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The
Middlesex County 4-H Fife & Drum Corps was formed in 1972 as a
4-H club in Concord, Massachusetts in anticipation of that town’s
celebration of our country’s bicentennial. Today, its members come from
over a dozen different towns in eastern Massachusetts, and they range
in age from eight to seventeen. Youth leadership is the cornerstone of
4-H and this fife & drum corps embodies just that. The kids,
quite literally, run the show. All of its members share a love of music
and history, and are proud to carry the tradition of fife and drum into
the future.
In addition to numerous parades and civic ceremonies, the 4-H corps has
marched through the hallways of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston,
participated in living history days at our National Historical Parks,
and performed for crowds in Market Square in Colonial Williamsburg. And
for over 30 years, the 4-H Fifes & Drums has performed as the
Honor Corps for the Concord Patriots Day parade, leading the procession
across the historic North Bridge to commemorate the start of the
American Revolution. "
On
April 13, 2008, the Corps played at the Bedford Polecapping, Merriam's
Corner in Concord, and the Paul Revere Capture Site in Lincoln. Below
is a video taken from the event at the Paul Revere Capture Site.
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