Beaver Dam, United States
The Band Shell Modeled after the Ford Band Shell from the 1933 Chicago World's Fair, the Swan City Park Band Shell debuted in 1934. The shell's interior featured 780 colored lights. In front, created by local engineer Orrin Hofferbert, a multicolored dancing waters effect raised it high into the air
in varied formations, all in time to the playing music. Once a week during the summer, the band shell hosted musical groups of all sizes and genres. Beginning in 1942, two annual concerts delighted B
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