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The song is well-known today as the unofficial theme song of the Philadelphia Mummers Parade. [5]The song, by then long in public domain, was used in early American television commercials for Golden Grahams cereal in the 1970s, with the refrain reworked in various ways around the phrase "Oh, those Golden Grahams".
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.
Golden Slippers Palda 102 [23] 1948 Bowery Boys - I Want a Girl Palda 104 [37] Alma Mater - Cornell U. - Fight On, Penn. Palda 105 [37] Auld Lang Syne - Drunkard's Medley Palda 106 [37] Heartbreaker 21 Kelly & H-A-R-R-I-G-A-N Palda 109 [38] (I'm Looking Over a) Four Leaf Clover - Heart of My Heart Palda 110 [37] Alibi Baby - Roll 'Em Girls ...
Get ready to strut in golden slippers! It's coming back! The Mummers Parade in Philadelphia is taking place again in 2024. The annual celebration of the New Year has a long, long history, dating ...
He died from tuberculosis on May 5, 1911, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. [6] Bland was buried in an unmarked grave without a funeral at Merion Memorial Park, Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania . In 1939, his grave was found by American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) with the assistance of the editor of The Etude magazine, James ...
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.
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 ...
Notable articles on the Mummers Parade, an annual parade held New Year's Day in Philadelphia since 1901. The main article for this category is Mummers Parade . Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mummers Parade .