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The inception of the band was an assembly of the best musicians i could find in the city of chicago. We actually discussed about making the best band we could possibly make, that the band would be a musical democracy. I said when you give me your hand, thatll be the contract. The only way you get out of it is to ask out or you die. Ive always thought of chicago in terms of a family rather than eras. You know, in the span of 40 or 50 years, there are going to be changes. I dont care if it is a fa...

The event that started the Kentucky Derby Festival — the annual Pegasus Parade — steps off Sunday at 3 p.m. The parade will march West on Broadway from Campbell to

Mille Lacs Band statute requires the chief executive to present to the Band Assembly an annual State of the Band Address on the second Tuesday of January of each calendar year. The first was in 1983.

Chief Executive Melanie Benjamin reflected on 2022 as a year that held some loss, but also some historic gains.