Western Plains Fife and Drum Corps: Independence Day in Elizabeth

Monday, July 4, 2011

Independence Day in Elizabeth

The 4th of July is for fife & drum what St. Patrick's Day is for Irish bands. You just have to play somehow. Surprisingly there aren't many Fourth of July parades here in Colorado (at least compared to Missouri), so we decided that we were going to make a tour of Elizabeth and make our own celebration. We played at True Value, Safeway, Wal-Mart, and Big R. We were well received by the shoppers and added to the atmosphere of the day. Here are some pictures:

True Value

Safeway

Wal-Mart

-Peter Bringe

Memor!

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E. Wesley ReynoldsJuly 5, 2011 at 8:30 AM
Very creative. I played my bagpipes in Beaverton again (pipe, fife, and drum).

Wesley
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"The fife and drum, which long ago

Called the folks to church on time

And told the soldiers when to go

And bounced along with beat and rhyme

"That which told of liberty's cry

And that which carried the firm hand

Of the justice of our great land

That would not tolerate the invader's plan

"This still sounds off hill and glen

And calls and shrikes to land and main

To not forget those mighty men

To take courage and rise again"

-Peter Bringe

The trumpets shall be to you for a perpetual statute throughout your generations. And when you go to war in your land against the adversary who oppresses you, then you shall sound an alarm with the trumpets, that you may be remembered before the LORD your God, and you shall be saved from your enemies."

(Numbers 10:8b-9)

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Monday, July 4, 2011

Independence Day in Elizabeth

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