{"id":655,"date":"2025-10-02T18:36:55","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T18:36:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pes.ttc.mybluehost.me\/website_b1f48886\/?page_id=655"},"modified":"2025-11-30T02:13:42","modified_gmt":"2025-11-30T02:13:42","slug":"solid-brass-the-leonard-falcone-story","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/falconefestival.org\/website_b1f48886\/about-dr-leonard-falcone\/solid-brass-the-leonard-falcone-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Solid Brass: The Leonard Falcone Story"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"yoast-breadcrumbs\"><span><span><a href=\"https:\/\/falconefestival.org\/website_b1f48886\/\">Home<\/a><\/span> \u00bb <span><a href=\"https:\/\/falconefestival.org\/website_b1f48886\/about-dr-leonard-falcone\/\">Leonard Falcone Legacy<\/a><\/span> \u00bb <span class=\"breadcrumb_last\" aria-current=\"page\">Solid Brass: The Leonard Falcone Story<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-custom-color-5-color has-text-color has-link-color 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class=\"wp-element-caption\">Version 1.0.0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Blue Lake Press<\/strong>&nbsp;has announced the publication of <strong><em>Solid Brass: The Leonard Falcone&nbsp;Story<\/em><\/strong>.&nbsp;Solid Brass chronicles Leonard Falcone&#8217;s journey to America from Italy through Ellis Island at age 16, which led to one of the most unlikely and inspirational stories in the history of the American Band Movement. 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