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Friday, June 28, 2013

Monongahela Cemetery turns 150 with music



MONONGAHELA, Pa. – You don't often get a chance see a band performing in a graveyard.

And not every city has one as beautiful as historic Monongahela Cemetery, which celebrated it's 150th anniversary today with a performance by Too Many Tubas.

The band based in Finleyville and made up of musicians from across Southwestern Pennsylvania performs "Gettysburg" under the direction of Rich Pantaleo, a former music teacher in the Ringgold School District.

Oddly enough, the cemetery is holding a picnic tomorrow to honor the past when families actually packed lunches and spent the day in the cemetery off Route 88 in Monongahela.

1 comment:

rod herron said...

The Anniversary Concert was terrific! What a variety of songs. Kudos to all "Too Many Tubas" and all the other band members who joined them. It was beautiful music on a beautiful day in a beautiful cemetery.