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Wesley Hitt / Getty Images Somewhere, off in the distance, the faint sound of a brass band seems to be closing in.
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Dan Wiederer, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
Faithful to tradition, the festival’s 800 volunteers were feted with a walk-around the concert hall to the sound of a brass band, before guests were invited to the stage to officially open the festival by reading a sentence in unison – a joyous cacophony that drew complicit laughter from the crowd.
—Lise Pedersen, Variety, 12 Oct. 2025
Christie Jourdain is band leader and snare drummer for The Original Pinettes, the city’s first all-female brass band that formed in 1991.
—Jenny Adams, CNN Money, 5 Oct. 2025
Picture long wooden tables where strangers become friends over overflowing steins, brass bands keeping the polka beat alive, and platters of sausages carried out faster than they can be eaten.
—Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Sep. 2025
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Dan Wiederer, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
Faithful to tradition, the festival’s 800 volunteers were feted with a walk-around the concert hall to the sound of a brass band, before guests were invited to the stage to officially open the festival by reading a sentence in unison – a joyous cacophony that drew complicit laughter from the crowd.
—Lise Pedersen, Variety, 12 Oct. 2025
Christie Jourdain is band leader and snare drummer for The Original Pinettes, the city’s first all-female brass band that formed in 1991.
—Jenny Adams, CNN Money, 5 Oct. 2025
Picture long wooden tables where strangers become friends over overflowing steins, brass bands keeping the polka beat alive, and platters of sausages carried out faster than they can be eaten.
—Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Sep. 2025
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“Brass band.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/brass%20band. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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