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Local high school bands have made appearances in past years at the Macy's parade in New York and the Rose Parade in Pasadena. But for the 2025 holidays, one local band will be going farther afield.
Hamilton is a city in Hancock County, Illinois, United States. The population was 2,753 at the 2020 census, [ 3 ] a decline from 2,951 in 2010. [ 4 ] The city is located directly across the Mississippi River from Keokuk, Iowa .
In 1954, Ike Turner relocated his band, the Kings of Rhythm, from Clarksdale, Mississippi to East St. Louis, Illinois. [3] There he met a man named Booker Merritt who owned a building at 1320 East Broadway. [2] Turner and his band gut renovated the building and created the Club Manhattan where they would practice and perform. [4]
He was born on September 15, 1923, in St. Louis, Missouri. [1] Shaw learned to play tuba in high school, but switched to bass soon after. In 1942 he worked with Fate Marable on riverboats traveling on the Mississippi River, then served in the Navy from 1942 to 1945. [1] After his discharge he played with Armstrong in his last big band, from ...
Most of the village is in the northwest corner of the town of Hamilton, but the village limits extend north into the towns of Madison and Eaton. [1] New York State Route 12B passes through the village on Broad Street and Utica Street, leading north 6 miles (10 km) to the village of Madison and south 11 miles (18 km) to Sherburne.
Hamilton is a town in Madison County, New York, United States. The population was 6,379 at the 2020 census. [ 4 ] The town is named after American Founding Father Alexander Hamilton and is a college town , with Colgate University dominating the town's employment, culture and population.
Structure fires destroyed such a significant number of consecutive blocks that much of the post-Armageddon film Escape from New York was filmed in East St. Louis. [ 17 ] [ 18 ] In 1990, the State of Illinois passed (65 ILCS 5/Art. 8 Div. 12) The Financially Distressed City Law. [ 19 ]