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 ...

— 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 ...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A Mummers string band that had some of its props damaged in a warehouse fire in Philadelphia earlier this month says it’s ready to strut in the annual New Year’s Day parade. Three ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Members of the Fralinger String Band are paying it forward. The group has decided to hand over money collected through their Fire Fund, to the victims of Monday's raging warehouse fire in South ...