I found this on the google search engine.
http://www.alkos.com/prha/newsletters/TPIT%20AprilMay,%20200...The Weldonians
If you played a musical instrument during your early education years and were talented enough you would be asked to join the Weldonians. The Weldonians were a group of music students, let by Wledonian Leonardson, sho in 1937 was organized to for a marching band.. The band developed into a group of 200 young musicians and majorettes. They became a prize winning marching band which won acclaim all over California. The group consisted of the Weldonian Starlights, the Weldonian Majorettes and the Weldonian Show Band.