederick in the 60s. Demetri Callas was the leader and guitarist. Demetri later went on to play with Ronnie Dove, The Bill Black Combo, Frankie Vallie & The Four Seasons...
• 19:2619:26, 23 October 2019 diff hist +235 N File:Opening night band at The Canteen for teens.jpg Who knows who the opening night band were here at The Canteen for teens at the Brunswick City Park pavillion on April 8, 1965? (Blade-Times Clipping courtesy of Sherry Bowers Stull) Category:Smoketown History Music
• 19:2519:25, 23 October 2019 diff hist +94 N File:Local rockabilly in Brunswick in the '50s. Recognize these two.jpg (Photo courtesy of Barbara Streight-Felix) Category:Smoketown History Music
• 19:2319:23, 23 October 2019 diff hist +95 N File:Catherine Triptapoe and George Roberts at an event in the mid-1950s.jpg (Photo courtesy of Barbara Streight Felix) Category:Smoketown History Music
• 19:2219:22, 23 October 2019 diff hist +90 N File:Joe Shewbridge's bluegrass band at Grace Episcopal Church in 2006.jpg (Photo courtesy of Bill & Lila Wenner) Category:Smoketown History Music
• 19:2119:21, 23 October 2019 diff hist +309 N File:Midnight Express, Local Band.jpg The Midnight Express, another local band that played the 3 state area. The Midnight Express Back row, Jim McKnight, Jim Fuss and Bill Sargent Front row, Bill Overstreet, Joe Shewbridge and Richard McKnight (band leader) (Photo courtesy of Frank McKnig...
• 18:0318:03, 23 October 2019 diff hist +606 N File:Western Gentlemen, a local country music.jpg The Western Gentlemen, a local country music band that played at the Eagles, American Legion and throughout Va, WVA and Md. Front row, Vernon Carey playing steel, back row, Ray Kerns, Ken White, Rick Stimmel and Richard McKnight (band leader) (Photo c...
• 17:5917:59, 23 October 2019 diff hist +247 N File:Bill Peer and the Melody Boys in the early 60s.jpg Bill Peer and the Melody Boys in the early 60s. From the left: Jim Fuss, Joe Shewbridge, Bill Peer, Patsy Peer, Warren Mickey. Not sure about the bass player, Mark? (Courtesy of Bill Shewbridge) Category:Smoketown History Music
• 17:5717:57, 23 October 2019 diff hist +39 File:Bill Peer and the Melody Boys.jpg No edit summary
• 17:5717:57, 23 October 2019 diff hist +287 N File:Bill Peer and the Melody Boys.jpg Bill Peer and the Melody Boys played every Saturday night at the Brunswick Moose in the 50s and early 60s. This is the band in the mid 50s. Bill is second from the right. Joe Shewbridge is on fiddle, third from left. Not sure of the location. (Courtes...
• 17:5517:55, 23 October 2019 diff hist +643 N File:Boppers- On the Milt Grant show in DC.jpg "Boppers" - We were on the Milt Grant show in DC (it was like Bandstand). Anita Bryant was the guest that day and she and I had on similar flowered dresses. A kid came up to me and wanted my autograph thinking I was Anita Bryant. Ha! I got him straight...
• 17:5317:53, 23 October 2019 diff hist +255 N File:The Boppers - Late 1950's.jpg The Boppers - Late 1950's Sitting: Richard McKnight & Doug Mills (Guitars & Vocals), Standing: Connie Nicholson(Vocals), Jerry Feaster (Drums) and Bobby Rau (Vocals). (Photo courtesy of Connie Silliman) Category:Smoketown History Music
• 17:5217:52, 23 October 2019 diff hist +39 File:Radio Station WTRI, 1520 on the AM radio dial.jpg No edit summary
• 17:5117:51, 23 October 2019 diff hist +2,406 N File:Radio Station WTRI, 1520 on the AM radio dial.jpg On January 5, 1962, "Country Frank Manthos", his wife Jane and George and Mary Gillespie paid the Brunswick mayor & council $4,000 for a modest parcel of land near the city dump in back of the High School baseball diamond, the new Scheer Stadium. On t...
• 17:4517:45, 23 October 2019 diff hist +462 N File:C Street Ramblers.jpg Howard Taulton lived on C Street in the 1930s where this photograph was taken. His band, "The C Street Ramblers" performed regularly on WFMD in Frederick. His grandson Jeff still has this banjo. (Courtesy of Jeff Talton) Jim Dixon: Howard was the fat...
• 17:4217:42, 23 October 2019 diff hist +199 N File:Brunswick Teen Club - 1964.jpg Brunswick Teen Club - 1964 (l-r) Arlene Cannon, Floyd Harbert, Mary Jane Frock, Wayne Gosnell, Joyce Norris, Paul Lake (Courtesy of John Brubaker) Category:Smoketown History Music
• 17:4017:40, 23 October 2019 diff hist +477 N File:Brunswick Volunteer Fire Co Friday Night Teenage Record Hops 1950's.jpg Brunswick Volunteer Fire Co Friday Night Teenage Record Hops 1950's The newspaper kept trying to give me to Ruth & Harry Nicholson. No, my Daddy is James Nicholson. Cookie & Butchie sure could dance. I used to love watching them. Brunswick Fire Hall c...
• 17:3917:39, 23 October 2019 diff hist +797 N File:Brunswick City Park Pavillion - E Potomac St.jpg Brunswick City Park Pavillion - E Potomac St Late 50's - early 60's, the Teen Club held Wednesday night dances here. Photo courtesy of Gloria Crowl Rhonda Rooney: Anyone remember the giant sliding board they had there. I remember we would always hav...
• 16:3816:38, 23 October 2019 diff hist +934 N File:TEEN DANCE AT CITY PARK (Early 1950's).jpg Pictured from left to right. FRONT ROW: Merrell Foltz, Bob Mullen, Dick Cummings, Darlene (Stull) Morseberger, Patsy (Connor) Reynolds, Bonnie Keller, Pat (Moore) Snoots, Mary Ann (Cooper) Daugherty..., Don Ebberts. BACK ROW: Bill Mohler, Bob Castle, A...
• 15:2515:25, 23 October 2019 diff hist +94 N File:Saturday night dance at the Fire Hall..jpg (Photo courtesy of Barbara Streight Felix) Category:Smoketown History Music
• 15:2415:24, 23 October 2019 diff hist +161 N File:Dance night - 1946.jpg (From the Myer Kaplon photo collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown History Music
• 15:2315:23, 23 October 2019 diff hist +335 N File:Tom Waters dance students before a recital at Brunswick Elementary School in the early 1960s.jpg Tom Waters dance students before a recital at Brunswick Elementary School in the early 1960s: From left to right: Patti Powers, Linda Caniford, Kitty Nichols, Susie Intyre, Anne-Lynn Gross, Diane Werking, Susan Waters, Daphne Harrington (Photo courte...
• 15:2115:21, 23 October 2019 diff hist +39 File:Bonita Mann and Eddie Moss in the early 1960s..jpg No edit summary
• 15:2115:21, 23 October 2019 diff hist +130 N File:Bonita Mann and Eddie Moss in the early 1960s..jpg Tom Waters dance students Bonita Mann and Eddie Moss in the early 1960s. (Photo courtesy of Susan Waters Alexander)
• 15:1915:19, 23 October 2019 diff hist +39 File:Patti Powers in performance at the old Fire Hall.jpg No edit summary
• 15:1915:19, 23 October 2019 diff hist +153 N File:Patti Powers in performance at the old Fire Hall.jpg Tom Waters dance student Patti Powers in performance at the old Fire Hall on W. Potomac Street. (Photo courtesy of Susan Waters Alexander)
• 15:1715:17, 23 October 2019 diff hist +181 N File:Tom Waters with his sister Susan.jpg The prodigy Tom Waters with his sister Susan in the early days of Tom's Dance Studio. (Photo courtesy of Susan Waters Alexander) Category:Smoketown History Music
• 15:1515:15, 23 October 2019 diff hist +39 File:In memory of Tom Waters, who passed from this life on May 9, 2010.jpg No edit summary
• 15:1515:15, 23 October 2019 diff hist +177 N File:In memory of Tom Waters, who passed from this life on May 9, 2010.jpg Kristi Semler Hawley: Tom was an amazing dance instructor! I studied with him for 8 years in the beginning of his teaching career. Such an amazing talented teacher
• 15:1315:13, 23 October 2019 diff hist +434 N File:Woody Free photo (Memory Trio).jpg Early Woody Free photo (Memory Trio) taken in the early 50's features Albert Danner on guitar, Woody Free lead guitar and Graham White on string bass. Above inset recent photo of Woody Free, taken in 1988 when he officially retired from the entertainme...
• 15:1115:11, 23 October 2019 diff hist +39 File:Woody Free of the Woody Free Trio.jpg No edit summary