The Southeast Nebraska Community Band at Thirty

In the beginning was an idea, an idea born of the desire to play music in a group again. In 1994, Linda Hodges of Pawnee City put an ad in the local paper asking for any interested people to form a band. The first night about a dozen people showed up, ready to play. Some had not blown a note for fifty years but were willing to see if the spark was still there. It took some time, a lot of work…