Histories

NATIONAL BAND ASSOCIATION FORMED

At the time of the 1926 band contest the national School Institutions and by laws and the following officers were elected: president, Hy Lammers, Ogden, Utah; first vice president, A.R. McAallister, Joliet, Illinois; second vice president, J.W. Wainwright, Fostoria; secretary-treasurer, C.M. Tremaine.

The mission of the organization was to foster and promote the establishment of school bands and the development and improvement of band music in the schools. For the next seventeen years the National Band Association regulated the national contests.