For a number of years, the Fralinger String Band has fared well at Mummer’s Parades. "This is our ninth first prize in the last 11 years," said Dan Marakowski, of Mantua. "It's a pretty incredible ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - Members of Fralinger String Band were hoping to get in this morning, to see if anything is salvageable. They say all their tools and their props were in the building, pretty much ...

— Local music teacher John Wernega seems to have a knack for writing scores that make Fralinger String Band look and sound good. Wernega, a music teacher at Quinton Township School, has never written ...

The Fralinger String Band will strut into Cape May Convention Hall for a one-night performance 7:30 p.m. Saturday, July 7. This will mark the first time a mummers string band will play a show for the ...

A fire in South Philadelphia that started in a warehouse used to store cars caused heavy damage to another nearby building used to house equipment for a successful Mummers group, leaving that group ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS/AP) -- A huge warehouse fire that erupted Monday might have destroyed elaborate props slated for use in the city's annual New Year's Day parade, event participants said. Members of ...

“We plan to give people a continuous non-stop visual and musical extravaganza, a cornucopia of entertainment for the eyes and ears,” promises Fralinger String Band saxophone player George Badey III. A ...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A huge warehouse fire that erupted Monday might have destroyed elaborate props slated for use in the city’s annual New Year’s Day parade, event participants said. Members of the ...

Fralinger (Mummers) String Band of Philadelphia, shown above, will perform at the Ukrainian Folk Festival. The event is open to the general public Aug. 21 from noon to 8 p.m. at the Ukrainian American ...