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

A Met Police chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear team was seen near the park's bandstand on Friday and police divers were spotted near the Round Pond ornamental lake.

From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026

Programming with local nonprofits beyond the Levitt Pavilion bandstand that hosts summer concerts.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 22, 2026

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

We rolled past the neat square of grass with its bright white bandstand, its perverted pulpit, and right on by the For Sale sign planted in front of the Kites’.

From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx