Long before there was television, movies, or even radio; entertainment in small-town America came from the town band. Today, the town of Franklin, Pennsylvania, preserves that tradition, in the form of the Franklin Silver Cornet Band, one of the nation's oldest traditional town bands. Take Note's Cynthia Berger traveled to Pennsylvania's Oil Region to talk with the band's historian and sit in on a rehearsal as the band prepared for the 2008 summer concert season.Guest: Peter Greene
Take Note Radio: Franklin Silver Cornet Band
May 25, 2008