THE "TIMBER CITY BAND" IS DIRECTED BY JAY KAHN, MIDDLE SCHOOL BAND INSTRUCTOR AND AUTHORITY ON CONCERT AND MARCHING BANDS, FROM SOUSA TO GALUSKA. WHO IS GALUSKA?
WITHIN THE LAST YEAR, JAY HEARD ABOUT J. F. GALUSKA, WHO LIVED IN
DELMAR AND MAQUOKETA FROM 1909 UNTIL 1921 AND WHO COMPOSED
MARCHES INCLUDING FOUR PRESENTED LAST NIGHT. HIGH PRAISE FOR
GALUSKA BY KAHN. GALUSKA ALSO GAVE LESSONS... VIOLIN, VIOLA, CLARIONET AND ALL BRASS INSTRUMENTS AND HE ALSO AT ONE TIME WAS PART OWNER OF MAQUOKETA'S PASTIME THEATRE.