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\nThe Zion View Band organized in 1910 and played at countless community events until the 1980s. In 1927, they moved into a new band hall, still standing today. For years, it has been home of the York County Racing Club. In fact, the original band hall is standing as well. It’s a private residence at corner of Copenhaffer and Butter Roads in Conewago Township. Here, the band is seen in 1931. (Courtesy, Norma Bear Gates)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\nAn e-mailer notifed York Daily Record\/Sunday News stories on community bands – particularly Emigsville’s<\/a> and Brodbecks’ groups.
\nThe former York countian is now living in the West and wanted to know more about such bands.
\nThe community bands are a piece of York County’s past, popular at community events. Their band halls often formed a community gathering place and were used for more than just musical performances.
\nIn the Conewago Township community of Zion View, for example, the community held a business show in the band hall from 1929 to 1962. That hall also played host to dances, card parties, bingo parties and minstrel shows.
\nIn ” … the way it was,” Norma Bear Gates’ writes that most every small town had a band in the early part of the 20th century.
\n“Wherever the band played, there most Zion Viewers could be found,” she wrote… .<\/p>\n


\nThe band, well, disbanded in the 1980s.
\nA contributing reason for their demise?
\nHigh school bands were becoming more popular, filling the need for community performances as parades and holiday concerts.
\nStill, as the e-mailer points out, some such bands still play on.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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