Colonial Williamsburg’s annual showcase of military music starts Friday, with events running through Saturday night. Drummer’s Call features Colonial Williamsburg’s Fifes & Drums along with fife and ...
Musicians on a British battlefield date from the 16th century, but by the second half of the 18th century most French, German and English army units and militia units in the American colonies had ...
The Sergeant Lawrence Everhart Chapter Sons of the American Revolution’s Frederick Town Fife and Drum Corps was recently honored to perform in Colonial Williamsburg’s Annual Drummer’s Call. This ...
The Sgt. Lawrence Everhart Chapter Sons of the American Revolution’s Frederick Town Fife and Drum Corps hosted leaders from the Colonial Williamsburg’s Fife and Drum Corps who recently conducted ...
Performed on the cane fife accompanied by bass and snare drums, the preblues African American fife and drum band is one of the most fascinating American musical traditions, rooted in Colonial America ...
WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (AP) — Fife and drum units from across the U. S. and Canada are heading to Colonial Williamsburg to celebrate the tradition of military music. Officials with the historic area say ...
In a tribute to early American martial music, 600 members of fife-and-drum corps convene in Fort Ticonderoga, N.Y. for the annual National Muster. Participants range from teenagers to septuagenarians.