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A rural McHenry County town where school bands, church choirs, and fairground festivals anchor the calendar, with country and classic rock players visiting from Rockford and Chicago.
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A rural McHenry County town where school bands, church choirs, and fairground festivals anchor the calendar, with country and classic rock players visiting from Rockford and Chicago.
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Harvard is a rural McHenry County community where school bands, church choirs, and summer festivals at the fairgrounds define local music. Chicago and Rockford musicians occasionally drive in for country and classic rock events.
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