Sioux City Journal Newsboy Band
In 1912, the Sioux City Journal organized some of its newspaper carriers into a little band. After some instruction in music and marching under director Lee Maynard, the Journal’s Newsboy Band made its debut concert at Crystal Lake. The Journal bought uniforms for the boys and promoted them in the region. They played concerts around town and were remembered for the Christmas Carols they played on the lawn of the old Court House at Sixth and Pierce. Sioux City Ghosts
Monahan Post BandIn the fall of 1920, a group of Sioux City war veterans met to form a band. The eight musicians were all members of the newly organized Monahan Post of the American Legion in Sioux City and many had just returned from the battlefields of World War I. Herman Koch, Commander of the Monahan Post, believed a band would strengthen the post and he put out a call for musicians. They began to practice under the baton of director Barney Flanagan, a barber who had been a bandmaster in the Army. Sioux City’s Mini Indy
Theatre
Located on the south side of Fourth Street between Douglas and Pierce streets, the building was ninety feet wide and one hundred feet deep. The stage was twenty-two feet by fifty feet, with a twenty-six foot arched opening. The stage had two trap doors for special effects and gas foot lights which could be adjusted. Eight hundred people could watch shows performed by traveling companies. It was also used for high school graduations, political speeches, and concerts. Susan B. Anthony spoke on womens' suffrage twice during the 1870s. More Articles... |