National Stage Band Camp 1962

Linden McKinley High School Stage Band

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Indiana University, Thursday, 16 August 1962

Side 1

Side 2

Linden McKinley High School Stage Band
Columbus, Ohio

Daniel H. Baker, director

SIDE 1
1. Fast Blooze
2. Beautiful Ohio
3. Monday Everyday (Dave Wheeler)
4. The Swinger (Don Sebesky)
5. Stardust (arr. Bob Eberhart)
6. Blue Grass

SIDE 2
1. The Uptown
2. A Cake for Jake (Bob Siebert)
solo: Bob Everhart
3. Suite for Jazz Orchestra (Dave Wheeler)
4. S.R.O. [Swingin’ Room Only] (Bob Siebert)

“In the summer of 1954, I became the instrumental music director at Linden McKinley High in Columbus. In the late 1950s, I developed an outstanding dance band, but we had to change the name to a stage band because the Southern Baptists wouldn't accept the term ‘dance.’

“The Linden McKinley Stage Band was selected in 1961 to attend the Stan Kenton Stage Band Clinic at Michigan State University and again in 1962 to the same clinic at Indiana University. Our band was chosen to represent high school stage bands at the World’s Fair of Sound and Music in Chicago.

“I was then transferred to the new Northland High School for two years. I then went downtown to the Columbus Board of Education as Supervisor of Instrumental Music where I stayed until I retired.”

— Daniel H. Baker

Titus, Steve. “Aladdin Shrine Band.” Aladdin’s Lamp 88, no. 4 (April 2015): 10.

Obituary for Daniel Baker

22 May 1924 – 30 April 2019

Daniel H. Baker, age 94, of Worthington died April 30, 2019 at home. Born May 22, 1924 in Cleveland, Ohio to the late Irving and Thais Baker, he was also preceded in death by his wife Jeanne, and great-granddaughter Annabelle Losee.

He is survived by his daughters Linda (Harold) Miller, Nanette Baker, and Nancy (Robert) Losee, brother Robert (Dalia) Baker; grandchildren, Rob, Melissa, Amy, Michael, Jeffrey: great grandchildren, Karleigh, Aaron, Tyler, Ashton, Austin, Anthony, Tanner, Mary, Hunter, Zachary, Colby, Blake, Logan, and 2 great great-grandchildren.

Dan graduated from Cleveland Heights High School and The Ohio State University. He was a music educator in Mansfield at John Simpson from 1948-1951 , Urbana High School 1951-1954 and retired from Columbus City Schools where he was the band director at Linden McKinley High School 1954-1966, Northland High School 1966-1968 (he wrote the high schools Fight song) , Music Supervisor 1968-1983. He was a member of The Franklin County Retired Teachers, OMEA, OSU Alumni band, Doc Everharts dance band, The Aladdin Shrine Temple Band, was a Master Mason 32 degree, The Scottish Rite, and The Royal Jesters.

Linden McKinley Stage Band - 1963

Dan Baker, director. Drums Don Browne (left), Tom Creamer (right), Jack Barger (rear)
[photo from Don Browne @Flickr]

Linden McKinley High School Dance Band under the direction of Dan Baker, performing at the Stan Kenton Clinics in 1961 and 1962 including a concert at the McCormick Place convention facility in Chicago.

Linden McKinley High School 1961/1962 Dance Band Reunion, held at the Columbus Zoo in 2005.