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The Mummers Parade is held each New Year's Day in Philadelphia.Started in 1901, it is the longest-running continuous folk parade in the United States. [1]Local clubs, usually called "New Years Associations" or "New Years Brigades", compete in one of five categories: Comics, Wench Brigades, Fancies, String Bands, and Fancy Brigades.
In 1914 pharmacy student Joseph A. Ferko asked the owner of Fralinger's Drugs to sponsor a string band in the Mummers parade. The request was granted, and Ferko led the "Fralinger String Band" for several years, placing third in their 1915 attempt [1] but winning in 1920. [2] The "Ferko String Band" had its beginnings in 1922. [3]
The band is a charter member of the Philadelphia Mummers String Band Association and, as such, can never change its name. [citation needed] So when the band moved in 1966 to Tacony, it still carried the name of Greater Kensington String Band. [citation needed] The band owns its headquarters on Edmund Street in Northeast Philadelphia.
Pennsport is a string band in Philadelphia's annual Mummers Parade. They are one of two new groups added to the parade in 2008. They have taken a new approach to mummering: keeping expenses low, paying out of pocket and avoiding fund-raising and weekly jobs to fund their march. [1] Most of the members were previously in other string bands.
The Mummers promised it wouldn't happen again. Sam Regalbuto, president of the String Band Association, told ABC 6 News, "We did bias and awareness training. All of our organizations are obligated ...
About 15,000 mummers now perform in the parade each year. They are organized into four distinct types of troupes: Comics, Fancies, String Bands, and Fancy Brigades. All dress in elaborate costumes. There is a Mummers Museum dedicated to the history of Philadelphia Mummers.
String bands were popular in the 1920s and 1930s, and are among the forerunners of modern country music and bluegrass. While being active countrywide, in Philadelphia and its surrounding suburbs they are a huge part of its musical culture and traditions, appearing, among others, in the yearly Mummers Parade .
The Aqua String Band is an all-volunteer string band, best known for its participation in Philadelphia's annual Mummers Parade. [1] The band was founded in 1920, and participated in its first Mummers Parade on New Year's Day in 1921. [2] [3] By 1949, this ensemble was the largest string band to make an appearance in Philadelphia's Mummers' Day ...