Grafton Cornet Band

Canceled: Chester Alumni Parade, Sat. June 7. The parade was canceled due to flood risk. The Chester Alum. Assoc. Facebook page has the information. We'll do it next year.

Bellows Falls Alumni Parade, Sunday, Father's Day, June 15, 1:00. B.F. has some of the most impressive floats in Vermont during alumni parade season--a good crowd of enthusiastic spectators. Everyone has a good time.

1989 Townshend Common Accident project. Thirty-five years later, it's time to document the accident on the Townshend Common on August 5th, 1989. A runaway car drove through the band, hospitalizing nineteen and bruising a dozen others. It has never been told beyond the brief newspaper articles. It's not a happy story, but it's a moving story of community, generosity, and resilience. The living memory is slowly disappearing. For instance, Mary Pill, in the hard-hit flutes, who broke a leg, died in May 2024. So we're inviting first-person accounts and other memories. For now, you can contact us on the Contact page. Watch this space for progress on the project.

The Grafton Cornet Band welcomes all to our series of free summer concerts. We play all sorts of traditional band music as we have for 158 years. Our concerts are informal, so bring chairs or a blanket and maybe a picnic. On rainy days, we play in the beautiful Community Church (white clapboard) in Grafton. More information…