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Community Oct 3, 2023 Local history 50 years ago: October 3, 1973 David Johanos, the original conductor of the Altoona Symphony Orchestra about 20 ...
October 3, 2023
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Community Oct 3, 2023 Local history 50 years ago: October 3, 1973 David Johanos, the original conductor of the Altoona Symphony Orchestra about 20 years earlier, returned to Altoona to perform with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. He had since studied in Europe and directed the Dallas Symphony. 25 years ago: October 3, 1998 A woman named Brett Wagenbach stopped in Altoona on a 4,414-mile ice skating fundraiser from California to Rhode Island to raise money against breast cancer in memory of her mother.