Israelite House of David - Homegrown Entertainment
"When the day's work was over we would gather together at Headquarters where the band often played and marched after supper." Estelle Hornbeck memoirs
The House of David Israelites led frugal lives and avoided vices. One of their few sources of entertainment was playing music. Always practical the colonist could use their homegrown entertainment to hone skills for more public performances.
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