Memorial Service Planned For George Parks

By Jason Yellin on September 21, 2010 8:40 AM | No Comments | No TrackBacks

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Nationally prominent college band director George N. Parks, who grew up in Delaware and became a music professor, died suddenly late last week of a heart attack en route to a performance.

Parks, 57, died Thursday, according to the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where he taught, directed the Minuteman Marching Band and was dubbed its "musical ambassador." The band finished performing at a high school in Ohio and was going to Michigan to play at a football game Saturday when he was stricken. In tribute, the band played on.

A service for family is Wednesday in Massachusetts, with a public memorial to be held later. Instead of flowers, the family suggests donations to the George N. Parks Memorial Fund, with information at www.umass.edu.

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