bandstand

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“In Claude Collier,” she rhapsodizes, “I saw my very youth, a fateful green garden, parades on the Avenue, an orchestra on a bandstand, my youth in New Orleans.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

Sarah McRobb, from Australia, who lives in Manchester, was among the fans who gathered at the bandstand.

From BBC • Oct. 16, 2025

I just assume he couldn't recollect or revel in discussions about Count Basie and Duke Ellington and sitting on the bandstand and blowing trumpet with many other people, especially in Hollywood.

From Salon • Apr. 19, 2025

Originally it was a lushly landscaped civic gathering spot for bandstand music in a dusty frontier town.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2024

The rich people pressed enough cash into someone’s hands to keep it lush and vagrant free, and a new, all-American bandstand stood whitewashed against the greenery at the back of the property.

From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx