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- ↑ Cassaro, James P. (24 February 2010). "North American Brass Band Association". Oxford Music Online. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.a2085456.
- ↑ Newsome, Roy (2007). The Modern Brass Band: From the 1930s to the New Millennium. Ashgate Publishing. p. 318. ISBN 978-0-7546-0717-5. OCLC 58422802.