Guy Earl Holmes

Guy Earl Holmes was an American musician and composer. He was born in Baraboo, Wisconsin, and contributed much to the circus band repertoire. He spent 20 years on the faculty of VanderCook College of Music, and wrote over 200 marches and overtures, among other works.
He toured for over a decade with the Smith-Spring-Holmes Orchestral Quintet, with his wife Lotus Flower Spring, her sister Coyla May Spring, and Coyla's musician husband Clay Smith, plus a violinist.
He was featured on Volume 46 of the Heritage of the March recording series, and the Circus World Museum has a substantial collection of his work.