photo Aqua String Band 2010 Mummers Parade
The Aqua String Band will be parading in their 90th Mummers Day Parade this year. The Band was organized on April 2, 1920 by Elmer W. Leyrer and Fred J. Kesel, Sr. and incorporated into the String Band Association in 1945. It was Mr. Kesel who first introduced the glockenspiel (bells) into the Mummers\’ Parade where they have remained a constant fixture ever since.
The name \”Aqua\” is a reflection on the life and times of the United States during the Band’s birth. Latin for the word water, \”Aqua\” was chosen as an ironic reference to the then raging controversy over Prohibition – \”aqua\” being the only legal drink at the time.
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