The most famous marching band leader in the world, John Philip Sousa, gave a concert at the Hippodrome Theater in Pottsville on Aug. 18, 1918. Coming three months before the end of World War I, the ...

On Aug. 15, 1928, the Manitowoc Herald-News reported “America’s March King” John Philip Sousa and his band was to play “Two Golden Jubilee Concerts” at the Capitol Theatre on Saturday, Sept. 15. The ...

SANTA CRUZ — The Santa Cruz High School band was invited to perform this weekend in the concert hall of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., for the John Philip ...

In the video player: The Pride of Arizona is 'Absolutely Arizona' TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — Before they were the "Pride of Arizona" they were "The Best Band in the West." Now they're being honored with a ...

TUCSON, Ariz. — The University of Arizona has one of the nation's premier college marching bands, according to the John Philip Sousa Foundation. On Thursday, the foundation announced that the Pride of ...

Arguably, the most popular early 20th-century visitor to Fort Worth (after Theodore Roosevelt) was bandleader John Philip Sousa. Both were headliners in their day. Roosevelt came to town twice (1905 ...

TUCSON, Ariz. (KVOA) — The Pride of Arizona Marching Band has been named the 2024 recipient of the prestigious Sudler Trophy by the John Philip Sousa Foundation, marking the highest honor a college ...

Monday marks the 152nd anniversary of the birth of American musician John Philip Sousa. Each year on this day, the U.S. Marine Band performs at the Congressional Cemetery in Washington, D.C., to honor ...

Jane van Middlesworth Sousa, ca. 1880s. Scott Schwartz John Philip Sousa at the Great Lakes Naval Training Center in 1917. Sigmund 'The Great Lafayette' Neuberger as John Philip Sousa in 1911. The ...