Fralinger String Band at Quaker NYD morning 2014

[@Brengirl]

This is a great form of entertainment! Wish I could see them live. Fantastic!

[@melissaford717]

Come to Philadelphia on New Year's Day, and you can! We've been strutting up and down Broad Street since 1901! It's a great time!

[@d.d.4703]

Love the silliness of it. Great fun!

[@paulwagner2089]

Brings back great memories of this 80 year old. Thank you.

[@ianduncanson2881]

Fralinger---It doesn't get better than this!

[@denism3838]

Awesome, the harmony and precision is soothing to my spirit.

[@joelleson3313]

Memories of the best South Philly-based stringbands coming down "2 Street", right by my junior high school - Furness. They were great years for this 78 year old.

[@lindaburt6774]

Love those string bands fralinger quaker city so philly

[@josephfelicejr.2420]

I love the mummers and I will love to see them in person

[@lindabowen2683]

South Philly proud

[@edwardnavoy1261]

This is my favorite marching band.

[@phyllisponzio5391]

This is what i miss most about South Philly

[@davereiber1]

I love listening to those horns screaming like that.

[@geoffmitchell6515]

Brilliant

[@JaneKelly-x7b]

❤love to all in 2024

[@basharasha]

the best, this is the way it should be! how i miss it. hate the new crap with the damn theatrics, awful. go guys, strut your stuff!!! great music, great marching.

[@BassSaxMan]

"Happy Days are Here Again"

[@donbrooks3929]

Audio is amaxing

[@mike2st808]

Facts

[@estherpotts1877]

The Best Philly had to offer 😪

[@donbrooks3929]

Great audio

[@Jjstier]

Fralinger

[@2manycatsforadime]

where does the word "mummer" come from?

[@joelleson3313]

It comes from 18th Century England.

[@gramps5157]

Came in 5th because no one likes clowns! No more clowns

[@marilynmcgregor7810]

Why are they no females in all bandd

[@JMGwalt]

There are bands that have females; Hegeman, Pennsport and Duffy are a few of them.

[@robertbradshaw4386]

... And Ferko!

[@sandybillingsley7679]

Traditionally, it was a "men's club". Still great

[@richardeschallert8526]

GREAT music! VERY GOOD Marching! BUT ridiculous costumes!! My wife majored in Textiles & Clothing at a major university. She has some marvelous ideas for "updating" those incredibly gaudy outfits! (e.g. two basic, complementary colors with a third "flair" color as trim, etc. Problem: Wherever could the old costumes ever be sold? Some thrift shops in Third World economies? Ha!

[@melissaford717]

No, they are at the Mummers Museum, and to be honest, I miss the old uniforms with the huge back pieces with feathers, sequins, and mirrors. You take care and come and see them in person on New Year's Day in Philadelphia!

[@kenwielk1799]

That’s what the mummers are all about.They used to wear these huge wings on their backs

[@melissaford717]

@kenwielk1799 it's true, and it's a shame that the clubs can't do it like they used it because of money, members, lack of interest, etc. I wore a back piece once, and boy, it was heavy. I can understand why some guys died of heart attacks marching up Broad Street. But they were so beautiful in those days. You take care 🙂