Caesar LaMonaca
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Caesar LaMonaca was the director of the Caesar LaMonaca Band which began performing concerts in 1926 for the city of Hollywood, Florida
. After a hurricane
hit the city of Hollywood, LaMonaca was hired by the city of Miami. His band gave concerts at Bayfront Park
from 1929 until 1978. During his final concert he fell from the podium and broke his hip.
Born in San Severo
, Italy
LaMonaca came to the United States in 1901 to continue a career in music already begun at a very young age. After touring with various ensembles, including Ellery's Italian Band, he moved to Miami in the early 1920s to conduct a band at the Roman Pools and by 1926 was director of the Hollywood municipal band. LaMonaca accepted an offer to return to Miami in 1926 and in 1929, he became director of the Harvey Seeds American Legion Post band, which he led for twenty years. In 1931, he formed the Greater Miami Boys Drum and Bugle Corps, which he headed until 1955. From 1946 to 1955, he also organized and directed a youth symphony that performed twice during the summer months at the Bayfront Park bandshell while his symphonic band was on hiatus.
Hollywood, Florida
-Demographics:As of 2000, there were 59,673 households out of which 24.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 41.5% were married couples living together, 11.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 42.2% were non-families. 34.4% of all households were made up of...
. After a hurricane
1926 Miami Hurricane
The 1926 Miami hurricane was a Category 4 hurricane that devastated Miami in September 1926. The storm also caused significant damage in the Florida Panhandle, the U.S. state of Alabama, and the Bahamas...
hit the city of Hollywood, LaMonaca was hired by the city of Miami. His band gave concerts at Bayfront Park
Bayfront Park
Bayfront Park is a public, urban park in Downtown Miami, Florida on Biscayne Bay.-History:The park began construction in 1924 under the design plans of Warren Henry Manning and officially opened in March 1925. Beginning in 1980, it underwent a major redesign by Japanese-American modernist artist...
from 1929 until 1978. During his final concert he fell from the podium and broke his hip.
Born in San Severo
San Severo
San Severo is a city and comune of 55,486 inhabitants of the province of Foggia in the southern Italian region of Apulia....
, Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
LaMonaca came to the United States in 1901 to continue a career in music already begun at a very young age. After touring with various ensembles, including Ellery's Italian Band, he moved to Miami in the early 1920s to conduct a band at the Roman Pools and by 1926 was director of the Hollywood municipal band. LaMonaca accepted an offer to return to Miami in 1926 and in 1929, he became director of the Harvey Seeds American Legion Post band, which he led for twenty years. In 1931, he formed the Greater Miami Boys Drum and Bugle Corps, which he headed until 1955. From 1946 to 1955, he also organized and directed a youth symphony that performed twice during the summer months at the Bayfront Park bandshell while his symphonic band was on hiatus.
External links
- http://www.memorialis.com/caesarlamonaca/