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Ransom Street Big Band brings a workshop and concert to Beaver Island, 2008

Also Ransom Street Big Band Beaver Island September 2008

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TypeEvent
Date2008-09
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
On this page
Event
Date
2008-09
Kind
Concert
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
musicperformanceeducationcommunitycommunication
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The Ransom Street Big Band brought an 18-member workshop and two public performances to Beaver Island during a September 2008 weekend. Students joined the afternoon rhythm section, and about 150 people attended the evening concert.

Evidence limits

The report gives the program and approximate audience but does not provide a recording, complete personnel list, or independent attendance count.

Sources

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Sources

  1. Beaver Beacon, October 2008, "Big Sound."
    Reports an 18-member Ransom Street Big Band workshop at the school, a student-inclusive afternoon performance at the Hall, and an evening concert attended by about 150 people. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2008-10_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held issue scan confirms the workshop and concert report.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2008-10_Beaver-Beacon

Added 7 August 2026. Recent changes

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Beaver Island Archive, “Ransom Street Big Band brings a workshop and concert to Beaver Island, 2008”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-ransom-street-big-band-workshop-concert-2008/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, October 2008, "Big Sound." (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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