Community and Municipal Bands

Moore Community Band

Moore1974Community band
Documented history with gaps
Master record031

Image status

Photograph withheld

C: Rights confirmation required — not cleared for publication.

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Documented overview

A 1974 newspaper photograph documents a tuba player preparing to perform with the community band's pep group. The live archival metadata further states: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Lewis G. Neal looks forward to playing tuba with the Moore community band's pep group at Wrangler profesional football games this summer."

Documented history with gaps. The record supports a public history, with important limitations stated on the page.

History

Identity and chronology

A 1974 newspaper photograph documents a tuba player preparing to perform with the community band's pep group. The live archival metadata further states: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Lewis G. Neal looks forward to playing tuba with the Moore community band's pep group at Wrangler profesional football games this summer."

Leadership

The reviewed evidence for Moore Community Band does not identify a director, bandmaster, organizer, or complete leadership succession.

Sponsorship and participation

Moore Community Band is treated as a community or municipal band because the evidence ties it to Moore. Municipal ownership, public funding, and organizational continuity are not inferred from a town name alone.

Adult or plausibly adult; exact participation model may remain unverified.

Activity

A 1974 newspaper photograph documents a tuba player preparing to perform with the community band's pep group. The image is evidence of the depicted occasion or group, not proof of a founding date or continuous operation.

Why this band matters

Named Oklahoma community or municipal ensemble with durable evidence (Moore Community Band).

Evidence timeline

What the sources establish

  1. Documented evidence

    A 1974 newspaper photograph documents a tuba player preparing to perform with the community band's pep group. The live archival metadata further states: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Lewis G. Neal looks forward to playing tuba with the Moore community band's pep group at Wrangler profesional football games this summer."

    Source 1

Current research decision

What the wording does—and does not—claim

No material contradiction is resolved by assumption. For Moore Community Band, 1974 is treated as the documented evidence span, not automatically as a founding date, closing date, or proof of continuous operation.

What remains unknown

For Moore Community Band: active span, membership, directors, and later status remain to be researched.

Evidence

Sources

1 of 1 listed live source link resolved during the September 3, 2026 audit. Gateway metadata checked: Primary: “[Photograph 2012.201.B0941.0347]” — Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Lewis G. Neal looks forward to playing tuba with the Moore community band's pep group at Wrangler profesional football games this summer."

  1. The Gateway to Oklahoma History item

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