Historical evidence ·
Minco Band
A dated 1939 Minco band photograph and its identifications name director Milton Shedick and a substantial roster, with percussion, clarinet, saxophone, cornet, tuba and baritone evidence. Exact institutional sponsorship and the original photograph or newspaper provenance remain open.
- Community
- Minco
- Historical setting
- Oklahoma
- Ensemble
- school/community wind-brass-percussion band — exact institutional sponsorship unresolved
- Earliest reviewed evidence
- 1939 — dated group photograph
- Later reviewed evidence
- 1939 — only verified activity point
- People named in the sources
- Milton Shedick (director); Odell McClure (drum major); named roster includes Mary Ellen McComas, Ramona Rice, Bobby Harley, Davaleen Black, Marylin Woodworth, Rose Mary Wegener, Charles Eden and James McConnell
What remains uncertain
Earlier organization and later continuity unresolved
High for identity, Minco location, 1939 date, director, large named roster and visible/identified percussion, clarinet, saxophone, cornet, tuba and baritone evidence; medium for original photograph/newspaper provenance and complete roster.
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