MCV's Junior Fife & Drum Workshop
MCV is pleased to announce our annual Fife & Drum Workshop for Junior members of the Fife & Drum community. The workshop will be held on Saturday, March 3 ,2012. Registration forms must be received by February 21st.
MCV to Perform at the 2012 Basel Tattoo
MCV has accepted an invitation to appear at the Basel Tattoo in Basel, Switzerland in July 2012. We are delighted to return to Switzerland and look forward to our next great overseas adventure on the occasion of our 30th Anniversary. Details on preparations for our next trip will be posted to our Basel Tattoo webpage. We have just launched a blog "MCV On the Road to Basel" to give our friends and fans an inside glimpse of what it takes to prepare for an international Tattoo.
MCV Marches into Fall
MCV kicked off our Fall season with the Marlborough, MA Labor Day parade on September 5th then performed at the Colonial Faire & Muster in Sudbury, MA on September 24th. October featured a fife & drum concert at the Minute Man National Historical Park in Concord, MA on Sunday, October 9th, followed by our marching in the Homecoming Parade in Everett, MA on Saturday, October 15th. Our final performances of 2011 will be in America's Hometown Thanskgiving Parade (Plymouth, MA) on Saturday, November 19th and the VFW Santa Parade (Haverhill, MA) on Sunday, November 20th.
MCV and Independence Day 2011
MCV recently concluded another very successful run of performances at Boston Harborfest. MCV appeared in two small events on Wednesday, June 29th then moved on to two day-long "Roves" throughout downtown Boston on July 2nd & 3rd. The highlight of the weekend was our annual "Drums in the Night" concert, held at Old City Hall in Boston on July 2nd. We capped the long Independence Day weekend with two parades on July 4th (Boston and Wakefield, MA).
MCV next participated in the annual Deep River Ancient Muster (DRAM) in Deep River, CT on Saturday, July 16th. MCV marched in the fife & drum parade with 60 other corps from around the world. We performed later that afternoon "on stand" to an appreciative audience under sunny skies.
Busy Summer Season for MCV
After our whirlwind trip to Sweden, MCV returned to the New England parade circuit, appearing in Memorial Day parades in Melrose, MA (May 29th) and Andover, MA (May 30th). This was followed by our return to Swampscott, MA for the first Veterans Appreciation Day Parade (June 4th). We wrapped this up with our annual appearance in the Bunker Hill Day Parade in Charlestown, MA (June 12th). Stay tuned for our Boston Harborfest schedule!
MCV at Sweden International Tattoo
We have just returned from our first trip to Scandinavia: MCV's debut at the Sweden International Tattoo, held May 21-22 in Malmö, Sweden. Above is a video of the opening night performance for a sold-out house of 8,000. For a full synopsis of our trip please visit our "On the Road to Malmö" Blog. We will continue to update the blog over the next week.
MCV on Patriots Day
April was a busy month for MCV - three public performances in a 10 day period. First up on Saturday, April 9th was the Liberty Pole Capping parade and ceremony in Bedford
, MA which was blessed with perfect early Spring weather. A week later was Patriots Day itself - MCV marched in the Concord, MA parade and Lexington, MA parade on Monday, April 18th. Once again we got lucky with the weather and both parades had solid attendance.
MCV Marches Into Spring
Come join MCV as we begin our 2011 outdoor performance season with two parades in honor of St. Patrick's Day. The first performance is in Scituate, MA on Sunday, March 20th (the first day of Spring). The parade will step off @ 1:00 pm. Our second event is in Manchester, NH on Sunday, March 27th with a step-off time of 12:00 pm. For the most up to date info on MCV's schedule please check out our calendar of performances.
