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- ↑ Pesanne (October 20, 2019). "The St. Louis Brass Band presents the inaugural Gateway British Brass Band Festival". St. Louis Post-Dispatch . Retrieved June 18, 2021.
- ↑ Hines, Holly (October 25, 2014). "Remembering Hoover's funeral, 50 years later". Iowa City Press-Citizen . Retrieved June 18, 2021.
- ↑ "Eastern Iowa Brass Band". The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier . July 4, 2013. Retrieved June 18, 2021.
- ↑ Forrest, Myka (July 29, 2011). "Eastern Iowa Brass Band celebrates anniversary with a free concert". The Gazette . Retrieved June 18, 2021.
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