The Rawson - Kittredge Family
 
 The Kittredge children are now all grown and do not participate in the band as frequently.  There was a time that if the Kittredge family was away, we were missing a large part of our brass section.  Dad, Jack Kittredge, played the trombone with the group.  Dan, the eldest child played the euphonium.  Paul and Charlie played the trumpet.  Ellen joined her mom, Julie Rawson,  on french horn,

Even before playing in the brass section, however, the Kittredge children helped out.  In the picture above you will see Charlie, Dan, Ellen and Paul Kittredge carrying the banner for a Memorial Day Parade in the late 80's or early 90's.  Their mother, Julie Rawson, can be seen in the middle of the photo playing the french horn. 
 
Jack Kittredge took up the trombone in junior high school and played in the
school band and orchestra as well as at pep rallies, parades, and evening
dance band gigs. He made it as far as Maryland All-State Orchestra before graduating. Then he put the instrument down for 25 years until his kids started playing with the Quabbin Community Band. So as not to be left out he picked up the horn again and joined the band! He played for 13 years with QCB, and presently enjoys singing bass with the Circle of Song.

   

Julie Rawson joined the Quabbin Community Band two days after moving to town with Jack and their four small children in the summer of 1982. She is a life long French horn player (about 41 years now) and wonders if she had studied music in college she might be a tad more immersed in it now. She is an organic farmer and Executive Coordinator of the Northeast Organic Farming Association’s (NOFA) Massachusetts Chapter by day, and pursues music avidly in the free spaces that remain. Along with being president of Quabbin Community Band since sometime in the early 90’s, Julie co-directs the Circle of Song Community Chorus with Beth Bryant, helps out in the music department at Quabbin, is back directing the fall high school musical, and does a lot of vocal and horn gigging around Central Massachusetts. Marching in Memorial Day Parades, playing in this community band with its phenomenal director, dedicated volunteer board and multi-generational musicians is about as close as she can think of to being in heaven.

   
In the picture to the left, Paul plays his first solo with the band.  Paul began playing trumpet when he was in fourth grade.

 

 
For a while, while the children were in high school, the family had a brass ensemble that would play at different occasions around the community.  They called themselves the Many Hands Brass Band.  The short-lived family band performed gigs for a year or two around Central Massachusetts in churches, for First Night events, and occasional social gatherings.  They are pictured at a local church in the picture above.
 
In addition to their involvement with music in the community, the family is also involved with NOFA and runs a local organic farm, the Many Hands Farm.  In the summer, they can be seen selling their produce at the Farmer's Market on Barre Common.

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