GABBF site press release:
The month of June means it's time once again for the parade, the balloons,
the brass and the annual journey back in time with the Great American Brass
Band Festival held in Danville, Kentucky.
The festival's new, permanent site on the Web at http://www.gabbf.com was launched by The Advocate Messenger, Danville, Kentucky's local newspaper. The site aims to
be the most comprehensive Web site for the festival.
The site offers in-depth information on all aspects of the annual festival, held each year during Father's Day weekend.
Site features include:
* The Chautauqua Tea section features the prelude to the festivities, an
old-fashioned tea gathering.
* Band History Conference section offers the conference schedule as well as
a registration form that you can print out. The conference topic for this
year is ``American Circus Bands: History, Music & Performers.''
* In the Picnic section, see how visitors have dressed up for the annual
decorator picnic and find out other picnic information.
* The Bands section features the bands playing this year with background
information about each band along with photos.
* A tentative schedule of events is available on the site.
* The Directions to Danville section can help get you here no matter which
direction you're coming from.
* In the Areas Sights to See section, you can find out information about
area historic sites.
* In the Dining, Shopping & Such section, read about the things to see and
do during festival downtime.
* There will be reviews of past festivals from various magazines.
* A Guest book, please don't forget to sign the guest book.
The site will be updated often and throughout the festival. Among the
things to look for are: new festival stories from the Advocate staff; a
showcase of unpublished festival photos; and a lot of other goodies, so be
sure to drop in regularly!!
