A Legacy of Music
by Carol Shoults

In a lunch meeting at the White House in the early 1900s, President Theodore Roosevelt is quoted as saying to General William Booth, "There is no more effective method of evangelizing a people than with a brass band."

Founded as a musical transplant from the British brass band tradition, the Chicago Staff Band has been doing just that for 100 years: evangelizing people. But how has the tradition continued? What has kept the motive and message intact? Looking over the list of bandmembers for just the past 50 years, you will find many families that have shared in this legacy of music.

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