bandstand

Example Sentences

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“In Claude Collier,” she rhapsodizes, “I saw my very youth, a fateful green garden, parades on the Avenue, an orchestra on a bandstand, my youth in New Orleans.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

I just assume he couldn't recollect or revel in discussions about Count Basie and Duke Ellington and sitting on the bandstand and blowing trumpet with many other people, especially in Hollywood.

From Salon • Apr. 19, 2025

Jon McClure, the lead singer from the Sheffield band Reverend and the Makers, recently purchased "an old-fashioned English bandstand guitar" from the new shop.

From BBC • Jan. 12, 2025

“All the landscaping was gone. The boathouse was a mess. The bandstand was boarded up.”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 9, 2024

The stage was the bandstand in the park, lit with headlights running off car batteries.

From "A Long Way from Chicago" by Richard Peck