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Hi all - I was reminiscing a bit today, thinking back on my days playing with the 1984 Olympic All American Band when I was a student at USC. The band was enormous - 800 strong, including silks (tall flags) - and the tuba section had close to 50 members, if I remember correctly. And we had brand new King Sousaphones with the bell stamped on the side, as well as the top front, with the "stars in motion" logo, as you see below.

Ever come across one of these horns? Better still, is anyone out there who was in that band?

Horn Trader had Blessing herald trumpets from this event for sale several months ago. Looks like they are gone now.

For quite a few years, I held on to a Blessing Herald trumpet built for that opening ceremony (which included the Olympic banner, along with special bell engraving).

After quite a few years passed, I realized that I'm not really much of an Olympic-o-phile (though I "like" the Olympics) nor a "trumpet-o-phile" (though I "like" trumpets)...so I sold it.

My husband was one of the 50 sousaphone players in the Olympic band. He has always wanted to get a hold of one of those Olympic Sousaphones. If anyone finds one for sale, please reply to this conversation.