Fair Field Productions

Who remembers tuba player Bill Bell’s return to Fairfield?

FAIRFIELD - Fairfield hosted a band festival in 1965 that featured the “world’s greatest tuba player.”

Those were the words of The Fairfield Ledger describing the “Tuba King” Bill Bell, who got his start on the instrument six decades earlier as an 8-year-old playing in the Central Park bandstand. Bell was honored with a Homecoming Parade upon his return to Fairfield on Sept. 18 of that year for a band festival at Parsons College.

Dick DeAngelis, producer and director of Fair Field Productions, wants to hear from members of the public who recall that parade for Bell 61 years ago. DeAngelis is producing the seventh film in his Fairfield History Series, this one about the area’s artists and musicians. He plans to include a segment about Bell and his connection to Fairfield.

Those who have a memory to share can contact DeAngelis at 641-919-4277, or email him at [email protected].

- Andy Hallman

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