Andela Taylor joins us in this “Journey into Nebraska”. Andela is the economic developer in Cambridge, Nebraska - a south central Nebraska community that lies along Highways 6 and 34, the old DLD [Detroit-Lincoln-Denver] Highway.
She and her mother, B-n-B owner Gloria Hilton, have been at the forefront of a local effort to celebrate the big band music of Glenn Miller, who played with the Tommy Watkins [he was a Cambridge native] Orchestra in the second floor ballroom downtown known as Thorndike Hall.
The ballroom is listed as one of Heritage Nebraska’s Fading Places and a move is afoot to restore the space. Watkins was credited with finding the young aspiring musician [Miller] in Denver and helping him hone his skills in a Nebraska community.
Miller later moved on to California and started his own band.
You can access the podcast @ http://conversationsontheroad.podbus.com/?p=197
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