![]() ![]() “But Peggy, there are no girls in the staff band,” he replied. ![]() When she was 12, after hearing the CSB at commissioning, she said to her father, Colonel John Paton, “I want to be in that band someday.” It might be hard to believe this was an issue in the latter part of the 20th century, but fortunately for women in all staff bands today, Peggy was determined to break this barrier. She was the first woman in The Salvation Army admitted into a staff band. In 1976 Peggy created quite a stir when she auditioned and gained a chair in the solo cornet section of the Chicago Staff Band (CSB). As the one who brought her onto the team and worked with her for most of that time, it’s not easy to sum up her contributions, but some contrasting descriptions come to mind: innovative and thoughtful passionate and quiet determined and humble. This year marks the 40th and final year of Peggy Thomas’ career as assistant territorial music and creative arts ministries secretary. Saluting Peggy Thomas, our territory’s latest Order of the Founder (O.F.) recipient
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