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The Dream Nation Marching Unit Does It For The Kids

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By Al Shipley

Baltimore City Paper | September 2, 2008

Dream Nation members refer to themselves as a "community band," part of a long tradition of self-sufficient marching bands in the African-American community that operate on a volunteer basis and raise their own funding independently.

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