Photos & Video of the Band's History
Rehearsal at Zott's - 1960
| The Los Trancos Woods Community “Marching” Band was founded on New Year’s Day in 1960 by marching around “the circle” in Los Trancos Woods. Shortly thereafter, we began looking for parades and other venues to display our talents. One of our favorite spots to practice was Rossotti’s in Portola Valley, close to our ancestral home. These photos were taken in early 1960. |
1. From our executive offices in Los Trancos Woods, the two closest
watering holes for the band were
Rossotti‘s and Mama
Garcia’s. In the early days, we would go to Zott’s for
practice.
2. Harvey on trombone, Al “The Kid” Hall on trombone,
and Bill Carroll on tuba.
3. Here’s the better side of Al Dodworth on gut bucket,
Unknown on brushes, Ray Funkhouser on clarinet, and Doug Newton on
trombone.
4. Al on gut bucket, Unknown on trumpet, Ray on clarinet, George
Strom playing cymbals with a Craftsman screwdriver,
Doug Newton
on trombone, Harvey on trombone, Kid Hall on trombone,
Ben Gold
giving us some encouragement, and Bill Carroll on tuba.
5. Here are the same characters, plus John Frankenstein on bass
drum.
6. Bill DeArmond on snare, and we notice the unusual detail of
John Frankenstein’s
beer bottle drum mallet and
George’s Craftsman screwdriver.
7. In the audience, we see Les Wayne, Pete FitzGerald, Ben Gold,
and an anonymous co-ed.