{"id":237,"date":"2026-08-31T05:52:44","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T09:52:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phibetamu.org\/chi\/?p=237"},"modified":"2026-08-31T05:52:45","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T09:52:45","slug":"american-legion-band-of-the-tonawandas-wins-national-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phibetamu.org\/chi\/2026\/08\/31\/american-legion-band-of-the-tonawandas-wins-national-championship\/","title":{"rendered":"American Legion Band of The Tonawandas Wins National Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>The American Legion Band of the Tonawandas has just won the American Legion Band Competition again, this time in Louisville, KY!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Congratulations Chi Chapter Members Matthew Cool, Marni Conte, and Michael Conte!!  Your musicianship, dedication to your craft, and reverence for American music truly exemplify all that Phi Beta Mu stands for. We&#8217;re so proud of you, and to have you as part of our organization!<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.kb-image237_cdb174-5a .kb-image-has-overlay:after{opacity:0.3;}.kb-image237_cdb174-5a img.kb-img, .kb-image237_cdb174-5a .kb-img img{border-top-color:#000000;border-top-style:solid;border-right-color:#000000;border-right-style:solid;border-bottom-color:#000000;border-bottom-style:solid;border-left-color:#000000;border-left-style:solid;box-shadow:inset 0px 0px 60px -15px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kb-image237_cdb174-5a img.kb-img, .kb-image237_cdb174-5a .kb-img img{border-top-color:#000000;border-top-style:solid;border-right-color:#000000;border-right-style:solid;border-bottom-color:#000000;border-bottom-style:solid;border-left-color:#000000;border-left-style:solid;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kb-image237_cdb174-5a img.kb-img, .kb-image237_cdb174-5a .kb-img img{border-top-color:#000000;border-top-style:solid;border-right-color:#000000;border-right-style:solid;border-bottom-color:#000000;border-bottom-style:solid;border-left-color:#000000;border-left-style:solid;}}<\/style>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-kadence-image kb-image237_cdb174-5a size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/phibetamu.org\/chi\/files\/2026\/08\/IMG_7744-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"kb-img wp-image-238\" srcset=\"https:\/\/phibetamu.org\/chi\/files\/2026\/08\/IMG_7744-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/phibetamu.org\/chi\/files\/2026\/08\/IMG_7744-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/phibetamu.org\/chi\/files\/2026\/08\/IMG_7744-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/phibetamu.org\/chi\/files\/2026\/08\/IMG_7744-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/phibetamu.org\/chi\/files\/2026\/08\/IMG_7744-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The American Legion Band of the Tonawandas has just won the American Legion Band Competition again, this time in Louisville, KY! Congratulations Chi Chapter Members Matthew Cool, Marni Conte, and Michael Conte!! Your musicianship, dedication to your craft, and reverence for American music truly exemplify all that Phi Beta Mu stands for. We&#8217;re so proud<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7735,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","infinite-scroll-item"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/phibetamu.org\/chi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/phibetamu.org\/chi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/phibetamu.org\/chi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phibetamu.org\/chi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7735"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phibetamu.org\/chi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=237"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/phibetamu.org\/chi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/phibetamu.org\/chi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phibetamu.org\/chi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phibetamu.org\/chi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}