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Ron Keller

Ron Keller is a lifelong Naperville resident, tuba enthusiast and has been conducting the Naperville Municipal Band for over 50 years.
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Growing up in Naperville – Drawn toward the art of teaching music

Above / Ron Keller, pictured here in 1969, has been a member of the Naperville Municipal Band since 1954. (PN File Photo) This column, “Growing...
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Growing up in Naperville – Growth in Naperville

In the fall of 1944, I entered kindergarten at Ellsworth School. The first week of school my mom walked with me so I could...
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Growing up in Naperville – Celebrating holidays, yesterday and today

This past holiday season I found myself thinking about how it used to be around all of our family get-togethers and how close all...
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Growing up in Naperville – TubaChristmas returns to downtown Naperville

When I first learned to play the tuba in third grade, I never imagined one day there would be a "TubaChristmas," a special concert...
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Growing up in Naperville – Sausage making

In mid-October my granddaughter, my wife and I continued a family tradition that was brought to Naperville from Germany in 1851! My great-grandfather, Adam Keller,...
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Growing up in Naperville – Farm town to large suburb

Growing up in Naperville, I've watched a small blue collar, farming town become a large city in the suburbs of Chicago. My great grandfather, Adam...
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Growing up in Naperville – Correctly remembering the past

As a young boy growing up in Naperville—or any place else, for that matter—facts of events, things, experiences, if remembered, sometimes become a little...
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Growing up in Naperville – Leaders of the band

This year marks my 56th year as director of the Naperville Municipal Band—and I can remember my first concert as though it were yesterday. We...
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Growing up in Naperville – The 1812 Overture

Folks who attend the Thursday evening Naperville Municipal Band concerts are accustomed at seeing Ann Lord at the microphone, weaving her announcements and facts...
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Growing up in Naperville – Lessons learned from haircuts to fishing

Above / Though Lake Osborne just west of the Naperville Public Safety Center on Aurora Avenue was not there when Ron Keller was a...
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