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/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 ...

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 ...

— 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 (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 ...

A Mummers string band that had some of its props damaged in a warehouse fire won a first-place prize in the annual New Year's Day parade.Some of the Fralinger String Band's props were damaged in the ...

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 ...

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 ...

George J. Badey III’s strut on Sunday may be one for the record books. When the St. Davids resident and his band mates in the Fralinger String Band parade down Broad Street on New Year’s Day they will ...

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 ...