Summary

FUNERAL FLOWER ARRANGEMENT IN SHAPE OF SAXOPHONE

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Reel Summary JANUARY 14, 1971 APPROXIMATELY 400 FEET OF COLOR FILM WITH A MAGNETIC SOUND TRACK, COMPLIED ONTO A 7 INCH REEL. RUN TIME: 11:31 CAPTAIN JOHN HANDY (1900 - JANUARY 12, 1971) WAS BORN IN PASS CHRISTIAN, MISSISSIPPI AND DIED IN NEW ORLEANS. HE WAS A MUSICIAN, WHO PLAYED ALTO SAXOPHONE AND CLARINET AND PERFORMED OFTEN AT PRESERVATION HALL. A VIEWING WAS HELD JANUARY 14 AT THE RHODES FUNERAL HOME, 1716 N. CLAIBORNE AVENUE, AND WAKE SERVICES WERE HELD THE NEXT DAY AT THE GOOD WILL BAPTIST CHURCH, IN PASS CHRISTIAN, MISSISSIPPI. INTERMENT WAS AT LIVE OAK CEMETERY IN PASS CHRISTIAN. BRASS BAND MUSICIANS ARE SEEN RIDING AND GETTING OFF A BUS AND THEN MARCHING TO THE CHURCH, OUT AGAIN, AND THEN TO THE GRAVESITE. FATS HOUSTON AND ANDERSON MINOR ARE SEEN AS GRAND MARSHALS IN A PROCESSION THAT INCLUDES THE OLYMPIA BRASS BAND. FATS IS SEEN DANCING IN A BRIEF SEQUENCE. A FLOWER ARRANGEMENT IN THE FORM OF A SAXOPHONE IS SEEN. A TRADITIONAL JAZZ FUNERAL SECOND LINE IS SEEN AFTER THE BURIAL. SEE ALSO: 2000.78.4.51
Description FUNERAL FLOWER ARRANGEMENT IN SHAPE OF SAXOPHONE
Genre AFRICAN AMERICAN CULTURE
Color color
Year 1971
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