String Bands
E45210
String Bands are elaborately costumed musical groups, typically featuring banjos, saxophones, and other instruments, that perform choreographed routines in the Philadelphia Mummers Parade.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
musical ensemble type
→
performance group type → |
| associatedWithEvent |
Mummers Parade
→
surface form: "Philadelphia Mummers Parade"
|
| audience | general public → |
| basedIn | Philadelphia → |
| competitionElement |
judged performances
→
scored routines → |
| culturalContext |
New Year celebration in Philadelphia
→
Philadelphia folk culture → |
| genre |
marching music
→
novelty music → popular music arrangements → show tunes → |
| hasCharacteristic |
choreographed routines
→
elaborate costumes → large membership → parade performance → theatrical staging → theme-based shows → |
| languageOfPerformance | primarily instrumental music → |
| notableLocation | South Philadelphia → |
| organisationalForm |
amateur ensembles
→
club-based groups → |
| partOf | Mummers tradition → |
| performsAt |
community events
→
festivals → parades → |
| performsIn |
Mummers Parade
→
surface form: "Philadelphia Mummers Parade"
|
| performsOnDate | New Year’s Day → |
| region |
United States of America
→
surface form: "United States"
|
| rehearsalPattern | year-round rehearsals → |
| relatedTo |
Comic Clubs
→
Fancy Brigades → Wench Brigades → |
| subculture | Mummers String Band division → |
| typicalInstrument |
accordion
→
banjo → bass → brass instruments → drums → guitar → mandolin → saxophone → violin → woodwind instruments → |
| uses |
backdrops
→
props → sound amplification → |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.