My two cents: When the Glenn Miller band played Grangeville

The front saxophone line of the Miller Orchestra played behind music stands designed with the band’s logo. When they opened with their “Moonlight Serenade” theme people in the Grangeville audience didn’t need to read the logo to know they were listening to the real thing.

Driving north of Grangeville as the daylight faded under a full moon, cars and trucks flicked on their signal lights before they turned off Idhao’s Highway 95 and headed for farms and small towns on Camas Prairie. Families were headed home after hearing the Glenn Miller Ochestra perform at Pioneer Park in Grangeville.

For mos...