Excelsior began marching in Mardi Gras processions one year later ... Hall was a founding member of the Mobile Symphonic Pops Band, serving as its tuba leader. He also performed with Dauphin ...

So, for the next few weeks until Mardi Gras, WWL Louisiana is showcasing that talent, first up is Fontainebleau high school The Crimson marching band spends most of their time practicing in the ...

For some folks, Mardi Gras doesn't officially begin in Mobile ... Pope to celebrate the birth of his son in 1883, the marching brass band continues to play Dixieland and traditional jazz, said ...

"They say all of our kids nowadays can't get along. That's not true," he says. "Marching band in Mardi Gras, you see a whole unit. You see a unit from the front to the back. From the flags to the ...

An SUV driver plowed into a high school marching band at a Mardi Gras Day parade in Alabama on Tuesday, injuring at least a dozen people – four of them critically, ABC news reported. The 73-year ...

Mardi Gras is the grand event for marching bands in New Orleans, and as a former high school band member for Jesuit and a former college band member for Tulane, I know members love and appreciate ...

The St. Augustine High School Marching 100 band parades down St. Charles Avenue at the Rex parade for Mardi Gras 2015 in New Orleans. (Photo by Chris Granger, Nola.com | The Times-Picayune ...

What does a high school band need to march well in a Mardi Gras parade? Stamina. And of course, good music. But that's usually already in place for a group like Northside High School's marching band.

The new marching band at Wilberforce University will high step in rhythm at the competitive Mardi Gras parades in New Orleans this weekend. “Judging from the calls from those down there in New Orleans ...

Mardi Gras parades can be a marathon ... According to Northside band leader Taylor Stansbury and her father, band parent Anthony Stansbury, the marching bands gathered that day felt a ...

Williams stressed the culture today is a part of “a much larger creation,” birthed by past great band directors who made marching bands essential for Mardi Gras in New Orleans. “As much as ...

But even though this particular celebration marches to the beat of a very different drummer, it wouldn’t be a parade without a band. And it wouldn’t be a Mardi Gras parade without a second ...