Art Illman
In 1990 the Waltham American Legion Band marched in the Victory Day Parade in Moscow: 24FrNickCymbals
![Father Nicholas Ciccone, Jr., left, playing cymbals with the Waltham American Legion Band in Russia in 1990. Today he is a hospice chaplain at CareOne in Concord. He joined the band in 1969 when he was a music teacher at Kennedy Middle School in Waltham. The band practiced at the school then, and Dot Hill convinced him to join the band and play the cymbals and glockenspiel. [Daily News and Wicked Local Staff Photo/Art Illman]](http://cdn.lightgalleries.net/4bd5ebfc7e575/images/24FrNickCymbals-1.jpg)
Father Nicholas Ciccone, Jr., left, playing cymbals with the Waltham American Legion Band in Russia in 1990. Today he is a hospice chaplain at CareOne in Concord. He joined the band in 1969 when he was a music teacher at Kennedy Middle School in Waltham. The band practiced at the school then, and Dot Hill convinced him to join the band and play the cymbals and glockenspiel. [Daily News and Wicked Local Staff Photo/Art Illman]