Mandolins grace Northern Showcase

A Bozeman musical group will bring a revival of Montana culture to Havre on Sunday.

The Montana Mandolin Society, under the direction of professional musician Dennis White, will perform in a Northern Showcase presentation at the Havre High School auditorium at 2 p.m.

The society, which describes its concerts as taking "you back to a gentler, more graceful age that evokes images of horse-drawn carriages, lamplight parlors and Sunday picnics," is modeled after a Montana tradition from more than 100 years ago.

The discovery of a photograph of the 1902 Bozeman Mandolin and Guitar Club led to the c...