official band of the 1964 New York World's Fair, an engagement that lasted into 1965. Lavalle guest conducted many orchestras, including the ABC Symphony, CBS Symphony, NBC Symphony Orchestra, New York Philharmonic and Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra. In 1966 he became the conductor for the Radio City Music Hall Symphony Orchestra, and he returned two years later to serve as director of music and as principal conductor until 1975. In 1981 he began conducting the Wilton, Connecticut, Chamber Orchestra. In 1967, he was instrumental in forming the 100-member All-American High School Band (by 1968 known as McDonald's All-American High School Band) which participated in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade and Tournament of Roses Parade. Paul Lavalle was married twice. He met Sarah (Sally) Grant (22 July 1904 - 18 January 1992), a native of North Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada, while in Cuba, and they were married in New York. They had one son, Lawrence (Larry) Usifer (5 October 1941 - 11 December 2002). The marriage ended in divorce in 1946. Sally and Larry eventually returned to Nova Scotia, where the latter was prominent in musical circles. Actress Muriel Angelus met Paul Lavalle while she was performing on the radio, and they married in 1946. She retired from acting to raise a family. They maintained an apartment in Manhattan and a Colonial home in Connecticut. Their daughter Suzanne Lavalle Bothamley was an NBC reporter and became a realtor in Virginia. Paul Lavalle died June 24, 1997, in Harrisonburg, Virginia at the Rockingham Memorial Hospital. Joseph Usifer and Paul Laval Paul Lavalle used his birth name, Joseph Usifer, for performances until at least 1938, and he then used the name Paul Laval in the 1940s. In 1938, a rare Brunswick Records 78rpm recording was issued under Joe Usifer's name, an extremely sophisticated and intricate swing arrangement, in the tradition of Raymond Scott, of "In The Hall of the Mountain King" b/w "The Jockey On The Carousel". Recorded by Irving Mills, it was one of the first records issued on Brunswick after the collapse of Mills' Master Records label (remaining top selling Master records were moved to Brunswick). Death Lavalle died in Harrisonburg, Virginia on June 24, 1997. Awards Alfred I. Dupont Award Christopher Award Grand Festivalmeister of the Tulip Time International Music Festival held at Katwijk aan Zee, Holland Kappa Kappa Psi Man and Boy Award Rollie Statue (Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade) Paul