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Daily Kansan Friday, October 8,1965
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More than 5,400 high school students will travel into Lawrence over the weekend to participate in the BAND-DAY, KU 1965.
Representing 75 bands from Kansas and Missouri high schools,the students will begin their day of activities with a parade at 9 a.m. Saturday.
The parade, timed to last exactly one hour, will originate from Central Park. From here the bands will march to Massachusetts St. and proceed to South Park.
COMMENTING ON THIS, Russell Wiley, director of the KU-Band and founder of the KU-Band Day, said,"I have been around quite a while,and I think we have the most spectacular Band-Day in the country."
Founded 22 years ago by Wiley, KU band's last year event was featured in the September issue of Instrumentalist, a magazine for instruments.
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