It was a familiar sound of the season in Philadelphia on Thursday as the Quaker City String Band kicked off New Year's Weekend.
Clubs have been practicing their performances for the 123rd Mummers Parade on New Year's Day."It's kind of aggravation to be honest with you, because you've been working on something for 11 months and now you have four days and you're in a panic! There's a lot of screaming, there's a lot of joking around," said Frank Devito, president of the Downtowners Fancy Brigade.
Thursday has been labor intensive for the Mummers clubs as they have been working all day long to put the finishing touches on these massive sets for New Year's Day. "Today's the day when like all the heavy decorating goes in, and the special effects are kind of tried out," said Anthony Stagliano Jr., Captain of the Downtowners Fancy Brigade."You have these moveable floats but then these huge animatronics that are coming off everywhere, and you see it on TV, you see it in the judge's tent, you're like, 'I wasn't expecting that, wow,'" said Stagliano Jr.
In addition to the clubs, the string bands are a big part of the Mummers Parade. The Quaker City String Band gave us a preview at Live! Casino performing on the floor and greeting fans."It's so exciting, it's so much fun to perform and entertain people, that's what we are - performers - and it's so much fun on New Year's Day," said, Shawn Blubaugh captain of the Greater Kensington String Band.
After the parade, 6abc will live stream the 2023 Mummers Parade Fancy Brigade Festival and Finale for the first time. You can watch that at 5 p.m. on New Year's Day.
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