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Hi, Randy--
So "Hands across the Sea" was dedicated to the Virginia Tech band!
Thanks for sharing this valuable nugget of information. Have you
passed it along to the VT news office
(http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/contact_us.php)? I bet they'd be
fascinated. As you quite rightly point out, it's a poignantly timely
discovery.
Best wishes --
-- Jurretta
On Aug 1, 2007, at 5:57 AM, Randy Cabell wrote:
> I have done some more research re Sousa and Virginia Tech. It is an
> amazing story. The first VPI cadet band was organized about 1892, yet
> by the early 20th century they were playing at various expositions
> which were all the rage at that time. They traveled to the Columbian
> Exposition in Buffalo NY in 1901 where they performed Sousa's The
> Thunderer. He was so impressed with them, that he dedicated his
> latest march to the band, and that was Hands Across the Sea. Today,
> in this time of mourning by all of us for the tragedy at Tech, I think
> the dedication and the name of the march were prophetic, and give it a
> special meaning in contemopary musical performances.
>
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