Joyce Drew strums the guitar  as Pat Soboleski picks the upright bass Wednesday during a rehearsal  of the Carol Bailey String Band at the Litchfield Senior Center. Band members play  instruments including the mandolin, guitar, bass, banjo and  harmonica. The group named itself in honor of Carol Bailey, who died in 2010, to commemorate her work founding the center for elderly residents at the former Litchfield Academy. 

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