Town and community · added September 14, 2026
Ardmore/Shawnee federal bands and Starlight: repeated dating overreach
Correction or qualification · low confidenceWhat the evidence supports
The report supplies no band-specific evidence proving Ardmore or Shawnee dance-band activity in 1941–1943, and no dated evidence establishing a Starlight jazz branch during 1947–1960.
Limits and open questions
Reject use of a federal program’s ending year as each band’s last documented year. Modern concert-band/jazz-orchestra structure does not establish its 1947 instrumentation. Existing candidates and prior cautions remain in force.
Confidence detail: high for correction; low for Earlier research period claims. Evidence notes are not a count of distinct ensembles.