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David Wagoner’s “The Junior High School Band Concert”

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Show Notes

“No doubt, in his mind’s earSome band somewhereIn some music of some SphereWas striking a note as pureAs the wishes of Franz Schubert,But meanwhile here we were” Happy reading.

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