Command Sgt. Major Lutricia Fields narrates the Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps' performance at the National Archives' July 4th ...

Afternoons spent with The Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps are full of rehearsals, bus rides and a dash of down time, but a behind-the-scene glimpse also reveals corps members wear more than just ...

The Patriot Volunteers Ancient Fife and Drum Corps is not the usual parade fare - at least not in most Western Michigan communities. However, they are regulars in Connecticut, where Gary and Cathy ...

The corps is being supported through the colleges' Military History Club. "The idea of a fife and drum corps came to me when I was six years old at Mount Vernon," Livingston said.

The beat of a base drum, the rat-a-tat-tat of the snare, the shrill pipe of fifes is music to my heart. It’s drum corps music. Once you’ve played, it’s etched forever in your memory. I know.

Jane Macey, left, of the Smithville Fife and Drum Corps, teaches Evan Li, right, 3, of East Brunswick, how to play the drum at Historic Smithville. Sunday, August 21, 2016.

On summer Monday evenings, the lively music of fifes and drums draws in townspeople and tourists alike as the William Diamond Junior Fife and Drum Corps rehearses outdoors near Buckman Tavern. The ...

So if I want to be in a fife and drum group, I guess I had to start my own." After six weeks of practice, Bell said the group is ready to play. But in the future, she'd like to have more preparation.

The William Diamond Junior Fife and Drum Corps consists of children from ages 8 to 18 and is designed to promote the study of music and history among young people, ...