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 ...

Excelsior began marching in Mardi Gras processions one ... The Excelsior Band’s full complement of musicians consists of trumpet players, a tuba, bass drum, snare drum, saxophone players and ...

making it the oldest Black girls band marching in the city. Today, it is one of just a handful of all-girl bands to regularly appear in Mardi Gras parades. The school opened its doors in the ...

"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 ...

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 ...

Mackyrin Holmes, 12, practices with his tuba in preparation for a street ... before he heads out to march in a Mardi Gras parade. The marching band uniform belonging to Courtney Jones, 13, hangs ...

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 ...

The band is led by Christopher Herrero, a Karr alum. "It’s in our bloodline it’s our lifeline music is New Orleans," said Herrero. He played tuba in ... They're marching in eight parades ...

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 ...

The 120 members of the St. Augustine High School Purple Knights marching band are preparing for another season setting the beat for Mardi Gras parades. Drum major this year are Brice Miller ...