bandstand

Example Sentences

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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 civil rights movement was alive and well, adding to the urgency that these musicians were executing on the bandstand.

From New York Times • Feb. 7, 2024

It began at the bandstand at about 15:30 BST, and made its way up Khyber Pass to the Whalebone Monument for the finale.

From BBC • Dec. 2, 2023

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