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Monday, May 12, 2008
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John Marshall Fife and Drum Corps to perform
at Colonial Williamsburg Drummer’s Call

Huntington, W.Va. - Marshall University’s John Marshall Fife and Drum Corps has been invited and will perform at Colonial Williamsburg’s Drummer’s Call Muster Saturday, May 17. Drummer’s Call will feature 13 corps from the United States and Canada, including the The Army’s Third United States Infantry Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps from Washington, D.C.

All participating corps will be in the Grand March at 11:45 a.m., the Grand Review (on stand) at 12:45 p.m. and the Torchlight Tattoo March at 7:45 p.m.

From 12:30 to 2:30 p.m., the Grand Review will be Webcast live and may be viewed by visiting http://www.history.org/drummerscall/.

“This is a great honor to be part of such a prestigious assembly of fife and drum corps after only one year of existence,” said Dr. Wendell Dobbs, professor of music at Marshall and director of the John Marshall Fife and Drum Corps. “It’s an excellent endorsement of the work and professionalism of our Marshall University music students.”

The John Marshall Fife and Drum Corps was created as an initiative of the John Deaver Drinko Academy and the Department of Music of Marshall University. During the past year the group has performed for sporting, civic and cultural events at Marshall University as well as in Charleston, W. Va., Columbus, Ohio and as far away as Richmond, Va.

The creation of the corps was inspired by two Marshall University alumnae, Lutricia Tampa Fields and Jennifer Raczok Bailey, who now perform with the world-renowned Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps in Washington, D.C.

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