The Western Plains Fife and Drum Corps is pleased to announce the launch of our website. As we are a new Corps I give a little of our history.
I (Peter Bringe) started playing fife 7 years ago with the Lewis and Clark Fife and Drum Corps in St. Charles Missouri. Our family had done reenacting starting at the Boone Home in Defiance, MO and so fit in well. I have then attended the Junior Fife and Drum Camp in Connecticut since 2005. After a several years I also started playing fife with the Illinois Territorial Rangers, Company B. About 3 years ago my brother Thomas joined the LCFDC as a fifer and a year later my brother John joined as a drummer. We then started playing as the Missouri Patriots Fife and Drum Corps as well, our first event being at a friend's wedding. In December 2010 our family moved to Colorado, which prompted a search for a new name. After going through several names that didn't quite stick, like the Louisiana Territorial Militia F&DC, and the Band of Brothers F&DC, we decided on the Western Plains Fife and Drum Corps.
-Peter Bringe
Virtute et armis