Columbia Falls concert celebrates anniversary of trip to Europe
Columbia Falls High Band Director Don Lawrence was presented a bouquet by a German student after a concert in Germany in 1970. At right is Herr Reinhold Schaper, headmaster. From left are some of the Columbians: Virgil Larson, Clinton Hoerner, Roger Newman, Harold Riley, Jerry Knutson and Dave Thorkelson. (Mel Ruder photo)
Terry Kennedy, Jim Kracher, Patsi Schmidt, Diane Johnson and Roger Newman walk down a street in Rothenburg, West Germany, in 1970. (Mel Ruder photo)
Final concert on the 21-day European tour and outing for the Columbia Falls High School Band in 1970 was at Amsterdam shopping center. Here is the 87-piece band with their bus drivers and chaperons. (Mel Ruder photo)
Some 53 years ago, 87 Columbia Falls High School band members and 22 chaperones departed for Europe to put on several concerts for largely adoring crowds....
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